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The central ideas of Christianity, an angry God and vicarious atonement, are contrary to every fact in nature, as also to the better aspirations of the human heart; they are, in our present stage of enlightenment, absurd, preposterous, and blasphemous propositions.
Virchand Gandhi

Meaning of "blasphemous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BLASPHEMOUS

Via Late Latin, from Greek blasphēmos evil-speaking, from blapsis evil + phēmē speech.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BLASPHEMOUS

blasphemous  [ˈblæsfɪməs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLASPHEMOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blasphemous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BLASPHEMOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

blasphemous

Blasphemy

Blasphemy is the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for a God, to religious or holy persons or things, or toward something considered sacred or inviolable. Some countries have laws to punish religious blasphemy, while others have laws that allow those who are offended by blasphemy to punish blasphemers. Those laws may condone penalties or retaliation for blasphemy under the labels of blasphemous libel, expression of opposition, or "villification," of religion or of some religious practices, religious insult, or hate speech.

Definition of blasphemous in the English dictionary

The definition of blasphemous in the dictionary is expressing or involving impiousness or gross irreverence towards God, a divine being, or something sacred.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLASPHEMOUS


animus
ˈænɪməs
anonymous
əˈnɒnɪməs
eponymous
ɪˈpɒnɪməs
famous
ˈfeɪməs
Hieronymus
ˌhaɪəˈrɒnɪməs
magnanimous
mæɡˈnænɪməs
mandamus
mænˈdeɪməs
maximus
ˈmæksɪməs
Mimas
ˈmaɪməs
minimus
ˈmɪnɪməs
primus
ˈpraɪməs
pseudonymous
sjuːˈdɒnɪməs
pusillanimous
ˌpjuːsɪˈlænɪməs
ramous
ˈreɪməs
ramus
ˈreɪməs
squamous
ˈskweɪməs
synonymous
sɪˈnɒnɪməs
thymus
ˈθaɪməs
unanimous
juːˈnænɪməs
world-famous
ˌwɜːldˈfeɪməs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLASPHEMOUS

blash
blashy
blaspheme
blasphemer
blasphemies
blasphemous libel
blasphemously
blasphemousness
blasphemy
blast
blast effect
blast furnace
blast injection
blast-furnace cement
blasted
blastema
blastemal
blastematic
blastemic
blaster

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLASPHEMOUS

Alcoholics Anonymous
anadromous
autonomous
dichotomous
endogamous
enormous
Gamblers Anonymous
ginormous
houmous
infamous
monogamous
Narcotics Anonymous
nonautonomous
polygamous
polysemous
posthumous
racemous
semi-autonomous
unfamous
venomous

Synonyms and antonyms of blasphemous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BLASPHEMOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «blasphemous» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of blasphemous

Translation of «blasphemous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLASPHEMOUS

Find out the translation of blasphemous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blasphemous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blasphemous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

亵渎神灵
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

blasfema
570 millions of speakers

English

blasphemous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तिरस्कारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تجديفا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кощунственно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

blasfemo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধর্মহীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

blasphématoire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menghujat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

blasphemisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

冒とく的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불경
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Blasphemous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có hàm ý xúc phạm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இழிவுபடுத்துவதும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निंदात्मक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kâfir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

blasfemo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bluźniercze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

блюзнірськи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

blasfemie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βλάσφημο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lasterlike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hädiskt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blasfemisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blasphemous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLASPHEMOUS»

The term «blasphemous» is regularly used and occupies the 63.452 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLASPHEMOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «blasphemous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «blasphemous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blasphemous

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3 QUOTES WITH «BLASPHEMOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word blasphemous.
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Jeremy Davies
What I've been doing with my misfit, so-called acting career in film from day one on my first film, 'Spanking The Monkey', is, I've kind of made a concerted effort to hijack my acting career to turn it into film school, because I've always had the blasphemous idea of becoming a reasonably competent filmmaker in my own right some day.
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Virchand Gandhi
The central ideas of Christianity, an angry God and vicarious atonement, are contrary to every fact in nature, as also to the better aspirations of the human heart; they are, in our present stage of enlightenment, absurd, preposterous, and blasphemous propositions.
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Jack White
I know that's blasphemous when you are from Detroit, but I was never a fan of Motown stuff. I don't care for the production much.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLASPHEMOUS»

Discover the use of blasphemous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blasphemous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Call of Cthulhu Keepers Companion: Blasphemous Knowledge, ...
Additional short essays and features round out this book -- more than 100,000 words!
Keith Herber, Lynn Willis, 2000
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The Blasphemous Manuscript of Timbuktu:
An unscrupulous veteran freelance American war correspondent arrives in Mali to cover the fanatic spree of the Islamists willing to impose their sharia law.
Maurizio Pianaro, 2014
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The Necronomicon: Selected Stories & Essays Concerning the ...
Within this book you will find stories about the "Necronomicon," different versions of the "Necronomicon," and two essays on this blasphemous tome. Now you too may learn the true lore of Abdul Alhazred.
Frederik Pohl, John Brunner, Robert M. Price, 2002
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The Big Bully of Europe, and the Blasphemous “Te Deum.” By ...
BLASPHEMOUS. “ TE. DEUM.” WHEN despots thank God, honest men have cause for fear. The Te Deum, so blasphemously chanted in the city of the Monocn or MONARCHS—the Te Deum, sung for the coldblooded and cowardly slaughter  ...
Charles William Smith, 1855
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Cancertown: Blasphemous Tumors #3:
Cy Dethan. BHE'B TALKING- ' CLOBED. I BAID IT WOULD BE. HOW ARE YOU PLANNING ON GETTING IN? WHY DO YOU EVEN WANT TO? NO—ONE ELBE DOEB. CROBBING POINT RIGHT HERE. I I' ' .- - _ % OKAX THIR OHGHT TO BE  ...
Cy Dethan, 2013
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Cancertown: Blasphemous Tumors #4:
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Cy Dethan, 2013
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Cancertown: Blasphemous Tumors #5:
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Cy Dethan, 2013
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Cancertown: Blasphemous Tumors #1:
Cy Dethan. s l BLAsPHEiilniisiii iiile . Written by Cy Dethan Art by Graeme Howard Colours by Peter Mason Letters by Nic Wilkinson Cancertown originally created by Cy Dethan and Stephen Downey. For Markosia Enterprises Ltd Harry  ...
Cy Dethan, 2013
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Florentine Locutions: A Study of Blasphemous and Obscene ...
'-John Strausbaugh, New York Press. "A small softcover book-FLORENTINE LOCUTIONS-turned up in my personal mail. I am an Italophile with a dirty mouth, so the publisher could not have picked a better mark.
Kevin Beary, 1991
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Prophetic Writings of Lady Eleanor Davies
BLASPHEMOUS CHARGE (1649) Lady Eleanor takes advantage of the occasion of the trial of King Charles I in 1649 to publish in this tract (Wing D1980, D1981) an account of the proceedings against her in 1633. She reprints a copy of the ...
Lady Eleanor Davies, Lincoln Lady Esther S. Cope Professor of History University of Nebraska, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLASPHEMOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blasphemous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Oreo Cookies Get A Blasphemous Slimmer Design
Your eyes aren't deceiving you. What you see is a thinner, slimmer, more "sophisticated" Oreo, says Mondelez International Inc., the famed ... «Co.Design, Jul 15»
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Snoop Dogg Sued by Religious Group Over Offensive Music Video
... near a sacred Zoroastrian symbol – something the faith finds disrespectful and blasphemous. It also doesn't help that the video features shots ... «Yahoo Music, Jul 15»
3
Review: Matrixxman Proves Technology Is Human After All on …
Of course, these kinds of themes are nothing new to the world of techno, and while it seems almost blasphemous to slot Matrixxman alongside ... «SPIN, Jul 15»
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Coke Studio version of 'Rangabati': Weird rendition of cult Oriya …
While the outrage over Rangabati was more pronounced in western Odisha where the song had its origins, what made it blasphemous for the ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
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Pakistan Bans Translating Allah as "God"
They can try erasing those names, but that will get them into even more blasphemous trouble. Just another day in the life of the Religion of ... «FrontPage Magazine, Jul 15»
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Eistnaflug: The Grapevine Picks
... across a flaming backdrop of towering inverted crosses set ablaze seemingly by nothing more than the spark of the band's blasphemous fury. «Reykjavík Grapevine, Jul 15»
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Previous Parts of “Notes on Aryans”:
They consider it blasphemous. They do not understand where it came from or how Iranians can say it is halaal. It seems that Shiah Islam ... «Iranian, Jul 15»
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Pakistan police arrest cleric who led mob attacking Christians
Blasphemy is punishable by death in Muslim-majority Pakistan. The charge is hard to fight because the law does not define clearly what is blasphemous. «newsindiatimes.com, Jul 15»
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Jordan Ruimy names his 10 favorite movies from the first half of 2015
The kind of research that goes into having such blasphemous idiocy in a top ten list could make for a great topic in a separate writeup. Stewart ... «Awards Daily, Jul 15»
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Dutch Politician Hurts Muslims' Sentiments
But, it is regrettable that some anti-Islam elements are using these media instruments against Islam by committing blasphemous acts which are ... «Kashmir Watch, Jul 15»

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