PROFANE Synonyms

• grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred

• characterized by profanity or cursing

• lacking piety or reverence for a god

• lacking due respect or dutifulness

• designed to incite to indecency or lust

• offensive to the mind

• suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

• grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred

• offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters

• not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society

• offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance

• a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

• change the inherent purpose or function of something

• of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations

• characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world

• not concerned with or devoted to religion

• of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows

• someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

• characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

• not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled

• cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

• mixed with impurities

• corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

• blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime

• blue clothing

• any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue

• the sky as viewed during daylight

• used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

• the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic

• any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

• of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

• used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• characterized by profanity or cursing

• suggestive of sexual impropriety

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• morally rigorous and strict

• causing dejection

• turn blue

• lacking in integrity

• not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

• containing errors or alterations

• touched by rot or decay

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

• place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

• alter from the original

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

• corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

• mixed with impurities

• lowered in value

• ruined in character or quality

• a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

• place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

• make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

• spot, stain, or pollute

• reduce the level of land, as by erosion

• reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

• lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

• reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• confuse or put into disorder