Antonyms for blasphemous


Grammar : Adj
Spell : blas-fuh-muhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblæs fə məs


Definition of blasphemous

Origin :
  • early 15c., blasfemous, from Old French blasfemeus or directly from Late Latin blasphemus, from blasphemare (see blaspheme).
  • adj irreverent
Example sentences :
  • He, then, who maintains such a doctrine, is the most blasphemous of mankind.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • The bishop said his words were blasphemous, and ordered the keeper to take him away.
  • Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
  • Some sweated enormously, and broke out in blasphemous language.
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
  • They are apt to think that all truths about religion are blasphemous.
  • Extract from : « The Green Carnation » by Robert Smythe Hichens
  • But that does not justify his speech, which was both cruel and blasphemous.
  • Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
  • He never concealed it when he felt a thrill of blasphemous doubt.
  • Extract from : « Visions and Revisions » by John Cowper Powys
  • You mustn't say things like that; they're blasphemous and wicked.
  • Extract from : « Saint's Progress » by John Galsworthy
  • A pox o your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!
  • Extract from : « The Tempest » by William Shakespeare
  • "You 're a blasphemous creature," said Mrs. Bilkins, severely.
  • Extract from : « A Rivermouth Romance » by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
  • Your blasphemous babble of a changed heart does not affect me.
  • Extract from : « The Millionaire Baby » by Anna Katharine Green

Synonyms for blasphemous

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