Synonyms for blasphemy
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Swearing — an act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention
swearing, profanity, impiety, cursing, cussing US, execration, imprecation, profaneness
2. Sacrilege — an act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act…
Definitions
- n. 1
An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
That imam said that drawing the prophet Muhammad was a form of blasphemy.
- n. 2
An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention.
Related words
- Word family
- blasphemous blaspheme
Forms
- Plural
- blasphemies → swearings, profanities, impieties, cursings…
Choose the right word
In the lower sense, an oath may be mere blasphemy or profane swearing.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- swearing Ziri was still swearing at everyone and everthing.
- cursing The cursing tongue is an indication of a bad heart.
- profanity Unlike profanity, transphobia affects real people.
- impiety His jokes about sacred things were taken as signs of impiety.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| blasphemy | rising | |
| swearing | rising | |
| cursing | rising | |
| profanity | rising | |
| impiety | rising | |
| desecration | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- cursing2, cussing2, impiety
- 8 letters
- swearing2
- 9 letters
- violation4, profanity4, sacrilege3
- 10 letters
- execration
- 11 letters
- desecration4, profanation4, imprecation, profaneness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cursing2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- blasphème
- Español
- blasfemia
- Deutsch
- Blasphemie