Synonyms for desecrate
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Violate
violate, profane, pollute, corrupt, abuse, outrage, misuse, prostitute, debase, ravage, ravish, debauch, vitiate, misapply, adulterate formal dated
2. Deconsecrate — to remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate
Other
defile, pervert, unhallow, desacralize, desacralise UK, unconsecrate dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate.
- v. 2
To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something.
Related words
- Word family
- desecrated desecration
- Is a kind of
- exaugurate deconsecrate desacralize desanctify disconsecrate
Forms
- Past participle
- desecrated
e.g. desecrated → violated, profaned, polluted, corrupted…
Example sentences
- violate These factories violate multiple health regulations.
- profane Mixing the profane with the divine was Ginsberg's shtick.
- pollute Travelling by bus or bike, you could pollute less.
- pervert Gustavo must have known John was a pervert.
- defile I can't believe you would defile a gravestone!
By length
- 5 letters
- abuse2
- 6 letters
- misuse2, ravage2, defile, ravish, debase2
- 7 letters
- corrupt2, violate3, outrage2, pervert2, profane2, pollute2, vitiate3, debauch
- 8 letters
- misapply3, unhallow
- 10 letters
- prostitute3, adulterate4, desanctify
- 11 letters
- desacralize, desacralise
- 12 letters
- deconsecrate, unconsecrate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abuse2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- profaner
- Italiano
- profanare
- Español
- profanar
- Deutsch
- profanieren