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Meanings of blasphemous in English

Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred.

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Characterized by profanity or cursing.

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Examples for "blue"
Examples for "blue"
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Semihard; blue; goat; mellow; small; square; a quarter to a half pound.
The Complete Book of Cheese
2
A sea of blue state police cars stood motionless ahead of them.
Dante's numbers
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For example, left hand to blue crimp, right foot to green pinch.
Climbing Magazine
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The sea was quite calm, the sky was so clear and blue.
Radio NZ
5
The wind blows soft; the sky is blue; the sun shines bright
The New McGuffey First Reader
Usage of blasphemous in English
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In such an atmosphere, Rouhani's words could be seen as quite blasphemous.
The Guardian
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Something in the blasphemous strength of the words attracted the Wanderer's attention.
The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale
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Demonstrators were incensed by a U.S.-made film they consider blasphemous to Islam.
Reuters
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Such are the blasphemous ideas suggested to me by my corrupt mind.
Recollections of My Youth
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I understand it to be a, blasphemous parody of the Catholic Mass.
Witchcraft Today
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Regional Muslim leaders and rebels revile each other as blasphemous and criminal.
Reuters
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Almost every other reference he made to the Scriptures was totally blasphemous.
The Irish Times
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Now many will be damned who were not blasphemous in this life.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
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Many Muslims consider any representation of Allah or the Prophet Mohammad blasphemous.
Reuters
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But here the allusion is simply ludicrous and to a Moslem blasphemous.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09
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Others are so blasphemous as to compare the scaffold of Louis XVI.
Les Misérables
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The curses he hurled at these people sounded blasphemous in Janet's ears.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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It was an amazing production, and as blasphemous as it was amazing.
The Mark of the Beast
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Muslims and Jews have also found the doctrine puzzling and even blasphemous.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
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As the blasphemous devil thus went on, all were silent round her.
Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Rei...
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It sounds blasphemous, but it is true, and here they act blasphemy.
The Innocents Abroad
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