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冒涜 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blasphemy noun Speech or actions that show contempt or disrespect for God or something held sacred.
  • defile verb To make something dirty, corrupt, or impure, often something considered sacred or pure.
  • desecrate verb To treat something sacred with disrespect or damage it in a way that violates its holiness.
  • desecration noun An act that disrespects or violates something sacred.
  • profane adjective Showing disrespect for sacred or religious things.
  • profanity noun Swearing or offensive language.
  • sacrilege noun A disrespectful or destructive act against something considered sacred.

Senses

冒涜 is used for these senses in English:

  • blasphemy An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.
  • defile To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
  • desecrate (transitive) To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something.
  • desecration An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.
  • profane (transitive) To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate
  • profanity (uncountable) The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.
  • sacrilege Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred.

defile — full definition

  1. verb To make something dirty, corrupt, or impure, often something considered sacred or pure.
  2. noun A narrow gorge or pass, originally one narrow enough for soldiers to march through only in single file.

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