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