Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

profane

 
(prō-fān', prə-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Marked by contempt or irreverence for what is sacred.
  2. Nonreligious in subject matter, form, or use; secular: sacred and profane music.
  3. Not admitted into a body of secret knowledge or ritual; uninitiated.
  4. Vulgar; coarse.
tr.v., -faned, -fan·ing, -fanes.
  1. To treat with irreverence: profane the name of God.
  2. To put to an improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse.

[Middle English prophane, from Old French, from Latin profānus, from prō fānō, in front of the temple : prō-, before, outside; see pro-1 + fānō, ablative of fānum, temple.]

profanatory pro·fan'a·to'ry (prō-făn'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē, prə-) adj.
profanely pro·fane'ly adv.
profaner pro·fan'er n.

Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics
Roget's Thesaurus:

profane

Top

adjective

  1. Showing irreverence and contempt for something sacred: blasphemous, sacrilegious. See sacred/profane.
  2. Not religious in subject matter, form, or use: lay2, secular, temporal, worldly. See sacred/profane.
  3. Offensive to accepted standards of decency: barnyard, bawdy, broad, coarse, dirty, Fescennine, filthy, foul, gross, lewd, nasty, obscene, ribald, scatologic, scatological, scurrilous, smutty, vulgar. Slang raunchy. See decent/indecent.

verb

    To spoil or mar the sanctity of: defile, desecrate, pollute, violate. See clean/dirty, religion, sacred/profane.


adj

Definition: immoral
Antonyms: clean, moral, religious, sacred

v

Definition: defile, desecrate
Antonyms: cleanse, purify


[De]

That which belongs to the mundane or everyday world, as opposed to the religious world.

Random House Word Menu:

categories related to 'profane'

Top
Random House Word Menu by Stephen Glazier
For a list of words related to profane, see:

  See crossword solutions for the clue Profane.
Translations:

Profane

Top

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - verdslig, hedensk
v. tr. - vanhellige, krænke

Nederlands (Dutch)
profaan, niet-kerkelijk, met het heilige spotten (d), vloeken

Français (French)
adj. - impie, profane
v. tr. - profaner

Deutsch (German)
v. - profanieren, entweihen
adj. - profan, gotteslästerlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - βεβηλώνω, μιαίνω, μαγαρίζω
adj. - κοσμικός, υλιστικός, των εγκοσμίων, ανίερος, ανόσιος, βέβηλος, μιαρός, βλάσφημος, αμύητος

Italiano (Italian)
profanare, profano

Português (Portuguese)
v. - profanar
adj. - profanar

Русский (Russian)
осквернять, светский, непосвященный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - profano, blasfemo, impío, laico
v. tr. - profanar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vanhelga, kränka, missbruka
adj. - världslig, hednisk, ohelig, hädisk, vanvördig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
世俗的, 亵渎的, 不敬神的, 亵渎, 滥用, 玷污, 错用

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 世俗的, 褻瀆的, 不敬神的
v. tr. - 褻瀆, 濫用, 玷污, 錯用

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 독신의, 모독적인
v. tr. - 모독하다, 더럽히다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 神聖を汚す, 不敬の, 冒涜する, 世俗的な, 汚す, 不浄な
v. - 濫用する, 乱用する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجدف, يدنس (صفه) تجديف, تدنيس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גס, מגדף, מחלל הקודש, חילוני, לא מקודש, של עובדי-אלילים (טכס), מי שלא הובא בסוד (הדת, הכת, המיסדר וכו')‬
v. tr. - ‮חילל, חילל הקודש, טימא‬


 
 

 

Copyrights:

American Heritage Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Roget's Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 byHoughton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Answers Corporation Antonyms by Answers.com. © 1999-present by Answers Corporation. All rights reserved.  Read more
Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology. Copyright © 2002, 2003 by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.  Read more
Random House Word Menu. © 2010 Write Brothers Inc. Word Menu is a registered trademark of the Estate of Stephen Glazier. Write Brothers Inc. All rights reserved.  Read more
 Rhymes. Oxford University Press. © 2006, 2007 All rights reserved.  Read more
Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary. Collins Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary © Anne Bradford, 1986, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2008 HarperCollins Publishers All rights reserved.  Read more
Translations. Copyright © 2007, WizCom Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.  Read more

Follow us
Facebook Twitter
YouTube