profane

(prō-fān', prə-)
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.

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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.

For a list of words related to profane, see:

• Judgments Pro and Con - profane: speak of irreverently and disrespectfully
• Vulgar, Rude, Degenerate, or Wild
• Blame, Censure, Ridicule, and Contempt - profane: (vb) desecrate or defile with abuse or irreverence
• Religious States and Experiences - profane: (adj) irreverent, unholy; defiling what is sacred

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See words rhyming with "profaner."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Profane.

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

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