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blasphemous

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Blasphemous \Blas"phe*mous\, a. [L. blasphemus, Gr. ?.]
   Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting
   anything impiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous
   person; containing blasphemy; as, a blasphemous book; a
   blasphemous caricature. ``Blasphemous publications.''
   --Porteus.

         Nor from the Holy One of Heaven Refrained his tongue
         blasphemous.                             --Milton.

   Note: Formerly this word was accented on the second syllable,
         as in the above example.

Source : WordNet®

blasphemous
     adj 1: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred;
            "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane
            utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to
            enter with shoes on" [syn: {profane}, {sacrilegious}]
     2: characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and
        blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" [syn: {blue},
         {profane}]
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