Crossword clues for profaned
profaned
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Profane \Pro*fane"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Profaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Profaning.] [L. profanare: cf. F. profaner. See Profane, a.]
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To violate, as anything sacred; to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate; to pollute; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the Scriptures, or the ordinance of God.
The priests in the temple profane the sabbath.
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To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
So idly to profane the precious time.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
Treated with irreverence or lacking due respect. v
(en-past of: profane)
WordNet
adj. treated irreverently or sacrilegiously [syn: violated]
Usage examples of "profaned".
But never again will they be profaned by priests of a narrow God who would deny all other truths .
A fresh cloud of crimson dots profaned the stars-and then they vanished.
Torchlight fumed in her eyes and glittered from the gold of her profaned vestments, the fires of Hell roared behind her, and she came on as if his exorcism was but words.
A fresh cloud of crimson dots profaned the stars—and then they vanished.