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BLASPHEME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blaspheme mean? 

BLASPHEME (verb)
  The verb BLASPHEME has 2 senses:

1. utter obscenities or profanitiesplay

2. speak of in an irreverent or impious mannerplay

  Familiarity information: BLASPHEME used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLASPHEME (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they blaspheme  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it blasphemes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: blasphemed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: blasphemed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: blaspheming  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Utter obscenities or profanities

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

blaspheme; curse; cuss; imprecate; swear

Context example:

The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street

Hypernyms (to "blaspheme" is one way to...):

express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)

Verb group:

blaspheme (speak of in an irreverent or impious manner)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


Sense 2

Meaning:

Speak of in an irreverent or impious manner

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

blaspheme God

Hypernyms (to "blaspheme" is one way to...):

talk about; talk of (discuss or mention)

Verb group:

blaspheme; curse; cuss; imprecate; swear (utter obscenities or profanities)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

blasphemer (a person who speaks disrespectfully of sacred things)


 Context examples 


I fear that it has given my colleague, Professor Summerlee, occasion to blaspheme.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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