Found 3 items, similar to PROFANE.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: profane keduniaan, najis
English → English (WordNet) Definition: profane profane v 1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; “debauch the young people with wine and women”; “Socrates was accused of corrupting young men”; “Do school counselors subvert young children?”; “corrupt the morals” [syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, vitiate, deprave, misdirect] 2: violate the sacred character of a place or language; “desecrate a cemetary”; “violate the sanctity of the church”; “profane the name of God” [syn: desecrate, outrage, violate] profane adj 1: characterized by profanity or cursing; “foul-mouthed and blasphemous”; “blue language”; “profane words” [syn: blasphemous, blue] 2: not sacred or concerned with religion; “sacred and profane music”; “children being brought up in an entirely profane environment” [ant: sacred] 3: not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled [syn: unconsecrated, unsanctified] 4: 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: blasphemous, sacrilegious]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Profane Profane \Pro*fane"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Profaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Profaning.] [L. profanare: cf. F. profaner. See Profane, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] The priests in the temple profane the sabbath. --Matt. xii. 5. [1913 Webster] 2. To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to make a base employment of; to debase; to abuse; to defile. [1913 Webster] So idly to profane the precious time. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Profane \Pro*fane"\, a. [F., fr. L. profanus, properly, before the temple, i. e., without the temple, unholy; pro before + fanum temple. See 1st Fane.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, religious, or inspired; as, a profane place. “Profane authors.” --I. Disraeli. [1913 Webster] The profane wreath was suspended before the shrine. --Gibbon. [1913 Webster] 2. Unclean; impure; polluted; unholy. [1913 Webster] Nothing is profane that serveth to holy things. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 3. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious. Hence, specifically; Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue. --1 Tim. i. 9. [1913 Webster] Syn: Secular; temporal; worldly; unsanctified; unhallowed; unholy; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; wicked; godless; impious. See Impious. [1913 Webster]