Profane
verb
To treat something sacred with disrespect.
They were accused of profaning the holy site.
Often appears as...
- profane the temple
- profane the holy ground
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Disapproving
adjective
Showing disrespect or contempt for sacred things.
She was punished for her profane language in the church.
Often appears as...
- profane words
- profane language
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Disapproving
verb
To use rudely or improperly.
Don't profane the English language by using bad grammar.
Often appears as...
- profane the language
- profane the rules
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To treat something sacred with disrespect.
They were accused of profaning the holy site.
Often appears as...
- profane the temple
- profane the holy ground
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Showing disrespect or contempt for sacred things.
She was punished for her profane language in the church.
Often appears as...
- profane words
- profane language
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To use rudely or improperly.
Don't profane the English language by using bad grammar.
Often appears as...
- profane the language
- profane the rules
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Often used when someone disrespects religious practices or places.
Graffiti on the church walls is an act of profane vandalism.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware of different beliefs to avoid unintentionally profaning what others consider sacred.
Travelers should not profane local shrines by taking inappropriate selfies.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Matters
Profaning something is seen as a serious offense by many people.
Profaning a war memorial can lead to strong public outrage.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Often used when someone disrespects religious practices or places.
Graffiti on the church walls is an act of profane vandalism.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware of different beliefs to avoid unintentionally profaning what others consider sacred.
Travelers should not profane local shrines by taking inappropriate selfies.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Matters
Profaning something is seen as a serious offense by many people.
Profaning a war memorial can lead to strong public outrage.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Often used when someone disrespects religious practices or places.
Graffiti on the church walls is an act of profane vandalism.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware of different beliefs to avoid unintentionally profaning what others consider sacred.
Travelers should not profane local shrines by taking inappropriate selfies.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Matters
Profaning something is seen as a serious offense by many people.
Profaning a war memorial can lead to strong public outrage.
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Replying to the Wow...
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Jonathan Haidt:...
but modern, secular society was built to satisfy our lower, profane selves. It's really comfortable down here on the lower level. Come, have a seat in my home entertainment center. One great challenge of modern life is to find the staircase amid all the clutter
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The greatest TED Talk...
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Replying to the Wow...
the silly come and party here with us to the serious the human condition is defined by the fact that we are mortal and we lost from the inspirational we trust that we will have much good the profane goodness to share everything from science fiction message goes out to
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Jonathan Haidt:...
but modern, secular society was built to satisfy our lower, profane selves. It's really comfortable down here on the lower level. Come, have a seat in my home entertainment center. One great challenge of modern life is to find the staircase amid all the clutter
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The greatest TED Talk...
profane domineering magical or mystical like Gandalf are you more of a Down attribute are you mindful sophisticated like double-oh-seven are you established traditional nurturing protective empathetic like the Oprah are you reliable stable familiar safe secure
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Quote examples
Tom Robbins
American Author
What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy.
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Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
History, whether sacred or profane, hides her teaching from those who study her through coloured glasses. She only reveals truth to those who look through the cold clear medium of passionless inquiry, who seek the Truth without determining first the masquerade in which alone they will receive it.
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Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going to occur that's much brighter coming from this dark, awful beginning.
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Emile Durkheim
French Sociologist
By definition, sacred beings are separated beings. That which characterizes them is that there is a break of continuity between them and the profane beings.
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George Washington
American President
The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.
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Henry Van Dyke
American Poet
Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.
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Thomas Hobbes
English Philosopher
The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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Norman Schwarzkopf
American General
War is a profane thing.
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Tom Robbins
American Author
What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy.
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Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
History, whether sacred or profane, hides her teaching from those who study her through coloured glasses. She only reveals truth to those who look through the cold clear medium of passionless inquiry, who seek the Truth without determining first the masquerade in which alone they will receive it.
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Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going to occur that's much brighter coming from this dark, awful beginning.
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Emile Durkheim
French Sociologist
By definition, sacred beings are separated beings. That which characterizes them is that there is a break of continuity between them and the profane beings.
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George Washington
American President
The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.
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Henry Van Dyke
American Poet
Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.
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Thomas Hobbes
English Philosopher
The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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Norman Schwarzkopf
American General
War is a profane thing.
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