adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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UK:/ˈblæs.fəm.əs/
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adj
Meaning 1
Lacking piety or respect for the sacred; resembling blasphemy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
His taking the name of God in vain was considered blasphemous.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
characterized by profanity or cursing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
foul-mouthed and blasphemous
blue language
profane words
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blue, profane
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath
profane utterances against the Church
it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: profane, sacrilegious
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin blasphēmus (“blaspheming”), from Ancient Greek βλάσφημος (blásphēmos, “uttering ill-omened words”), equivalent to blaspheme + -ous.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
հայհոյական
(hayhoyakan)
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Catalan:
blasfem
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Chinese Mandarin:
褻瀆神靈 /亵渎神灵
(xièdú shénlíng)
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Czech:
rouhavý
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Czech:
rouhačský
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Danish:
blasfemisk
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Dutch:
godslasterlijk
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Esperanto:
malpia
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Faroese:
gudsspottandi
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Finnish:
rienaava
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Finnish:
pilkkaava
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
French:
blasphématoire
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Georgian:
მკრეხელური
(mḳrexeluri)
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
German:
blasphemisch
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
German:
gotteslästerlich
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Greek:
βλάσφημος
(vlásfimos)
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Ancient Greek:
βλάσφημος
(blásphēmos)
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Hungarian:
istenkáromló
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Irish:
blaisféimeach
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Irish:
diamhaslach
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Irish:
dia-aithiseach
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Irish:
naomhaithiseach
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Italian:
blasfemo
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Middle English:
blasfeme
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Norwegian Bokmål:
blasfemisk
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Norwegian Nynorsk:
blasfemisk
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Polish:
bluźnierczy
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Portuguese:
blasfemo
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Romanian:
blasfemator
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Russian:
богоху́льный
(bogoxúlʹnyj)
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Russian:
нечести́вый
(nečestívyj)
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Russian:
богоху́льственный
(bogoxúlʹstvennyj)
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Russian:
святота́тственный
(svjatotátstvennyj)
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Russian:
кощу́нственный
(koščúnstvennyj)
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Serbo-Croatian:
бласфѐмичан
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Serbo-Croatian:
svȅtogr̄dnī
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Serbo-Croatian:
blasfèmičan
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Serbo-Croatian:
svȅtogr̄dan
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Spanish:
blasfemo
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Spanish:
blasfematorio
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Spanish:
blasfemante
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Spanish:
blasfemador
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Swedish:
blasfemisk
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred
Swedish:
hädisk
— lacking piety or respect for the sacred