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Synonyms for blaspheme

Grammar : Verb
Spell : blas-feem, blas-feem
Phonetic Transcription : blæsˈfim, ˈblæs fim

Définition of blaspheme

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French blasfemer "to blaspheme" (14c., Modern French blasphémer), from Church Latin blasphemare (also in Late Latin "revile, reproach"), from Greek blasphemein "to speak lightly or amiss of sacred things, to slander," from blasphemos "evil-speaking" (see blasphemy). A reintroduction after the original word had been worn down and sense-shifted to blame. Related: Blasphemed; blaspheming.
  • verb curse
Example sentences :
  • To doubt your existence is the only resource left open to us if we are not to blaspheme you!
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • Therefore, said Luther, when others do blaspheme, let us pray.
  • Extract from : « Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther » by Martin Luther
  • Suppose I do not laugh back at you, do not blaspheme you, do not curse you.
  • Extract from : « The Napoleon of Notting Hill » by Gilbert K. Chesterton
  • All this, of course, only causes the unbeliever to blaspheme.
  • Extract from : « Real Ghost Stories » by William T. Stead
  • “Blaspheme not against the usages of our city,” said Pietro Cennini, much offended.
  • Extract from : « Romola » by George Eliot
  • It was useless for him to shout, pray, weep, and blaspheme; no one heard him.
  • Extract from : « Laboulaye's Fairy Book » by Various
  • "Do not blaspheme the habitation of your fathers," said Julian Wemyss.
  • Extract from : « Patsy » by S. R. Crockett
  • But he did not blaspheme, says Barbier, in his narrative of the scene, nor mention any names.
  • Extract from : « Old and New Paris, v. 1 » by Henry Sutherland Edwards
  • With their lips they honour God; by their ways they blaspheme Him.
  • Extract from : « Woman under Monasticism » by Lina Eckenstein
  • If the man was a hypocrite, he'll swing for it; but that's no reason why you should blaspheme.
  • Extract from : « Into the Highways and Hedges » by F. F. Montrsor (Frances Frederica)

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