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profane
adjective as in immoral, crude, disrespectful of religion
Strong matches
verb as in defile, desecrate
Example Sentences
The jokey, gleefully profane lyrics are stimulating in the moment but then quickly forgotten, like novelty songs in a clever college cabaret.
The series begins with Isla offering a more profane version of the oft-quoted Tolstoy observation that all happy families are alike, but each unhappy one is unhappy in its own way.
In that festive setting, utility player Chris Taylor used a profane phrase to describe the Yankees’ Game 5 meltdown.
Later in the game, two men were shown the door after a profane shouting match with Mark Cuban, the longtime Mavericks owner who was seated near the team bench.
The entrepreneur-provocateur’s unfortunately typical antisemitic, racist, profane, hostile, nonsensical and absurd tweets, delivered primarily in all caps, peppered his X feed by the dozens from about 6 p.m.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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