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Blaspheme

//ˈblæs.fim// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of blasphemy. alt-of, obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine. intransitive

    "But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation."

  2. 2
    speak of in an irreverent or impious manner wordnet
  3. 3
    To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred). transitive

    "So Dagon ſhall be magnifi'd, and God, / Beſides whom is no God, compar'd with Idols, / Diſglorifi'd, blaſphem'd, and had in ſcorn […]"

  4. 4
    utter obscenities or profanities wordnet
  5. 5
    To calumniate; to revile; to abuse. transitive

    "You do blaspheme the good in mocking me."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English blasfemen, blasphemen, from Old French blasfemer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Doublet of blame.

Etymology 2

From Middle English blasfeme, blasphem, blaspheme, from Middle French blaspheme, from Old French blasfeme, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía).

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