Profaned

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of profane form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Treated with irreverence or without due respect.
Adjective
  1. 1
    treated irreverently or sacrilegiously wordnet

Synonyms

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desecratedviolated

Example

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"Fresh wonder seized us, and we shook with fear. / All say, that justly had Laocoon died, / and paid fit penalty, whose guilty spear / profaned the steed and pierced the sacred side."

Etymology

From the past and past participle of the verb profane.

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