The profane language used on network television makes many parents with young children not want to subscribe to cable.
Source: tatoeba (1960)
Profane
Synonyms for "profane" (209 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (42)
Verb(4 words)
abuseabusiveapostateatheisticbackslidingbadbasebawdybefoulblasphemousbluecalumniatorycalumniouscarnalcarnal-mindedcoarsecomminatorycommit sacrilegecommoncontaminate
Show 7 more words
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (63)
Related words (104)
maladministermaledictorymaterialmaterialisticmisapplymisappropriatemisemploymishandlemismanagemisusemundanenastynaughtynonsacredobsceneoff coloroutrageouspaganpeculatepervert
Show 57 more words
philistinepilferpolluteprofanatoryprostituterabelaisianraunchyrawrecidivistrecidivisticrecreantrenegadereprobateribaldrisquesacrilegiousscatologicscatologicalscurrilescurriloussecularsinfulsmuttytabootainttemporalterrestrialthe fleshlythe mundanethe profanethe secularthe temporalthe unholythe worldlytrefunbelievingunblesseduncleanuncouthundutifulungodlyunhallowedunholyunmentionableunprintableunregenerateunsacredunsanctifiedunspiritualvenomousvileviolatevitiatevituperativevulgarwickedworldly
Determiner(1 words)
most earthly traits
Adjective(17 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
16 entriesMore specific
10 entriescurse wordcurse wordsdesecrationearthly pleasuresfoul languagenonreligious educationprofanitiessacrilegesecular musicswear words
Collocations
11 entriesprofane actprofane actsprofane behaviorprofane expressionprofane jokeprofane languageprofane speechprofane templeprofane termsprofane topicprofane words
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
12 entriesSample sentences
22 total sentences available.
We call scriptures the sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
Source: tatoeba (3146995)
Know then that in the time of the Great Rebellion this Manor of Baskerville was held by Hugo of that name, nor can it be gainsaid that he was a most wild, profane, and godless man.
Source: tatoeba (6605705)
"But when Ulysses, fain / to weave new crimes, with Tydeus' impious son / dragged the Palladium from her sacred fane, / and, on the citadel the warders slain, / upon the virgin's image dared to lay / red hands of slaughter, and her wreaths profane, / hope ebbed and failed them from that fatal day, / the Danaans' strength grew weak, the goddess turned away. / No dubious signs Tritonia's wrath declared."
Source: tatoeba (6813957)
Showing 4 of 22 available sentences.