Sacrilege!
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Sacrilege
//ˈsækɹɪlɪd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "sacrilege" (44 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (22)
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4 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
3 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 39 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἱεροσυλία noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Arabic
2 entries- تَدْنِيس noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
- تَرْجِيس noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Armenian
1 entries- սրբապղծություն noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Asturian
1 entries- sacrilexu noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Belarusian
3 entries- блюзне́рства noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
- блюзьне́рства noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
- святата́цтва noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кощу́нство noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
- светота́тство noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Catalan
1 entries- sacrilegi noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 冒瀆 /冒渎 noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Czech
1 entries- svatokrádež noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Danish
1 entries- helligbrøde noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Dutch
1 entries- heiligschennis noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Esperanto
1 entries- sakrilegio noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Estonian
1 entries- pühaduseteotus noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Finnish
1 entries- pyhäinhäväistys noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
French
1 entries- sacrilège noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Galician
1 entries- sacrilexio noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
German
1 entries- Sakrileg noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Greek
1 entries- ιεροσυλία noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Hungarian
1 entries- szentségtörés noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Ido
1 entries- sakrilejo noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Indonesian
1 entries- sakrilegi noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Italian
1 entries- sacrilegio noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Japanese
1 entries- 冒涜 noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Kazakh
3 entries- ардақты нәрсені қорлаушылық noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
- ерекше қадірлі нәрсені қорлаушылық noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
- қасиетті нәрсені масқаралаушылық noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Korean
1 entries- 모독 noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Latin
1 entries- sacrilegium noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Macedonian
1 entries- сквернавење noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- helligbrød noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Occitan
1 entries- sacrilègi noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Polish
4 entries- blasfemia noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
- bluźnierstwo noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
- profanacja noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
- świętokradztwo noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Portuguese
1 entries- sacrilégio noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Romanian
1 entries- sacrilegiu noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Russian
2 entries- кощу́нство noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
- святота́тство noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- svetogrđe noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
- светогрђе noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Slovak
1 entries- svätokrádež noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Slovene
2 entries- bogokletstvo noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
- svetoskrunstvo noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Spanish
1 entries- sacrilegio noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Swedish
3 entries- helgerån noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
- hädelse noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
- skändlighet noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Ukrainian
2 entries- блюзнірство noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
- святота́тство noun (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Some people have compared Esperantism to a cult, but soon there will come a time when Zamenhof returns and punishes them for this sacrilege.
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Some people have likened Esperantism to a cult, but soon the time will come when Zamenhof returns and punishes them for this sacrilege.
Source: tatoeba (6626597)
Hamas considers it a sacrilege for a non-Muslim state to exist in Palestine, but also kills women and children, contrary to the Qur'an.
Source: tatoeba (12138208)
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