Blaspheme

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ËŒblæsˈfiːm/, /ËŒblɑːsˈfiːm/
• US IPA: /ˈblæs.fim/

Origin

Old French blaspheme, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmō, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω.

Full definition of blaspheme

Noun

1. Things said against religion or a god.

Synonyms

• (things said against religion or a god) blasphemy

Verb

1. (intransitive) To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
• Authorized Version|Mark|3|29But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
• 1980, ''The Blues Brothers:Mrs. Murphy: Don't you blaspheme in here!
2. (transitive) To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).
• MiltonSo Dagon shall be magnified, and God,
  Besides whom is no god, compared with idols,
  Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn.
• Dr. W. BeveridgeHow long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge thyself on all those who thus continually blaspheme thy great and all-glorious name?
3. (transitive) To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
• ShakespeareYou do blaspheme the good in mocking me.
• Alexander PopeThose who from our labours heap their board,
  Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord.

Related terms

• blasphemer
• blasphemingly
• blasphemous
• blasphemously
• blasphemy