Definition for Desecrate:

• To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; - the opposite of consecrate.

Synonyms for Desecrate:

• n.

  •
  • damage,
  • injure,
  • harm.
  •desecrate (noun)
  • deconsecrate.

• v.

  •abuse, violate (verb)
  • devour,
  • befoul,
  • Depredate,
  • blaspheme,
  • make lose face,
  • dishonor,
  • commit sacrilege,
  • waste,
  • prostitute.
  •misuse (verb)
  • ill-use.
  •pervert (verb)
  • debauch,
  • degrade,
  • corrupt,
  • abase,
  • vitiate,
  • adulterate,
  • twist,
  • distort,
  • debase,
  • seduce,
  • demoralize,
  • warp,
  • deprave,
  • deform.

• Other synonyms:

  •contaminate
  • infect.
  •misuse
  • Misemploy.
  •Other relevant words:
  • irreligious,
  • assault,
  • breach,
  • ruin,
  • pilfer,
  • scandalize,
  • godless,
  • appal,
  • irritate,
  • alloy,
  • revile,
  • sacrilegious,
  • sully,
  • ruination,
  • malediction,
  • destroy,
  • demoralise,
  • secular,
  • scandalise,
  • unclean,
  • convert,
  • defame,
  • demean,
  • immoral,
  • lower,
  • taint,
  • hardened,
  • degenerate,
  • blasphemies,
  • offend,
  • subvert,
  • irreverence,
  • heretical,
  • divert,
  • disrespectful,
  • poison,
  • strip,
  • fritter away,
  • affront,
  • polluted,
  • devalue,
  • nasty,
  • mismanage,
  • havoc,
  • insult,
  • unholy,
  • sell out,
  • infuriate,
  • go against,
  • profanation,
  • overwork,
  • blasphemy,
  • filthy,
  • misdirect,
  • swear,
  • profaneness,
  • transgress,
  • canker,
  • aggravate,
  • sinful,
  • denature,
  • unconsecrated,
  • sacrilege,
  • overtax,
  • desecration,
  • depreciate,
  • brook,
  • blasphemous,
  • impious,
  • dishonour,
  • grimy,
  • irreverent,
  • dissipate,
  • scorn,
  • squalid,
  • maladminister,
  • divest,
  • scoff,
  • contravene,
  • defalcate,
  • profanity,
  • soil,
  • scourge,
  • creek,
  • river,
  • enrage,
  • horrify,
  • deface,
  • muddy,
  • confound,
  • ungodly,
  • curse,
  • fail,
  • dirty,
  • Unhallow,
  • coarsen,
  • stream,
  • ulcerate,
  • unhallowed,
  • blasphemes,
  • Overtask,
  • obscenity,
  • appall,
  • vulgarize,
  • misappropriate,
  • plunder,
  • demolish,
  • embezzle,
  • dingy,
  • squander,
  • peculate,
  • tarnish,
  • blasphemer,
  • cheapen,
  • oath,
  • wicked,
  • ravish,
  • break,
  • grubby,
  • pauperize,
  • misapply,
  • desecrated,
  • exasperate.

Paraphrases for Desecrate:

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    profane.

Antonyms for Desecrate:

• v.

  • abuse, violate
    construct, improve, purify, honor, save, clean, help, build, praise, protect, sanctify.
  • Other antonyms:
    dedicate, cleanse, purge, respect.

Homophones for Desecrate:

• dasyuridae, disaccord, deserted, dasyurid, disaccharide, ditch reed, dockyard, djakarta, discreet, discarded, desegrated, discard, disagree with, disarrayed, discrete, degraded, dissertate, desired, discord, discredit, decorate, dogcart, dog-eared, degree day, Daucus Carota, desert, discredited, dessert, degrade, decorated, desecrated, dose rate, decreed.

Hyponym for Desecrate:

• v.

  • social
    assault, assail, attack, set on.