Definition for Sacrilege:

• Sacrilegious.

Synonyms for Sacrilege:

• n.

  •
  • irreverent,
  • heretic,
  • irreligious,
  • unorthodox,
  • humanism,
  • rationalist,
  • atheist,
  • agnostic,
  • godless,
  • secular.
  •
  • sass,
  • insolence,
  • effrontery,
  • cheek,
  • nerve,
  • sacred,
  • Familiarity,
  • impropriety,
  • presumption,
  • vulgarity,
  • discourtesy.
  •blasphemy (noun)
  • vituperation,
  • lewdness,
  • execration,
  • abuse,
  • scoffing,
  • swearing,
  • cussing,
  • indignity,
  • scurrility,
  • Reviling,
  • cursing.
  •curse (noun)
  • commination,
  • ban,
  • oath,
  • vilification,
  • double whammy,
  • denunciation,
  • swear word,
  • bane,
  • anathema,
  • Blaspheming,
  • expletive,
  • obloquy,
  • damning,
  • four-letter word,
  • dirty word.
  •desecration (noun)
  • defilement,
  • irreverence,
  • debasement.
  •disrespect (noun)
  • dishonor,
  • coarseness,
  • impudence,
  • Insolency,
  • insolentness,
  • hardihood,
  • lack of respect,
  • contempt,
  • boldness,
  • lese majesty,
  • impertinence,
  • incivility,
  • flippancy,
  • impoliteness,
  • Unmannerliness.
  •profanation (noun)
  • heresy.
  •profanity (noun)
  • swearword,
  • taboo,
  • cuss.
  •sacrilege (noun)
  • profanation,
  • offense,
  • crime,
  • mockery,
  • profaneness,
  • sin.
  •violation (noun)
  • pollution,
  • destruction,
  • invasion,
  • Defacing,
  • devastation,
  • rapine,
  • defacement,
  • assault,
  • degradation,
  • ruin.

• v.

  •violate (verb)
  • oppose,
  • contravene,
  • contaminate,
  • trespass,
  • meddle,
  • profane,
  • err,
  • breach,
  • offend,
  • encroach,
  • outrage,
  • defy,
  • withstand,
  • disobey,
  • disrupt,
  • infringe,
  • transgress,
  • disregard,
  • resist.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • blasphemy,
  • curse,
  • desecration,
  • disrespect,
  • fulmination,
  • impiety,
  • impiousness,
  • imprecation,
  • malediction,
  • mistreatment,
  • obscenity,
  • profanity,
  • ravishment,
  • sacrilege,
  • spoliation,
  • violation,
  • whammy,
  • Malison,
  • Objuration,
  • cuss word,
  • no-no,
  • cursings,
  • dirty language,
  • dirty name,
  • naughty word,
  • naughty words,
  • no-no's,
  • no-nos,
  • spoliations,
  • lese-majesty.
  •Other relevant words:
  • breached,
  • infract,
  • violate,
  • Breaching,
  • Infracted,
  • Infracting,
  • tamper with,
  • tampered with,
  • tampers with,
  • tampering with,
  • trample on.

Paraphrases for Sacrilege:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    desecration, profanation.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    sacrilegious.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    blasphemy.

Antonyms for Sacrilege:

• n.

  • blasphemy
    religion, religiousness, godliness.
  • curse
    praise, compliment.
  • desecration
    sanctification, honor.
  • disrespect
    esteem, regard, civility.
  • profanity
    clean language.
  • sacrilege
    respect, piety.
  • Other antonyms:
    reverence, worship, glorification, adoration, consecration, veneration, purification.

• v.

  • violate
    observe, obey.

Sacrilege Sentence Examples:

• To fight against their Holy Land would be a sacrilege.

• Lips, too, it might be said, invite kisses; but a lover would consider it sacrilege to touch his idol's lips unchastely.

Homophones for Sacrilege:

• serologic, squirrel-like, serology, scoreless, scroll saw, screw-loose, serialise, sherlock, sugarless, screw log, serialize, scurrilous, squirrel cage, sacrilegious.