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SACRILEGIOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sacrilegious mean?
• SACRILEGIOUS (adjective)
The adjective SACRILEGIOUS has 1 sense:
1. grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
Familiarity information: SACRILEGIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
Synonyms:
blasphemous; profane; sacrilegious
Context example:
it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on
Similar:
irreverent (showing lack of due respect or veneration)
Derivation:
sacrilege (blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character)
sacrilegiousness (profaneness by virtue of committing sacrilege)
Context examples
Not only was such an act sacrilegious in its nature, but it was fraught with peril.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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