BLASPHEME

blaspheme

(verb) speak of in an irreverent or impious manner; “blaspheme God”

curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate

(verb) utter obscenities or profanities; “The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

blaspheme (third-person singular simple present blasphemes, present participle blaspheming, simple past and past participle blasphemed)

(intransitive) To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.

(transitive) To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).

(transitive) To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.

Noun

blaspheme (plural blasphemes)

Obsolete spelling of blasphemy.

Source: Wiktionary

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Blas*pheme", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blasphemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Blaspheming.] Etym: [OE. blasfem, L. blasphemare, fr. Gr. : cf. F. blasphémer. See Blame, v.]

1. To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. So Dagon shall be magnified, and God, Besides whom is no god, compared with idols, Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton. How 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 Dr. W. Beveridge.

2. Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse. You do blaspheme the good in mocking me. Shak. Those who from our labors heap their board, Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord. Pope.

Blas*pheme", v. i.

Definition: To utter blasphemy. He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness. Mark iii. 29.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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