blaspheme

Pronunciation: /ˌblæsˈfiːm/

The English word “blaspheme” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).
To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.

Etymology

From Middle English blasfemen, blasphemen, from Old French blasfemer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Doublet of blame.

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