profane

Adjective

• grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
  • blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath
    
  • profane utterances against the Church
    
  • it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on
    

• not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled

• not concerned with or devoted to religion
  • sacred and profane music
    
  • secular drama
    
  • secular architecture, children being brought up in an entirely profane environment
    

• characterized by profanity or cursing
  • foul-mouthed and blasphemous
    
  • blue language
    
  • profane words
    

Verb

• violate the sacred character of a place or language
  • desecrate a cemetery
    
  • violate the sanctity of the church
    
  • profane the name of God
    

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  • debauch the young people with wine and women
    
  • Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
    
  • Do school counselors subvert young children?
    
  • corrupt the morals
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  blasphemous , sacrilegious , unconsecrated , unsanctified , secular , blue , desecrate , outrage , violate