violated

Thân thiện

The sacred site was violated by trespassers.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Treated irreverently or sacrilegiously: Describes something that has been disrespected, profaned, or treated in a way that breaks a serious rule, law, or moral principle, especially concerning something considered sacred, holy, or inviolable.
   • Broken or disregarded: Can describe a law, agreement, trust, or personal boundary that has been infringed upon or dishonored.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The archaeologists were saddened to see the violated tomb. (The tomb had been treated with disrespect and its sacred nature profaned.)
  • She felt a deep sense of violated trust after her friend shared her secret. (Her trust was broken and dishonored.)
  • The treaty was considered violated after the military incursion. (The terms of the treaty were broken and disregarded.)

Advanced Usage

• "to feel violated": A common phrase describing a profound personal feeling of having been wronged, disrespected, or having one's privacy, rights, or body invaded.
  • After the burglary, she felt deeply violated. (She felt her personal space and safety had been profoundly disrespected and invaded.)
• Used in legal and formal contexts to describe the breach of a law, right, or oath.
  • The court ruled that the defendant's actions violated the victim's constitutional rights.

Variants and Related Words

• Violate (verb): To break or fail to comply with (a rule or formal agreement); to treat (something sacred) with irreverence or disrespect.
  • To violate a contract.
• Violation (noun): The action of violating someone or something.
  • A violation of privacy.
• Violator (noun): A person or entity that violates something.

Synonyms

• Desecrated: Treated with violent disrespect, especially towards something sacred.
• Profaned: Treated with irreverence or contempt, making something sacred no longer respected.
• Breached: Broke or failed to observe (a law, agreement, or code of conduct).
• Infringed: Actively broke the terms of (a law, right, or agreement).

Antonyms

• Respected: Admired deeply, treated with consideration.
• Honored: Regarded with great respect; fulfilled (an obligation).
• Sacrosanct: Regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with.
• Inviolate: Free or safe from injury or violation.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. treated irreverently or sacrilegiously

Từ đồng nghĩa

• profaned