Definitions for sacrilegiousˌsæk rəˈlɪdʒ əs, -ˈli dʒəs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
sac•ri•le•giousˌsæk rəˈlɪdʒ əs, -ˈli dʒəs(adj.)
involving sacrilege.
Category: Religion
guilty of sacrilege.
Category: Religion
Origin of sacrilegious:
1400–50
sac`ri•le′gious•ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious(adj)
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"
Wiktionary
sacrilegious(Adjective)
Committing sacrilege.
sacrilegious(Adjective)
Acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.
Origin: sacer + lego.
Webster Dictionary
Sacrilegious(adj)
violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious
Translations for sacrilegious
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
sacrilegious(adjective)
the act of using a holy thing or place in a wicked way
Robbing a church is considered (a) sacrilege.
- skendigAfrikaans
- تَدْنيسي، مُدَنِّسArabic
- светотатственBulgarian
- sacrílegoPortuguese (BR)
- svatokrádežnýCzech
- entweihendGerman
- vanhelligDanish
- ιερόσυλος, βέβηλοςGreek
- sacrílegoSpanish
- rüvetavEstonian
- موهن به مقدساتFarsi
- rienaavaFinnish
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- שֶׁל חִילוּל הַקוֹדֵשHebrew
- धर्म विरोधीHindi
- svetogrdan, bogohulanCroatian
- szentségtörőHungarian
- menghujatIndonesian
- helgispjalla-Icelandic
- sacrilegoItalian
- 神聖さを汚すJapanese
- 신성을 더럽히는Korean
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- suka mencabulMalay
- heiligschennendDutch
- ugudelig, vanhelligNorwegian
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- موهن به مقدساتPersian
- بې حرمته (مذهب ته)، دمذهب سپكوونكىPashto
- sacrílegoPortuguese
- profanatorRomanian
- святотатственный, кощунственныйRussian
- svätokrádežnýSlovak
- svetoskrunskiSlovenian
- svetogrdanSerbian
- vanhelgande, skändligSwedish
- ที่ลบหลู่สถานที่หรือสิ่งศักดิ์สิทธิ์Thai
- saygısızTurkish
- 褻瀆神明的Chinese (Trad.)
- блюзнірськийUkrainian
- غیر مقدسUrdu
- phạm thượngVietnamese
- 渎圣的Chinese (Simp.)
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