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

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- svatokrádežnýCzech

- entweihendGerman

- vanhelligDanish

- ιερόσυλος, βέβηλοςGreek

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- rüvetavEstonian

- موهن به مقدساتFarsi

- rienaavaFinnish

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- שֶׁל חִילוּל הַקוֹדֵשHebrew

- धर्म विरोधीHindi

- svetogrdan, bogohulanCroatian

- szentségtörőHungarian

- menghujatIndonesian

- helgispjalla-Icelandic

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- 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

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- 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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