blasphemed; blaspheming
: to speak in a way that shows irreverence for God or something sacred : to utter blasphemy
blaspheming against God
refuses to blaspheme
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: to speak of or address with irreverence
punished for having blasphemed God
Examples of blaspheme in a Sentence
He did not curse or blaspheme.
people who have blasphemed against God
people who have blasphemed God
Recent Examples on the Web
Watching Rome, Shiv, and Ken attempt to battle, scrape, and betray their way into their father’s heart—and, conversely, seeing Logan withhold, meter out, and blaspheme his version of love back at them—propelled Succession through four glorious seasons.
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John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
Greg has been blasphemed on national hockey shows up there, eh?
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
Earlier this month, Abdul Rauf, a Muslim English teacher, was gunned down in Turbat after his students accused him of blaspheming in one of his lectures.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2023
In one infamous case in 2010, Asia Bibi, a Christian woman, was sentenced to death, accused of blaspheming Islam.
—New York Times, 4 May 2020
To disguise ourselves forever would be to blaspheme his work of redeeming the world.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 30 Mar. 2020
Witnesses at the mosque said Abdelrhim Abdelghani shoved his way in at about 4 p.m., swiped a Quran off a shelf, took it to the nearby intersection of Northwest Fourth Avenue and Northwest 15th Vista and began defiling and blaspheming the holy book.
—Tonya Alanez, sun-sentinel.com, 26 June 2019
God’s mercy and justice on those who have blasphemed God’s holy name, those who slander and bear false witness and those who commit murder or justify murder as a means for fighting criminality.
—Jim Gomez, The Seattle Times, 9 July 2018
God’s mercy and justice on those who have blasphemed God’s Holy Name, those who slander and bear false witness, and those who commit murder or justify murder as a means for fighting criminality in our country.
—Jake Maxwell Watts, WSJ, 9 July 2018
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John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
Greg has been blasphemed on national hockey shows up there, eh?
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
Earlier this month, Abdul Rauf, a Muslim English teacher, was gunned down in Turbat after his students accused him of blaspheming in one of his lectures.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2023
In one infamous case in 2010, Asia Bibi, a Christian woman, was sentenced to death, accused of blaspheming Islam.
—New York Times, 4 May 2020
To disguise ourselves forever would be to blaspheme his work of redeeming the world.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 30 Mar. 2020
Witnesses at the mosque said Abdelrhim Abdelghani shoved his way in at about 4 p.m., swiped a Quran off a shelf, took it to the nearby intersection of Northwest Fourth Avenue and Northwest 15th Vista and began defiling and blaspheming the holy book.
—Tonya Alanez, sun-sentinel.com, 26 June 2019
God’s mercy and justice on those who have blasphemed God’s holy name, those who slander and bear false witness and those who commit murder or justify murder as a means for fighting criminality.
—Jim Gomez, The Seattle Times, 9 July 2018
God’s mercy and justice on those who have blasphemed God’s Holy Name, those who slander and bear false witness, and those who commit murder or justify murder as a means for fighting criminality in our country.
—Jake Maxwell Watts, WSJ, 9 July 2018
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“Blaspheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blaspheme. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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Etymology
Middle English blasfemen "to blaspheme," from Latin blasphemare "to speak ill of, blaspheme," from Greek blasphēmein "to blaspheme" — related to blame
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blaspheme
verb
blas·pheme
blas-ˈfēm, ˈblas-ˌfēm 
blasphemed; blaspheming
: to commit blasphemy against
blaspheme God
: to commit blasphemy
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