as in atheistical
not showing proper reverence for the holy or sacred
a sacrilegious, obscene joke—and told in church at that!
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Recent Examples of sacrilegious
The cartoon images were deeply offensive to many Muslims, who viewed them as sacrilegious.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Grills are about elemental things—wood, fire, meat—adding Wi-Fi to that seems almost sacrilegious.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2020
The high court ruled that states could not ban sacrilegious films.
—Kristina M. Lee, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
This might seem sacrilegious for a song that’s widely regarded as a pioneering work of electronic music.
—James Factora, Them, 2 Oct. 2024
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David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Grills are about elemental things—wood, fire, meat—adding Wi-Fi to that seems almost sacrilegious.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2020
The high court ruled that states could not ban sacrilegious films.
—Kristina M. Lee, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
This might seem sacrilegious for a song that’s widely regarded as a pioneering work of electronic music.
—James Factora, Them, 2 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for sacrilegious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacrilegious
Adjective
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However, the group is often met with pushback from Christians, who view Satanism as an illegitimate religion and a blasphemous group that should not be entitled to First Amendment protections.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
16 Dec. 2024
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The images, which many Muslims considered blasphemous, were at the heart of the controversy that led to Paty's death.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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This game must have seemed profane to the Greeks, or even impious.—
Simone Weil,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
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Both narratives, private and public, differently restrict our access, so the ideal historian will need great tact and an impious curiosity.—
James Wood,
The New Yorker,
4 Sep. 2023
Adjective
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For The Win's daily sports newsletter pairs the latest news from around the sports world with the smartest − yet somewhat irreverent – takes from FTW's staff.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
13 Jan. 2025
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The 2025 edition of the Sundance Film Festival—poised to run from January 23 to February 2 in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah—finds the beloved mountainside showcase at its most idiosyncratic: starry, of course, but also independently minded, irreverent, and often delightfully weird.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Lynch plays Cole as a secular prophet, a grand and monumental presence dispensing wisdom and judgment with a self-deprecating yet oracular intensity.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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This actually put the current valuation at 25x long-term earnings, which could be considered reasonable with the strong balance sheet and long-term secular growth.—
GuruFocus,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Allen's defense team aggressively pushed their theory that Odinists, members of a pagan Norse religion hijacked by white nationalists, killed the girls during a sacrificial ritual in the woods.—
Kristine Phillips,
The Indianapolis Star,
13 Nov. 2024
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Defense attorneys for Allen have argued authorities arrested the wrong person and claimed that Odinism, a pagan Norse religion that has been linked to White supremacist groups, could be a theory connected to the killings, court documents show.—
Nicole Chavez,
CNN,
18 Oct. 2024
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“Sacrilegious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacrilegious. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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