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单词 blaspheme
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Definition of blaspheme in English:

blaspheme

verb blasˈfiːm
[no object]
  • Speak irreverently about God or sacred things.

    he has blasphemed against the Holy Spirit
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I swore softly, taking care not to blaspheme in case that increased my punishment.
    • I think that was the first time I prayed, only I wasn't praying, I was blaspheming.
    • He blasphemed the only sacred values of the postmodern West: skepticism, relativism, pluralism and tolerance.
    • It seemed pretty good to them; you don't go to hell for sinning or blaspheming, but your heaven isn't as good as the people who don't sin at all.
    • As the text we read this morning makes clear, death is the penalty for blaspheming and cursing God.
    • Chesterton observed long ago that we only blaspheme what we hold sacred.
    • He is telling them to take care, because whoever he might be who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, he will never be forgiven.
    • They are sure that the power that they wield as rulers has won the battle against this one who blasphemes.
    • She had come close to death more than once and had known pain so excruciating that she felt sure the demons were tempting her to blaspheme.
    • If you ask people to stop swearing or blaspheming, some people will silently respect you while others will go out of their way to turn the air blue.
    • Because Faustus has blasphemed against God in his incantations, Mephistophilis has come to see if he can claim Faustus' soul.
    • Already they are blaspheming and doing blasphemous things against the church.
    • They drew attention to themselves by shouting loudly and blaspheming against Allah.
    • We are also managing not to blaspheme too much.
    • Even Kathy was looking like she had blasphemed.
    • Moreover, he indicts his accusers for blaspheming against the Holy Spirit.
    • Blaspheming the Holy Spirit is a sin that won't go away - ever.
    • What good does it do that you believe and yet blaspheme?
    • I appeal to everybody here not to blaspheme this sacred place with political quarrels.
    • What isn't said much these days - a forbidden thought much akin to blaspheming in church - is that modern democracy, as a way of governance, has problems.
    Synonyms
    swear, curse, utter oaths, utter profanities, take the Lord's name in vain
    informal cuss
    archaic execrate, imprecate

Derivatives

  • blasphemer

  • noun blasˈfiːməblæsˈfimər
    • And Paul, an apostle and leader in the church, was once ‘a blasphemer, a persecutor and a man of violence.’
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The strengthening of the sovereign's power had diminished the threat of the blasphemer to the community, and blasphemy became a private sin rather than a public menace.
      • He will also make sure every liar, blasphemer, and adulterer is punished.
      • Any time now, the gods will turn their wrath upon this blasphemer and strike him down.
      • He admits that he was once a blasphemer and a persecutor of the faith.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin blasphemare 'reproach, revile, blaspheme', from Greek blasphēmein, from blasphēmos 'evil-speaking'. Compare with blame.

  • blame from Middle English:

    Blame is from the Old French blamer, blasmer, from a popular Latin variant of ecclesiastical Latin blasphemare ‘reproach, revile, blaspheme’, from Greek blasphēmein, source also of Middle English blaspheme.

Rhymes

abeam, agleam, beam, bream, deem, deme, downstream, dream, esteem, extreme, gleam, hakim, kilim, meme, midstream, Nîmes, régime, scheme, scream, seam, seem, steam, stream, supreme, team, teem, theme, upstream
 
 

Definition of blaspheme in US English:

blaspheme

verb
[no object]
  • Speak irreverently about God or sacred things.

    he has blasphemed against God
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Blaspheming the Holy Spirit is a sin that won't go away - ever.
    • What isn't said much these days - a forbidden thought much akin to blaspheming in church - is that modern democracy, as a way of governance, has problems.
    • It seemed pretty good to them; you don't go to hell for sinning or blaspheming, but your heaven isn't as good as the people who don't sin at all.
    • They drew attention to themselves by shouting loudly and blaspheming against Allah.
    • Even Kathy was looking like she had blasphemed.
    • Moreover, he indicts his accusers for blaspheming against the Holy Spirit.
    • Because Faustus has blasphemed against God in his incantations, Mephistophilis has come to see if he can claim Faustus' soul.
    • I swore softly, taking care not to blaspheme in case that increased my punishment.
    • Already they are blaspheming and doing blasphemous things against the church.
    • Chesterton observed long ago that we only blaspheme what we hold sacred.
    • I think that was the first time I prayed, only I wasn't praying, I was blaspheming.
    • As the text we read this morning makes clear, death is the penalty for blaspheming and cursing God.
    • I appeal to everybody here not to blaspheme this sacred place with political quarrels.
    • She had come close to death more than once and had known pain so excruciating that she felt sure the demons were tempting her to blaspheme.
    • If you ask people to stop swearing or blaspheming, some people will silently respect you while others will go out of their way to turn the air blue.
    • What good does it do that you believe and yet blaspheme?
    • He blasphemed the only sacred values of the postmodern West: skepticism, relativism, pluralism and tolerance.
    • They are sure that the power that they wield as rulers has won the battle against this one who blasphemes.
    • He is telling them to take care, because whoever he might be who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, he will never be forgiven.
    • We are also managing not to blaspheme too much.
    Synonyms
    swear, curse, utter oaths, utter profanities, take the lord's name in vain

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin blasphemare ‘reproach, revile, blaspheme’, from Greek blasphēmein, from blasphēmos ‘evil-speaking’. Compare with blame.

 
 
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