vverb.socialcorrupt morally or by intemperance or sensualitySynset:corrupt debase debauch demoralise demoralize deprave misdirect pervert subvert vitiate
Examples:- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
Derivationally Related Form:depravationcorruptibledebasementdepravitydemoralizationsubversiondebaucherdebaucherypervertcorruptivedebaucheedemoralisationdebauchprofanationcorruptionperversive
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:corruptchange
Direct Hyponyms:bastardisebastardizecarnalisecarnalizeinfectlead astraylead offpoisonsensualisesensualizesuborn
Full Troponyms:bastardizeinfectlead offpoisonsensualizesuborn
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.socialviolate the sacred character of a place or languageSynset:desecrate outrage violate
Examples:- desecrate a cemetery
- violate the sanctity of the church
- profane the name of God
Derivationally Related Form:violationdesecrationprofanationviolative
Hypernyms:assail assault attack set on
Inherited Hypernyms:desecrateassail
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.allcharacterized by profanity or cursingSynset:blasphemous blue
Examples:- foul-mouthed and blasphemous
- blue language
- profane words
Antonyms:clean
Derivationally Related Form:profanityprofanenessblasphemy
Inherited Hypernyms:blasphemous
Similar to:dirty
adjadj.allnot concerned with or devoted to religionSynset:secular
Examples:- sacred and profane music
- secular drama
- secular architecture
- children being brought up in an entirely profane environment
Antonyms:sacred
Derivationally Related Form:profaneness
Inherited Hypernyms:profane
Similar to:laic lay secular profanatory
See also:earthly impious secular temporal worldly
adj satadj.allnot holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiledSynset:unconsecrated unsanctified
Antonyms:holy
Inherited Hypernyms:profane
Similar to:unhallowed unholy
adj satadj.allgrossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacredSynset:blasphemous sacrilegious
Examples:- blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath
- profane utterances against the Church
- it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on
Antonyms:reverent
Derivationally Related Form:sacrilegeprofanenessblasphemysacrilegiousness
Inherited Hypernyms:blasphemous
Similar to:irreverent