English Explanatory Dictionary

blaspheme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
  2. To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).
  3. To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of blasphemy.

Pronunciation

/ˌblæsˈfiːm/ /ˌblɑːsˈfiːm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blaspheme.wav /ˈblæs.fim/

Word forms

blaspheme blasphemes blaspheming blasphemed

Etymology

From Middle English blasfemen, blasphemen, from Old French blasfemer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Doublet of blame.

Related words

blasphemer blasphemingly blasphemous blasphemously blasphemy

Derived words

blaspheme-vine unblasphemed
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