blasphemous
adjUK /ˈblæs.fəm.əs/
Etymology From Latin blasphēmus (“blaspheming”), from Ancient Greek βλάσφημος (blásphēmos, “uttering ill-omened words”), equivalent to blaspheme + -ous.
1
Lacking piety or respect for the sacred; resembling blasphemy.
- His taking the name of God in vain was considered blasphemous.
- Derived terms
- blasphemous libel, blasphemously, blasphemousness, nonblasphemous, unblasphemous