blaspheme

verb
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[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they blaspheme
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he / she / it blasphemes
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past simple blasphemed
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past participle blasphemed
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-ing form blaspheming
🔊/blæsˈfiːmɪŋ/
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  1. blaspheme (somebody/something) to speak about God or the holy things of a particular religion in an offensive way; to swear using the names of God or holy things亵渎(上帝或神明)
    • How dare you blaspheme in front of your own father?你怎么敢在自己父亲面前口出恶言?
    • blaspheme somebody/something He was accused of blaspheming the prophet.他被指控亵渎先知。
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin blasphemare ‘reproach, revile, blaspheme’, from Greek blasphēmein, from blasphēmos ‘evil-speaking’. Compare with blame.