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词汇 sacrilegious
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Definition of sacrilegious in English:

sacrilegious

adjective ˌsakrɪˈlɪdʒəsˌsækrəˈlɪdʒəs
  • Involving or committing sacrilege.

    a sacrilegious act
    it seems sacrilegious to say this, but it's really not that great a film
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I suspect that it is probably sacrilegious or even blasphemous to suggest such a thing.
    • However, the sacrilegious acts received little coverage in the West, particularly in the United States.
    • Undoubtedly some people will find my venture sacrilegious.
    • More Jews have hit out at the controversial scheme, branding it sacrilegious and profane.
    • He meant, I imagined, that they were sacrilegious infidels.
    • If I felt like jumping on the bandwagon, I could discuss how both of these films are abominations to the Christmas holiday and just plain sacrilegious.
    • This would be seen as highly sacrilegious by many Muslims.
    • Making fun of such sacrilegious music would have been deemed a profanity, but then Spinal Tap changed all that - thank God.
    • In the U.S., the frequency with which religious groups have waged campaigns over supposedly sacrilegious paintings is starting to get tiring.
    • It is unlawful to prohibit immoral or sacrilegious films in a public school.
    • Postmodern reinvention, including Rambo as Egypt's Pharaoh, could be seen as irreverent, even sacrilegious.
    • Everything I do seems meaningless, sacrilegious, profane.
    • Is spreading the Dhamma electronically sacrilegious?
    • It must be considered sacrilegious for a Raider fan not to wear a black shirt.
    • It was at once the most sacrilegious and yet mystic moment many of them had ever experienced.
    • It shouldn't take such an enormous grassroots effort to prevent sacrilegious exploitation of holy places.
    • What about politicians who make sacrilegious communions?
    • This seems to me a mistake, as Balthus shared nothing of the Surrealists' irreverent, even sacrilegious tendencies.
    • It felt sacrilegious, but as with all sacrilegious acts, you adapt.
    • Now, I don't want to sound sacrilegious here, but we considered you the ‘high priests’ of our programs.
    Synonyms
    profane, blasphemous, impious, sinful, irreverent, irreligious, godless, ungodly, unholy, disrespectful

Derivatives

  • sacrilegiously

  • adverbˌsakrɪˈlɪdʒəsli
    • I will admit, sacrilegiously, to not being terribly fond of Beethoven's opera to begin with.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I want to lie sacrilegiously in bed with you on Sunday morning, listening to the congregation singing.
      • His current fixations are his latest, sacrilegiously monikered band, The New Beatles (their namesakes were bigger than Jesus, weren't they?).
      • Even the richly embroidered crimson tapestry on which Agamemnon sacrilegiously treads is at best suitable for cutting up into dishcloths.
      • In the cavernous inside of the old church punters are sacrilegiously swilling breezers and spirits underneath the enormous pulpit from which fire and brimstone used to spit.

Rhymes

irreligious, litigious, prestigious, prodigious, religious

Definition of sacrilegious in US English:

sacrilegious

adjectiveˌsækrəˈlɪdʒəsˌsakrəˈlijəs
  • Involving or committing sacrilege.

    a sacrilegious act
    it seems sacrilegious to say this, but it's really not that great a movie
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is unlawful to prohibit immoral or sacrilegious films in a public school.
    • If I felt like jumping on the bandwagon, I could discuss how both of these films are abominations to the Christmas holiday and just plain sacrilegious.
    • What about politicians who make sacrilegious communions?
    • Postmodern reinvention, including Rambo as Egypt's Pharaoh, could be seen as irreverent, even sacrilegious.
    • It must be considered sacrilegious for a Raider fan not to wear a black shirt.
    • More Jews have hit out at the controversial scheme, branding it sacrilegious and profane.
    • However, the sacrilegious acts received little coverage in the West, particularly in the United States.
    • Everything I do seems meaningless, sacrilegious, profane.
    • He meant, I imagined, that they were sacrilegious infidels.
    • Is spreading the Dhamma electronically sacrilegious?
    • This would be seen as highly sacrilegious by many Muslims.
    • Undoubtedly some people will find my venture sacrilegious.
    • Making fun of such sacrilegious music would have been deemed a profanity, but then Spinal Tap changed all that - thank God.
    • Now, I don't want to sound sacrilegious here, but we considered you the ‘high priests’ of our programs.
    • This seems to me a mistake, as Balthus shared nothing of the Surrealists' irreverent, even sacrilegious tendencies.
    • In the U.S., the frequency with which religious groups have waged campaigns over supposedly sacrilegious paintings is starting to get tiring.
    • I suspect that it is probably sacrilegious or even blasphemous to suggest such a thing.
    • It felt sacrilegious, but as with all sacrilegious acts, you adapt.
    • It was at once the most sacrilegious and yet mystic moment many of them had ever experienced.
    • It shouldn't take such an enormous grassroots effort to prevent sacrilegious exploitation of holy places.
    Synonyms
    profane, blasphemous, impious, sinful, irreverent, irreligious, godless, ungodly, unholy, disrespectful
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