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profanity noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.
 rienaus, hävyttömyys
  • (countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.
 kirosana

profane adjective

  /pɹəˈfeɪn/
  • Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
 maallinen, epäpyhä, profaani
  • Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
 epäkunnioittava, profaani, rienaava
  • Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
 epäpyhä, maallinen, profaani

profane verb

  /pɹəˈfeɪn/
  • (transitive) To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate
  • (transitive) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.
 häpäistä
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