sacrilegious.

Showing serious disrespect toward something regarded as sacred.

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Words that belong together

• sacrilegious act
• sacrilegious remark
• sacrilegious treatment

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The villagers considered the damage a sacrilegious act.

He was accused of making a sacrilegious remark.

The novel questions who decides whether an action is sacrilegious.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Comparative more sacrilegious; superlative most sacrilegious. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.