Used in a Sentence

sacrilegious

How to use sacrilegious in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for sacrilegious.

Editorial note

I know this is sacrilegious, but that Philip Glass soundtrack is awful.

Examples13
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sacrilegious gathered in one view.

adjective

grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sacrilegious.

adjective

grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"

Example sentences

1

I know this is sacrilegious, but that Philip Glass soundtrack is awful.

2

It's sacrilegious to give such lyrics this treatment!

3

Maybe it's not a "thing" or sacrilegious or this sort of speculation is not on the Internet?

4

Roasting cheap beans to a dark smoky stage masks the bad flavors in the beans...Anything else would be sacrilegious!

5

In my opinion this is a terrible compromise as mixing tabs and spaces is sacrilegious.

6

Does anybody else wonder if the concept of that restaurant is a bit sacrilegious?

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And sacrilegious as it may seem, I think FF9 actually improved on 7 - but it's far less remembered than that first, stumbling foray into 3D, FMV and all the rest of it.

8

My biggest problem is that the haskell community seems to look at non-persistent data structures as sacrilegious.

9

I know this is sacrilegious to say, but I wonder if the efficiency bonus from computerization really is so great, or would be, if it wasn't built on a pile of crap.

10

But maybe a buddhist insider has the expreience, influence and respect to innovate in terms of Buddhist tradition, where I would be considered sacrilegious.

11

If a gay employee asks for medical coverage for their partner, isn’t that obviously very political, and for many Americans, sacrilegious?Politics is the negotiation of power.

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Show me your decision grid, advantages/drawbacksIt is probably sacrilegious to say so on HN, but not every decision in life can or should be calibrated on the basis of pure logic with a positive and negative column.

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I found this essay little more than ableist abnormal abusive adult age-inappropriate ageist aggressive annoying anti-arab anti-black anti-disability anti-gay anti-intellectual anti-semitic atheistic biased bigoted blasphemous bourgeois classist coarse communist corrupting critical crude dangerous degenerate degrading defamatory defeatist demeaning derogatory destructive deviant dirty disabilist discriminatory disgusting disloyal disrespectful disruptive distasteful disturbing divisive elitist ethnocentric erotic eurocentric exclusionary explicit extremist fascist fifth columnist filthy frivolous foul gay genderist graphic gross harmful harrassing hateful hate-ist heterosexist holocaust-denying homophobic homosexual hostile hurtful illegal immodest immoral impertinent impious impolite improper impure in bad taste inappropriate indecent indecorous indelicate inflammatory insensitive insulting intimidating intolerant irregular irreverent judgemental lecherous lesbian lesbophobic lewd libellous licentious lookist low lubricious lustful malicious menacing militant misogynistic mocking morbid nationalistic nazi negative objectifying objectionable obscene off-color offensive orientalist out of line patriarchal perverted phallocentric pornographic prejudiced profane provocative prurient questionable racial racially insensitive racist radical reactionary revisionist risque rude sacrilegious salacious satanic scandalous scatalogical scurrilous selfish sexist sexual sexually explicit sexually oriented shameful sinful sizeist slanderous smutty speciesist stereotyping subversive suggestive supremacist tactless tasteless threatening treasonous unacceptable unamerican unauthorized unbecoming uncalled-for unchaste unchristian uncivil unclean undemocratic undesirable undignified unethical unfair unfit unfitting ungenteel unhealthy unlawful unnatural unnecessary unmentionable unpatriotic unprofessional unrefined unscientific unseemly unsuitable untasteful unthinkable untoward unwanted unwelcome unwholesome outdated violent vulgar wanton xenophobic claptrap.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use sacrilegious in a sentence?

I know this is sacrilegious, but that Philip Glass soundtrack is awful.

What does sacrilegious mean?

grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"

What part of speech is sacrilegious?

sacrilegious is commonly used as adjective.