Profane in a sentence as a verb

He wasn't profane in the tweet at all.

The word "****" is not profane, just coarse.

I'm sure having a profane Watson around was a lot of fun.

My favorite is assh*le, for which the asterisk covers up the least profane part of the word.

It is comparable to an adult beating a child for using a profane word.

Although your name always sounded vaguely profane in my native language.

His friends/family couldn't go to the NFL store to get custom jersey's made because his last name is "profane".

> Most executives can be pricks, dicks, a-holes, or a variety of other profane nouns at times.

Profane in a sentence as an adjective

My admiration of profane language runs so deep that it is a parenting problem; my kids swear, we don't punish it, and they risk trouble at school.

But what if the non-profane converts are ultimately dissatisfied with the product whereas the the profane convert is likely to be happy?

It would be extremely surprising to me if fsck wasn't recognized to be tongue-in-cheekly profane when it was originally named.

So the argument that we can't talk about a "respectable nun" in profane and coarse terms, and instead must treat her with ignorant reverance, is poisonous and cuts to the foundation of Hitchens's argument.

He seems to be trying to portray himself as a victim here, but he acknowledges that he was the initiator - he spoke out stridently, insultingly in violent and profane language against a whole field.

A fair number of people seem to hold a religious fear of infinity, at least to the extent they apparently believe that it cannot be handled in a logical fashion; it is sacred and not to be mixed with such profane ideas as 3 or 12.

Most of MGonz’s one-liners are\n too profane to repeat – but “ah, type something interesting or shut-up”,\n “what sort of idiot types something like that”, and “that’s it, I’m not\n talking to you anymore!” are fairly representative of the style.

Profane definitions

verb

corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"

verb

violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"

See also: desecrate outrage violate

adjective

characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"

See also: blasphemous blue

adjective

not concerned with or devoted to religion; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"

See also: secular

adjective

not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled

See also: unconsecrated unsanctified

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"

See also: blasphemous sacrilegious