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profanest

profanest is the superlative form of profane.

profanest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of profane.

Meaning of profane

Adjective

profane (comparative profaner or more profane, superlative profanest or most profane)

  1. Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
    • Nothing is profane that serveth to the use of holy things.1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5)
  2. Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
    • profane authors
  3. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
  4. Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain.
    • a profane person, word, oath, or tongue
    Synonyms:
    irreverent

See all 8 meanings of profane

Questions about profanest

What is profanest the superlative form of?
Profanest is the superlative form of profane.

Words near profanest in the dictionary

  1. profaneness
  2. profanenesses
  3. profaner
  4. profaners
  5. profanes
  6. profanest
  7. profaneth
  8. profanic
  9. profaning
  10. profanings
  11. profanism

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