sacrilegious
/sæk.ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/US/sæk.ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/
sacrilegious adjective: committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.
Adjective
sacrilegious (comparative more sacrilegious, superlative most sacrilegious)
- Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.
- At one end of the room was spread a square carpet, and on it stood a table, on which were placed two most sacrilegious-looking wax-tapers: it is to be feared some poor sinner stayed longer in purgatory from the abduction of his offering.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter II, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 26
sacrilegious meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
sacrilegious in Urdu
- گناہگار
sacrilegious in Bengali
- কোন পবিত্র ব্যক্তি, বস্তু ইত্যাদির অসম্মানকারী
sacrilegious in Malayalam
- ദൈവദ്രോഹപരമായ, ദേവനിന്ദാപരമായ, ദൈവനിന്ദ ചെയ്ത, ഈശ്വരനിന്ദകമായ
Forms of sacrilegious
| comparative | more sacrilegious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sacrilegious |
Origin of sacrilegious
Compare sacrilege, Latin sacrilegus. From Latin sacer + legō (“steal something sacred”).
Words formed from sacrilegious
Words that rhyme with sacrilegious
Questions about sacrilegious
- What does sacrilegious mean?
- Sacrilegious means committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.
- What is sacrilegious in Urdu?
- Sacrilegious in Urdu is گناہگار. See Sacrilegious meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is sacrilegious?
- Sacrilegious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce sacrilegious?
- Sacrilegious is pronounced /sæk.ɹəˈlɪd͡ʒ.əs/ (UK).
Words near sacrilegious in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sacrilegious (page history and authors); sacrilegious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sacrilegious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sacrilegious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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