blasphemous

Questions about blasphemous

What does blasphemous mean?

blasphemous means "grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blasphemous?

blasphemous has 3 syllables: blas-phe-mous. The stress falls on "blas". In IPA it is /ˈblæsfəməs/.

What is another word for blasphemous?

Close synonyms include profane, sacrilegious, blue, profane. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blasphemous a common word?

blasphemous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.