blasphemy

Other forms of blasphemy

plural

blasphemies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blasphemy

What does blasphemy mean?

blasphemy means "blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blasphemy?

blasphemy has 3 syllables: blas-phe-my. The stress falls on "blas". In IPA it is /ˈblæsfəmi/.

What is another word for blasphemy?

Close synonyms include profanation, desecration, sacrilege. 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 blasphemy a common word?

blasphemy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.