violated

1. 1.

   treated irreverently or sacrilegiously

   Synonymsprofaned

   Similardesecrated

Questions about violated

What does violated mean?

violated means "treated irreverently or sacrilegiously".

How many syllables are in violated?

violated has 4 syllables: vi-o-la-ted. The stress falls on "vi". In IPA it is /ˈvaɪəleɪtɪd/.

What is another word for violated?

Close synonyms include profaned. 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 violated a common word?

violated 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.