blaspheme

verb

speak of or address with irreverence

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌblæsˈfiːm/ / /ˌblɑːsˈfiːm/ / /ˈblæs.fim/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English blasfeme, blasphem, blaspheme, from Middle French blaspheme, from Old French blasfeme, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía).

Obsolete spelling of blasphemy.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English blasfemen, blasphemen, from Old French blasfemer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Doublet of blame.

To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
“But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.”
“Thus from the holy Warres are we return'd, / To ſlumber in the Summer of ſoft peace, / Since thoſe proud enemies that late blaſpheamd / And ſpit their furies in the face of Heaven, / Are now laid low in duſt.”
To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).
“So Dagon ſhall be magnifi'd, and God, / Beſides whom is no God, compar'd with Idols, / Diſglorifi'd, blaſphem'd, and had in ſcorn […]”
“How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge thyself on all those who thus continually blaspheme thy great and all-glorious name?”
To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
“You do blaspheme the good in mocking me.”
“Those who from our labours heap their board, / Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord.”