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Adjective: profaned  pru'feynd or prow'feynd
  1. Treated irreverently or sacrilegiously
    "If he were to become unclean, the temple itself would be profaned";
    - violated
Verb: profane  pru'feyn or prow'feyn
  1. Disregard the sacred character of a place or language
    "profane the name of God";
    - desecrate, violate, defile
     
  2. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
    "The scandal profaned the organization's reputation";
    - corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise [Brit], debauch, debase, vitiate, deprave, misdirect

See also: desecrated

Type of: alter, assail, assault, attack, change, modify, set on

Encyclopedia: Profaned

Profane