Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: sacrilegious
IPA transcription: [s,ækɹəl'ɛdʒɪs]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious
    Meaning: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"
Usage examples
  • She was ungrateful, obstinate, false, unwomanly, disobedient, irreligious, sacrilegious, and an idiot.
  • The Duke was angry because Lord Chiltern had been violent;--and Lord Chiltern had been violent because Mr. Fothergill's conduct had been, to his thinking, not only sacrilegious, but one continued course of wilful sacrilege.