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1. Characterized by profanity or cursing
   "profane words"
   - blasphemous, blue
    
2. Not concerned with or devoted to religion
   "sacred and profane music"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"
   - secular
    
3. Not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
   - unconsecrated, unsanctified
    
4. Grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
   "profane utterances against the Church"
   - blasphemous, sacrilegious

1. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
   - corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise [Brit], debauch, debase, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
    
2. Violate the sacred character of a place or language
   "profane the name of God"
   - desecrate, outrage, violate

Derived forms: profaned, profaning, profanes

See also: dirty, earthly, impious, irreverent, laic, lay, profanation, profanatory, profanely, profaneness, profanity, secular, temporal, unhallowed, unholy, worldly

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

Antonym: sacred

Encyclopedia: Profane