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| v. (social) | 1. corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ carnalise, sensualise, carnalize, sensualize | debase through carnal gratification. |
| ~ infect | corrupt with ideas or an ideology.; "society was infected by racism" |
| ~ lead astray, lead off | teach immoral behavior to.; "It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits" |
| ~ poison | spoil as if by poison.; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office" |
| ~ bastardise, bastardize | change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms. |
| ~ suborn | incite to commit a crime or an evil deed.; "He suborned his butler to cover up the murder of his wife" |
| v. (social) | 2. desecrate, outrage, profane, violate | violate the sacred character of a place or language.; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God" |
| ~ assail, assault, set on, attack | attack someone physically or emotionally.; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" |
| adj. | 3. blasphemous, blue, profane | characterized by profanity or cursing.; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" |
| ~ dirty | (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency.; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth" |
| adj. | 4. profane, secular | not concerned with or devoted to religion.; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment" |
| ~ earthly | of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven.; "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home" |
| ~ impious | lacking piety or reverence for a god. |
| ~ laic, lay, secular | characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy.; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry" |
| ~ profanatory | profaning or tending to desecrate. |
| ~ worldly, secular, temporal | characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world.; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church" |
| adj. | 5. profane, unconsecrated, unsanctified | not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled. |
| ~ unhallowed, unholy | not hallowed or consecrated. |
| adj. | 6. blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious | 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" |
| ~ irreverent | showing lack of due respect or veneration.; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists" |
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