Synonyms of blaspheme

blaspheme

verb

blas-ˈfēm 

as in to swear

to use offensive or indecent language

shocked that someone would blaspheme in church, of all places

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swear
• curse
• cuss
• damn
• rail
• revile
• rant
• imprecate
• anathematize
• confound
• fulminate
• execrate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blaspheme

Rushdie has spent almost 40 years under threat of death from Islamic extremists after the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against him, claiming Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses blasphemed Islam and mocked the Prophet Muhammad. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 July 2026

For his followers, blaspheming the Holocaust and celebrating Hitler became a way to signal contempt for the political religion of postwar liberalism. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

China banned the ad for insulting national dignity and blaspheming traditional culture. — Dr. Shan Nair, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2026

How to say anything about The Changeling without blaspheming its deep mystery, its reverence for the unspeakable, animal heart of creation? — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026

Watching Rome, Shiv, and Ken attempt to battle, scrape, and betray their way into their father’s heart—and, conversely, seeing Logan withhold, meter out, and blaspheme his version of love back at them—propelled Succession through four glorious seasons. — John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025

Greg has been blasphemed on national hockey shows up there, eh? — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024

Earlier this month, Abdul Rauf, a Muslim English teacher, was gunned down in Turbat after his students accused him of blaspheming in one of his lectures. — Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2023

In one infamous case in 2010, Asia Bibi, a Christian woman, was sentenced to death, accused of blaspheming Islam. — New York Times, 4 May 2020