<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things</li><li>irreligious</li><li>Synonyms: ungodly, impious, sacrilegious, blasphemous</li><li>Antonyms: sacred</li><li>not devoted to holy or religious purposes; unconsecrated; secular</li><li>Synonyms: temporal</li><li>Antonyms: spiritual</li><li>unholy; heathen; pagan</li><li>Synonyms: profane rites</li><li>Synonyms: unhallowed</li><li>Antonyms: holy</li><li>not initiated into religious rites or mysteries, as persons</li><li>common or vulgar</li><li>Synonyms: base, mean, low</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) profaned, profaning</li><li>to misuse (anything that should be held in reverence or respect); employ basely or unworthily; defile; debase</li><li>to treat (anything sacred) with irreverence or contempt; violate the sanctity of: to profane a shrine</li><li>Synonyms: desecrate</li></ul>