Word Meanings - BLASPHEME - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously ; as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. So Dagon shall be magnified, and God, Besides whom is no god, compared with idols, Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton.
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1. To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously ; as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. So Dagon shall be magnified, and God, Besides whom is no god, compared with idols, Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton. How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge thyself on all those who thus continually blaspheme thy great and all-glorious name Dr. W. Beveridge. 2. Figuratively, of persons and things not religiously sacred, but held in high honor: To calumniate; to revile; to abuse. You do blaspheme the good in mocking me. Shak. Those who from our labors heap their board, Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord. Pope.
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- COMMENDATOR
One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers. - MALIGNANT
Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria. Malignant pustule , a very contagious disease, transmitted to man from animals, characterized by the formation, at the point of reception of the virus, of - MALIGNITY
1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite. 2. Virulence; deadly quality. His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease. Hayward. 3. Extreme evilness of nature - REPROACHER
One who reproaches. - APPROVEDLY
So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner. - COMMENDER
One who commends or praises. - PRAISEWORTHINESS
The quality or state of being praiseworthy. - SLANDEROUS
1. Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander. "Slanderous tongue." Shak. 2. Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports. -- Slan"der*ous*ly, adv. -- Slan"der*ous*ness, n. - REVILEMENT
The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse. Spenser. - PRAISER
1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North. - MALIGNANCE; MALIGNANCY
Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever. 4. The state of being a malignant. Syn. -- Malice; malevolence; malignity. See Malice. (more info) 1. The state or quality of being malignant; extreme malevolence; - VILIFY
1. To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace. When themselves they vilified To serve ungoverned appetite. Milton. 2. To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate. I. Taylor. Many passions dispose us to depress and - COMMENDATARY
One who holds a living in commendam. - APPROVEMENT
a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now - MALIGNANTLY
In a malignant manner. - CALUMNIATE
To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel. Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings. Strype. Syn. -- To asperse; slander; defame; vilify; - APPROVE
approve, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, approve, 1. To show to be real or true; to prove. Wouldst thou approve thy constancy Approve First thy obedience. Milton. 2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically. - SLANDER
Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation. - COMMENDATION
A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting. Hark you, Margaret; No princely commendations to my king Shak. (more info) 1. The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation. Need we . . . epistles of - REPROACH
LL. reproriare; L. pref. re- again, against, back + prope near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's teeth. Cf. 1. To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace. I thought your - APPRAISER
One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates. - DISAPPROVE
1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline - OVERPRAISE
To praise excessively or unduly. - RECOMMENDATORY
Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift. - SUPERPRAISE
To praise to excess. To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts. Shak.