🇬🇧🇨🇳 blasphemy - 亵渎 : English Lesson

Meaning of "blasphemy" ("亵渎"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Blasphemy is when someone says or does something very disrespectful about something that many people consider sacred or holy, especially their religion, their god, or their deeply important beliefs.

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Calling Grandma’s secret spaghetti recipe "just long noodles in suspicious sauce" bordered on culinary blasphemy.

In our family, it’s considered weekend blasphemy to wake anyone up before 9 a.m. without pancakes.

Lena committed dessert blasphemy by putting broccoli on her ice cream and calling it "healthy sprinkles."

The librarian said it was literary blasphemy to use a classic novel as a coaster for a sweaty lemonade glass.

My brother committed sports blasphemy by cheering for every team at once so he "couldn’t lose."

In the chapel a child drew a clown on the holy picture. An elder shouted, "Blasphemy!" The crowd cried blasphemy, then many cried blasphemy again and some gasped blasphemy. One woman repeated blasphemy under her breath. The child looked scared. The priest wiped the paint, forgave the child, and the crowd slowly calmed.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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