different between blaspheme vs blasphemed

English

Etymology

From Middle English blasfemen, blasphemen, from Old French blasfemer, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasph?m?, from Ancient Greek ????????? (blasph?mé?). Doublet of blame.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?blæs?fi?m/, /?bl??s?fi?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?blæs.fim/

Verb

blaspheme (third-person singular simple present blasphemes, present participle blaspheming, simple past and past participle blasphemed)

1. (intransitive) To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
   • 1980, The Blues Brothers:

     Mrs. Murphy: Don't you blaspheme in here!

2. (transitive) To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).
   • a. 1708, William Beveridge, A Form of Sound Words to be used by Ministers

     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?

3. (transitive) To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.

Related terms

• blasphemer
• blasphemingly
• blasphemous
• blasphemously
• blasphemy

Translations

Noun

blaspheme (plural blasphemes)

1. Obsolete spelling of blasphemy

Latin

Adjective

blasph?me

1. vocative masculine singular of blasph?mus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

blaspheme

1. Alternative form of blasfemen

Etymology 2

Noun

blaspheme

1. Alternative form of blasfeme

Adjective

blaspheme

1. Alternative form of blasfeme

Etymology 3

Noun

blaspheme

1. Alternative form of blasfemye

English

Verb

blasphemed

1. simple past tense and past participle of blaspheme