different between blasphemingly vs blaspheme

English

Etymology

blaspheming +? -ly

Adverb

blasphemingly (comparative more blasphemingly, superlative most blasphemingly)

1. In blasphemous manner.

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