different between profane vs unseemly

English

Etymology

From Middle French prophane, from Latin prof?nus (“not religious, unclean”), from pro- (“before”) + f?num (“temple”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???fe?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Adjective

profane (comparative profaner or more profane, superlative profanest or most profane)

1. Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
   • 1614, Walter Raleigh, The History of the World

     Nothing is profane that serveth to the use of holy things.

2. Not sacred or holy, unconsecrated; relating to non-religious matters, secular.
   • 1781, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 2

     A sonnet in praise of Rome was accepted as the effusion of genius and gratitude; and after the whole procession had visited the Vatican, the profane wreath was suspended before the shrine.

3. Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or scorn; blasphemous, impious.
4. Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain

   a profane person, word, oath, or tongue

Synonyms

• (obscene): vulgar, inappropriate, obscene, debased, uncouth, offensive, ignoble, mean, lewd
• secular
• temporal
• worldly
• unsanctified
• unhallowed
• unholy
• irreligious
• irreverent
• ungodly
• wicked
• godless
• impious

Antonyms

• holy
• sacred

Translations

Noun

profane (plural profanes)

1. A person or thing that is profane.
   • 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 244:

     The nuns were employed in religious duties established in honour of St Clare, and to which no profane was ever admitted.

2. (freemasonry) A person not a Mason.

Verb

profane (third-person singular simple present profanes, present participle profaning, simple past and past participle profaned)

1. (transitive) To violate (something sacred); to treat with abuse, irreverence, obloquy, or contempt; to desecrate
2. (transitive) To put to a wrong or unworthy use; to debase; to abuse; to defile.

Synonyms

• (violate something sacred): defile, unhallow; see also Thesaurus:desecrate
• (put to a wrong or unworthy use): abase, adulterate, degrade, demean, misapply, misuse, pervert

Antonyms

• (violate something sacred): consecrate, sanctify; see also Thesaurus:consecrate

Translations

Related terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prof?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.fan/

Adjective

profane (plural profanes)

1. secular; lay

   Synonyms: laïque, séculier

   Antonym: sacré

2. profane

Related terms

Further reading

• “profane” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

profane f pl

1. feminine plural of profano

Noun

profane f

1. plural of profana

Latin

Adjective

prof?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of prof?nus

References

• profane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• profane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

profane

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of profanar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of profanar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of profanar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of profanar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?o?fane/, [p?o?fa.ne]

Verb

profane

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of profanar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of profanar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of profanar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of profanar.

English

Alternative forms

• unsemely (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English unsemli, probably a partial calque of Old Norse ús?miligr (“unseemly”); equivalent to un- +? seemly. Cognate with Icelandic ósæmileg (“offensive”), Norwegian usømmelig (“unseemly”), Danish usømmeligt (“unseemly”).

Adjective

unseemly (comparative unseemlier, superlative unseemliest)

1. Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste.

   He was drunk and made some very unseemly comments.

   • An unseemly outbreak of temper.

Antonyms

• seemly

Related terms

• unseemliness

Translations

See also

• inappropriate

Adverb

unseemly (comparative more unseemly, superlative most unseemly)

1. In an unseemly manner.