blaspheming

verb

present participle of blaspheme
as in swearing
to use offensive or indecent language shocked that someone would blaspheme in church, of all places

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Recent Examples of blaspheming How to say anything about The Changeling without blaspheming its deep mystery, its reverence for the unspeakable, animal heart of creation? — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026 For his followers, blaspheming the Holocaust and celebrating Hitler became a way to signal contempt for the political religion of postwar liberalism. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blaspheming
  1. swearing
  2. cursing
  3. cussing
Verb
  • Ormund buckles easily enough, dropping to his knee and swearing fealty to Daenerys.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • Social media videos show drivers aghast at the lines or swearing at empty gas pumps and rising prices.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of swearing
Verb
  • The woman started cursing her out.
    — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
  • Throughout our conversation, Rosenbaum frequently cited examples in which obvious AI errors left him enraged and literally cursing at the machine.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
Definition of cursing
Verb
  • In the 2015 track, Sonya’s boyfriend finds them by the pool and starts cussing them out, pushing Coley to the ground, who, in turn, punches him.
    — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 19 June 2026
  • By the time Ben is unmaking the bed, lying in it, and cussing João out, the fight is bad.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 May 2026
Definition of cussing

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