Affront
Affront noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.
Profanation and affront are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Profanation" instead a noun "Affront".
Nearby Words: affronted, affronting
Profanation
Profanation noun - An act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things.
Usage example: the First Book of the Maccabees tells of the profanation of the temple of Jerusalem by Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 167 b.c.
Affront and profanation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affront" instead a noun "Profanation".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- shock and affront
- shock and profanation
- injury and affront
- injury and profanation
- abuse and affront
- abuse and profanation
- disrespect and affront
- disrespect and profanation
- insult and affront
- insult and profanation
- outrage and affront
- outrage and profanation
- indignity and affront
- indignity and profanation
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