Sacrilegious
Sacrilegious adjective - Not showing proper reverence for the holy or sacred.
Tongue-in-cheek and sacrilegious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tongue-in-cheek" instead an adjective "Sacrilegious".
Nearby Word: sacrilege
Tongue-in-cheek
Tongue-in-cheek adjective - Cleverly amusing in tone.
Sacrilegious and tongue-in-cheek are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Sacrilegious" instead an adjective phrase "Tongue-in-cheek".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- rude and sacrilegious
- rude and tongue-in-cheek
- disrespectful and sacrilegious
- disrespectful and tongue-in-cheek
- impertinent and sacrilegious
- impertinent and tongue-in-cheek
- cheeky and sacrilegious
- cheeky and tongue-in-cheek
- contemptuous and sacrilegious
- contemptuous and tongue-in-cheek
- derisive and sacrilegious
- derisive and tongue-in-cheek
- irreverent and sacrilegious
- irreverent and tongue-in-cheek
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