Profane - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.

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The site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity

verb

To make something less pure or make it poisonous

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The disease can be caused by a variety of viruses, bacteria, and other small organisms that contami…

verb

To make something less pure or make it poisonous

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The government recently reported that 10% of farmland has been destroyed by pollution and that heav…

verb

Reduce (something) in quality or value; degrade.

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The love episodes debase the dignity of the drama

verb

To reduce in quality or value

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Television is often blamed for debasing american politics.

verb

To make something less good or less valuable

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Some argue that money has debased football., we debase language by using it inappropriately until i…

verb

Damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil.

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The land was defiled by a previous owner

noun

A steep-sided narrow gorge or passage (originally one requiring troops to march in single file).

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The twisting track wormed its way up a defile to level ground

verb

(of troops) march in single file.

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We emerged after defiling through the mountainsides

verb

Treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect.

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She thought that many supposedly erotic pictures degraded women

verb

To reduce the quality of something

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Degrading water/air quality, degraded sound quality, the state is funding projects to restore degra…

verb

To become worse in quality, or to make something worse

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Unlike with a cassette player, the sound of the mp3 player doesn't degrade as the battery weakens.

verb

Treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect.

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More than 300 graves were desecrated

verb

To damage or show a lack of respect toward something holy or respected

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Vandals desecrated the monument., the desecration of a cemetery/shrine/house of worship

verb

To damage or show no respect towards something holy or very much respected

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The mosque/shrine was desecrated by vandals., it's a crime to desecrate the country's flag.

adjective

Feeling or expressing disbelief.

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The disbelieving look in her eyes

verb

Be unable to believe.

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He seemed to disbelieve her

verb

Present participle of disbelieve

adjective

Showing a lack of respect or courtesy; impolite.

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A deeply disrespectful attitude towards women

adjective

Lacking respect

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Disrespectful behaviour, they were angered by what they perceived as disrespectful comments.

adjective

Relating to the earth or human life.

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Water is liquid at normal earthly temperatures

adjective

Happening in or relating to this world and this physical life, not in heaven or relating to a spiritual life

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His earthly existence, earthly powers

adjective

Used in questions or negatives to mean possible

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Earthly reason what earthly reason can she have for being so horrible to you?

adjective

Not believing in god.

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A sceptical, godless society

adjective

Not showing belief in, or respect for, god

adjective

Not having or believing in god or gods

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A godless society

adjective

Relating to or practising idolatry; idol-worshipping.

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Idolatrous religions

adjective

Relating to the religious practice of praying to a picture or object

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Authorities destroyed a number of statues that were deemed idolatrous., the modern obsession with h…

adjective

Showing very great admiration or respect for someone or something, often too great

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The modern obsession with health is idolatrous.

adjective

Showing a lack of respect for god or religion.

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The emperor's impious attacks on the church

adjective

Showing no respect, especially for god or religion

adjective

Indifferent or hostile to religion, or having no religious beliefs.

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An irreligious man

adjective

Not religious, or having no interest in religion

adjective

Having no interest in religion, not following a religion, or generally opposed to religion

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I acknowledge that i have lived an irreligious, wicked life., some people believe that pain is sent…

adjective

Showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously.

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He had an irreverent sense of humour but could always be counted on for sage advice

adjective

Lacking the expected respect for official, important, or holy things

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The television program takes an irreverent look at the medical profession.

adjective

Not showing the expected respect for official, important, or holy things

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An irreverent comment/approach/attitude, irreverent thoughts

verb

Put (something) down gently or carefully.

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She laid the baby in his cot

noun

Used with an abstract noun so that the phrase formed has the same meaning as the verb related to the noun used, e.g. ‘lay the blame on’ means ‘to blame’.

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She laid great stress on little courtesies

adjective

Not ordained into or belonging to the clergy.

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A lay preacher

adjective

Not happening in, belonging to, or relating to a church

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There is a growing demand for non-church weddings., she comes from a nonchurch family.

adjective

Not relating to or involving religion

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I prefer to send non-religious cards at christmas., they decided to have a non-religious marriage c…

verb

Contaminate (water, the air, etc.) with harmful or poisonous substances.

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The explosion polluted the town with dioxin

Contaminate; make impure

verb

To make air, water, or earth dirty or harmful to people, animals, and plants, esp. by adding harmful chemicals or waste

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Chemical fertilizers and pesticides are polluting the groundwater., maybe there’s some kind of chem…

adjective

Involving or committing sacrilege.

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A sacrilegious act

adjective

Not connected with religious or spiritual matters.

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Secular buildings

noun

A secular priest.

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Most priests were seculars, living in the world and working amongst ordinary people.

adjective

Not having any connection with religion

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Secular society/music/education

noun

A trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality.

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The lingering taint of creosote

verb

Contaminate or pollute (something).

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The air was tainted by fumes from the cars

noun

The perineum.

adjective

Relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular.

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The church did not imitate the secular rulers who thought only of temporal gain

adjective

Of or situated in the temples of the head.

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Arterial biopsy usually confirms the diagnosis of temporal arteritis

adjective

Relating to practical matters or physical things, rather than spiritual ones

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The tyranny of the monarchy lies in its spiritual rather than its temporal power: it tyrannizes the…

adjective

Not believing someone or something; incredulous.

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Drew could only stand there, wide-eyed and unbelieving

adjective

Not believing that something is true

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He listened amazed and unbelieving as we told him of this adventure., a third of all state schools …

adjective

Not consecrated.

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He was buried in unconsecrated ground

adjective

Irreligious or immoral.

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Ungodly lives of lust and pleasure

adjective

Extreme or unacceptable

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I had to get up at some ungodly hour in the morning to take her to the airport.

adjective

Not formally consecrated.

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Unhallowed ground

adjective

Not sanctified.

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The body was unsanctified

verb

Break or fail to comply with (a rule or formal agreement).

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They violated the terms of a ceasefire

verb

Fail to agree with; go against

verb

To break or act against something such as a law, agreement, or principle, or to not respect something that should be treated with respect

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The planes appear to have deliberately violated the cease-fire agreement., questions of this kind v…

adjective

(of a person) experienced and sophisticated.

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She was much more worldly than nora and dismissed the slur

adjective

Having to do with physical things and ordinary life

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Worldly success, she lost all her worldly possessions in the fire., he’s older and more worldly tha…