Definition of "blaspheme" [blas•pheme]

• To speak of (God or a sacred entity) in an irreverent, impious manner. (verb-transitive)
• To revile; execrate. (verb-transitive)
• To speak blasphemy. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The word blaspheme originally means to speak evil of any one, to injure by words, to blame unjustly."
• "The fact struck me with unusual force when I dictated the word blaspheme to a group of ninth-grade students recently: They frowned at me as if all of them had suddenly developed a hearing disability."
• "Because to blaspheme is to utter an affront or insult against the Creator."