profaning

UK
/prəˈfeɪnɪŋ/
US
/proʊˈfeɪnɪŋ/

Übersetzungen

profaningsubstantiv
profanings
Pl.
Gerund functioning as a noun; refers to the act of desecration.
The profaning of the shrine outraged the villagers.
Осквернение святилища возмутило деревенских жителей.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
profaninggerundium / partizip präsens
Present-participle adjective modifying a noun.
They were stopped by the guards before their profaning hands could damage the relic.
Стража остановила их, прежде чем их оскверняющие руки могли повредить реликвию.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
profaneverb

profaning

Gerundium

profaned
Präteritum
profaned
Partizip Perfekt
profaning
Gerundium
UK
/prəˈfeɪn/
US
/proʊˈfeɪn/
He was accused of profaning the sacred site.
Его обвинили в осквернении священного места.

Definitionen

profaningsubstantiv
The act or process of treating something sacred with irreverence or disrespect; desecration.
The profaning of the shrine outraged the villagers.
profaninggerundium / partizip präsens
Treating as profane; desecrating or irreverent in action.
They were stopped by the guards before their profaning hands could damage the relic.
profaneverb
To treat something sacred with disrespect or irreverence.
He was accused of profaning the church by vandalizing its walls.
To misuse or debase something by employing it in an unworthy or vulgar way.
Careless edits can profane the poet’s original vision.