Desecrated
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Desecrated is an adjective meaning Having been desecrated or violated.
Meaning
Having been desecrated or violated.
More Meanings
- simple past and past participle of desecrate
Example Sentences
It was not just the French who felt desecrated, but also the Allies.
But was the place more desecrated by such a beneficial employment of it than by being shut up empty in dark and cold ?
As theologian Shawn Copeland argues, "No Christian teaching has been more desecrated by slavery than the doctrine of the human person or theological anthropology."
And the Apostle tells us it will be so; that all things wait for this, when the earth will be restored, all creation's deserts rejoice and blossom as the rose; when its most desecrated spots will be consecrated, its most barren spots fertilised, and the Paradise that shall end the world be more glorious, beautiful, and fair, than the Paradise with which the world began.
Synonyms for desecrated
Depending on context, synonyms include violated, profaned, deconsecrated.
Antonyms for desecrated
Common opposites include dedicated, consecrate, consecrated.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include deconsecrated, profaned, violated, disturbed, desecration, despoiled.
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