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Synonyms for sacrilegious

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampActions

grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred

It is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

profane

Same sentence, swapped: It is profane to enter with shoes on.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for sacrilegious as it is used in the sentence above.

aberrant
unseemly
ignominious

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adhesionnounattachmentfaithful support for a cause or political party or religionHigh CampHas a reason line admissionnounadmittancethe act of admitting someone to enterHigh CampHas a reason line amplificationnounelaborationaddition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detailHigh Camp analogousadjectivecorrespondentsimilar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilarHigh Camp hastenounhurrythe act of moving hurriedly and in a careless mannerTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line haulnoundrawthe act of drawing or hauling somethingTreelineHas a reason line heavenounheavingthrowing something heavy (with great effort)RidgelineHas a reason line tempernounirritationa sudden outburst of angerRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line

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