Translations for „sacrilegious“ in the English » German Dictionary

sac·ri·legious [ˌsækrɪˈlɪʤəs, Am -rəˈ-] ADJ

sacrilegious

frevelhaft

sacrilegious

gotteslästerlich

sacrilegious

sakrilegisch form

sacrilegious fig

verbrecherisch

sacrilegious fig

verwerflich

killing innocent people is sacrilegious

es ist ein Verbrechen, unschuldige Menschen zu töten

sacrilegious act

frevelhafte Tat

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

sacrilegious act

frevelhafte Tat

killing innocent people is sacrilegious

es ist ein Verbrechen, unschuldige Menschen zu töten

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The effect was growing discontent with the form of justice that required sacrilegious war.

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Reasons cited for this were the sacrilegious tone of the film and advertising and the possible offence this would cause to readers and audiences.

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Eventually this mix of the sacred and the profane came to be regarded by some as sacrilegious.

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The song and album title were attacked by some religious groups for being sacrilegious.

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This sacrilegious action required that the chief, or his relations on his behalf, should immediately take "utu" (or payment in revenge).

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He stripped everything out that he could sell, which is sacrilegious.

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The title of the second story is taken from an anonymous sacrilegious novel from the 18th century.

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In practice, "evocatio" was a way to mitigate otherwise sacrilegious looting of religious images from shrines.

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Sacrilegious thieves have taken it from my home.

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Consequently, the government kept tabs on a number of websites hosting the cartoons deemed to be sacrilegious.

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