blasphemer means one who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God. It carries an Arena rating of 1576, earned across 60 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, blasphemer ranks #509 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #2,434 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #2,818 of 17,104 for Most Storied Words, #3,095 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words.
blasphemer is pronounced /ˈblæsfəmɚ/.
Why “blasphemer” is a great word
BLASPHEMER — [Noun] A person who speaks irreverently about God or sacred things. From Middle English blasfemour, from Old French blasfemeor, built upon blaspheme (to speak irreverently) and the agent suffix -er. Unlike a heretic, whose crime is an unorthodox belief, or a profaner, whose disrespect may be aimed at any hallowed tradition, a blasphemer commits the specific, vocal transgression against the divine. It is the curse muttered in the empty cathedral, the graffiti artist scrawling a holy name on a sewer wall, the playwright who gives God a petty and human voice—each a small, defiant crack in the monolithic silence of faith.
Etymology
From Middle English blasfemour, from Old French blasfemeor; equivalent to blaspheme + -er.
noun
- One who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God.
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