sacrilegious

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Alfie, who’s either being willfully obtuse or radically uncompromising, sees nothing sacrilegious in Wilde’s one-act tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025

I don’t know if this is sacrilegious, but we serve gumbo with rice, and so I’ll often serve my ratatouille with rice.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2024

Many Muslims object to depictions of Muhammad as sacrilegious, and the subject of how to show Islamic art in context has become a flashpoint for institutions.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2023

While many Muslims consider visual depictions of the Prophet sacrilegious, the view is not universal.

From Washington Times • Jan. 13, 2023

In the fearful tempest which struck the Greeks after they left for Greece, Agamemnon came near to losing all his ships; Menelaus was blown to Egypt; and the arch-sinner, sacrilegious Ajax, was drowned.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton