Antonyms of adj sacrilegious

1 sense of sacrilegious

Sense 1
blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious -- (grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on")

INDIRECT (VIA irreverent) -> reverent -- (feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence")

Similarity of adj sacrilegious

1 sense of sacrilegious

Sense 1
blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious -- (grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on")
       => irreverent (vs. reverent) -- (showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists")

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