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Is Sacrilegious A Bad Word? sacrilegious • sak-ruh-LIJ-us • adjective. 1 : committing or characterized by a technical and not necessarily intrinsically outrageous violation (such as improper reception of a sacrament) of what is sacred because consecrated to God 2 : grossly irreverent toward a hallowed person, place, or thing. What type of word is