Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

desecrated

/dɛzəkɹˈeɪtɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: des-e-crat-ed
IPA: /dɛzəkɹˈeɪtɪd/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having been desecrated or violated.

verb

simple past and past participle of desecrate

Example Sentences

"And the Apostle tells us it will be so; that all things wait for this, when the earth will be restored, all creation's deserts rejoice and blossom as the rose; when its most desecrated spots will be consecrated, its most barren spots fertilised, and the Paradise that shall end the world be more glorious, beautiful, and fair, than the Paradise with which the world began."
"But was the place more desecrated by such a beneficial employment of it than by being shut up empty in dark and cold ?"
"It was not just the French who felt desecrated, but also the Allies."
"As theologian Shawn Copeland argues, "No Christian teaching has been more desecrated by slavery than the doctrine of the human person or theological anthropology.""

Inflected Forms

more desecrated (comparative) most desecrated (superlative)

Derived Forms

undesecrated

Rhymes With

related stated updated rated dated waited translated unrelated weighted underrated debated awaited

Questions

How do you pronounce desecrated?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɛzəkɹˈeɪtɪd/.
What does desecrated mean?: Having been desecrated or violated.

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