Sanctify is a verb that means to make holy or to purify. Some of the antonyms for sanctify includes defile, desecrate, and profane. Defile means to make dirty or impure, while desecrate means to violate the sanctity of something or to treat it with disrespect. Profane refers to actions or words that show a lack of respect for something that is considered sacred. Other antonyms for sanctify include tarnish, contaminate, and corrupt. These words all suggest a violation or a degradation of something that is considered holy, pure, or sacred.

What are the antonyms for Sanctify?

• v.

  • abuse
  • HOSED
  ,
  • Illtreat
  ,
  • bang up
  ,
  • banged up
  ,
  • banging up
  ,
  • bangs up
  ,
  • bung up
  ,
  • bunged up
  ,
  • bunging up
  ,
  • bungs up
  ,
  • hosing
  ,
  • mis handle
  ,
  • mis handled
  ,
  • mis handles
  ,
  • mis handling
  ,
  • mis treat
  ,
  • mis treated
  ,
  • mis treating
  ,
  • mis treats
  ,
  • mis used
  ,
  • mis using
  ,
  • mis-handle
  ,
  • mis-handled
  ,
  • mis-handles
  ,
  • mis-handling
  ,
  • mis-treat
  ,
  • mis-treated
  ,
  • mis-treats
  ,
  • mis-used
  ,
  • mis-using
  ,
  • roughhousing
  .
  • abuse, violate
  • desecrate
  .
  • adulterate
  • contaminate
  .
  • cancel, revoke
  • nullify
  .
  • contaminate
  • be foul
  ,
  • be fouled
  ,
  • be fouling
  ,
  • be fouls
  ,
  • be-foul
  ,
  • be-fouled
  ,
  • be-fouling
  ,
  • be-fouls
  ,
  • de base
  ,
  • de based
  ,
  • de basing
  ,
  • de-base
  ,
  • de-based
  ,
  • de-basing
  ,
  • muck up
  ,
  • mucked up
  ,
  • mucking up
  ,
  • mucks up
  ,
  • pro fane
  ,
  • pro fanes
  ,
  • pro-fane
  ,
  • pro-fanes
  ,
  • radio activate
  ,
  • radio activated
  ,
  • radio activates
  ,
  • radio activating
  ,
  • radio-activate
  ,
  • radio-activated
  ,
  • radio-activating
  ,
  • radioactivate
  ,
  • radioactivated
  ,
  • radioactivates
  ,
  • radioactivating
  .
  • corrupt, violate
  • defile
  .
  • defile
  • Maculated
  ,
  • Tarred
  ,
  • Tarring
  ,
  • Tars
  ,
  • Trashed
  ,
  • be smirch
  ,
  • be smirched
  ,
  • be smirches
  ,
  • be smirching
  ,
  • be-smirch
  ,
  • be-smirched
  ,
  • be-smirches
  ,
  • be-smirching
  ,
  • de file
  ,
  • de filed
  ,
  • de files
  ,
  • de filing
  ,
  • de grade
  ,
  • de graded
  ,
  • de grades
  ,
  • de grading
  ,
  • de-file
  ,
  • de-filed
  ,
  • de-files
  ,
  • de-filing
  ,
  • de-grade
  ,
  • de-graded
  ,
  • de-grades
  ,
  • de-grading
  ,
  • dis color
  ,
  • dis colored
  ,
  • dis coloring
  ,
  • dis colors
  ,
  • dis grace
  ,
  • dis graced
  ,
  • dis graces
  ,
  • dis gracing
  ,
  • dis honor
  ,
  • dis honored
  ,
  • dis honoring
  ,
  • dis honors
  ,
  • dis-color
  ,
  • dis-colored
  ,
  • dis-coloring
  ,
  • dis-colors
  ,
  • dis-grace
  ,
  • dis-graced
  ,
  • dis-graces
  ,
  • dis-gracing
  ,
  • dis-honor
  ,
  • dis-honored
  ,
  • dis-honoring
  ,
  • dis-honors
  ,
  • disco loring
  ,
  • disco-loring
  ,
  • maculate
  ,
  • maculates
  ,
  • maculating
  ,
  • made foul
  ,
  • make foul
  ,
  • makes foul
  ,
  • making foul
  ,
  • molest
  ,
  • pollute
  ,
  • scuzz up
  ,
  • scuzzed up
  ,
  • scuzzes up
  ,
  • scuzzing up
  ,
  • tar
  ,
  • tarnishes
  .
  • deflower
  • Deflorate
  ,
  • de flower
  ,
  • de flowered
  ,
  • de flowering
  ,
  • de flowers
  ,
  • de predate
  ,
  • de predated
  ,
  • de predates
  ,
  • de predating
  ,
  • de spoil
  ,
  • de spoiled
  ,
  • de spoiling
  ,
  • de spoils
  ,
  • de-flower
  ,
  • de-flowered
  ,
  • de-flowering
  ,
  • de-flowers
  ,
  • de-predate
  ,
  • de-predated
  ,
  • de-predates
  ,
  • de-predating
  ,
  • de-spoil
  ,
  • de-spoiled
  ,
  • de-spoiling
  ,
  • de-spoils
  ,
  • deflorated
  ,
  • deflorates
  ,
  • deflorating
  .
  • desecrate
  • commit sacrilege
  ,
  • commits sacrilege
  ,
  • committed sacrilege
  ,
  • committing sacrilege
  ,
  • de solate
  ,
  • de solated
  ,
  • de solates
  ,
  • de solating
  ,
  • de-solate
  ,
  • de-solated
  ,
  • de-solates
  ,
  • de-solating
  ,
  • made lose face
  ,
  • make lose face
  ,
  • makes lose face
  ,
  • making lose face
  ,
  • ravaged
  .
  • devastate, destroy
  • ruin
  .
  • foul
  • Begriming
  ,
  • be grime
  ,
  • be grimed
  ,
  • be grimes
  ,
  • be griming
  ,
  • be smear
  ,
  • be smeared
  ,
  • be smearing
  ,
  • be smears
  ,
  • be-grime
  ,
  • be-grimed
  ,
  • be-grimes
  ,
  • be-griming
  ,
  • be-smear
  ,
  • be-smeared
  ,
  • be-smearing
  ,
  • be-smears
  ,
  • begrime
  ,
  • begrimed
  ,
  • begrimes
  .
  • hold in highest esteem
  • condemn
  ,
  • degrade
  ,
  • dirty
  ,
  • dishonor
  ,
  • disrespect
  ,
  • lower
  .
  • make or become dirty
  • foul
  .
  • noun
  • blaspheme
  ,
  • cast out
  ,
  • corrupt
  ,
  • curse
  ,
  • cuss
  ,
  • debase
  ,
  • debauch
  ,
  • demean
  ,
  • deprave
  ,
  • execrate
  ,
  • pervert
  ,
  • poison
  ,
  • profane
  ,
  • punish
  ,
  • soil
  ,
  • stain
  ,
  • taint
  ,
  • tarnish
  ,
  • violate
  ,
  • warp
  .
  • nullify
  • Disannul
  ,
  • NIGS
  ,
  • Torpedoes
  ,
  • blue pencil
  ,
  • blue penciled
  ,
  • blue penciling
  ,
  • blue pencilled
  ,
  • blue pencilling
  ,
  • blue pencils
  ,
  • bring naught
  ,
  • bring to naught
  ,
  • bringing naught
  ,
  • bringing to naught
  ,
  • brings naught
  ,
  • brings to naught
  ,
  • brought naught
  ,
  • brought to naught
  ,
  • call all bets off
  ,
  • call bets off
  ,
  • called all bets off
  ,
  • called bets off
  ,
  • calling all bets off
  ,
  • calling bets off
  ,
  • calls all bets off
  ,
  • calls bets off
  ,
  • counter act
  ,
  • counter acted
  ,
  • counter acting
  ,
  • counter acts
  ,
  • counter balance
  ,
  • counter balanced
  ,
  • counter balances
  ,
  • counter balancing
  ,
  • counter vail
  ,
  • counter vailed
  ,
  • counter vailing
  ,
  • counter vails
  ,
  • counter-act
  ,
  • counter-acted
  ,
  • counter-acting
  ,
  • counter-acts
  ,
  • counter-balance
  ,
  • counter-balanced
  ,
  • counter-balances
  ,
  • counter-balancing
  ,
  • counter-vail
  ,
  • counter-vailed
  ,
  • counter-vailing
  ,
  • counter-vails
  ,
  • dis annul
  ,
  • dis annulled
  ,
  • dis annulling
  ,
  • dis annuls
  ,
  • dis-annul
  ,
  • dis-annulled
  ,
  • dis-annulling
  ,
  • dis-annuls
  ,
  • disannulled
  ,
  • disannulling
  ,
  • disannuls
  ,
  • forgat it
  ,
  • forget it
  ,
  • forgets it
  ,
  • forgetting it
  ,
  • forgot it
  ,
  • in validate
  ,
  • in validated
  ,
  • in validates
  ,
  • in validating
  ,
  • in-validate
  ,
  • in-validated
  ,
  • in-validates
  ,
  • in-validating
  ,
  • nig
  ,
  • nigged
  ,
  • nigging
  ,
  • re nig
  ,
  • re nigged
  ,
  • re nigging
  ,
  • re nigs
  ,
  • re peal
  ,
  • re pealed
  ,
  • re pealing
  ,
  • re peals
  ,
  • re strict
  ,
  • re-nig
  ,
  • re-nigged
  ,
  • re-nigging
  ,
  • re-nigs
  ,
  • re-pealed
  ,
  • re-peals
  ,
  • re-strict
  ,
  • render null and void
  ,
  • render null void
  ,
  • rendered null and void
  ,
  • rendered null void
  ,
  • rendering null and void
  ,
  • rendering null void
  ,
  • renders null and void
  ,
  • renders null void
  ,
  • renig
  ,
  • renigged
  ,
  • renigging
  ,
  • renigs
  ,
  • taking out
  ,
  • took out
  ,
  • torpedo
  ,
  • torpedoed
  ,
  • torpedoing
  ,
  • un did
  ,
  • un does
  ,
  • un doing
  ,
  • un done
  ,
  • un-did
  ,
  • un-does
  ,
  • un-doing
  ,
  • wash out
  ,
  • washed out
  ,
  • washes out
  ,
  • washing out
  .
  • outrage
  • boil over
  ,
  • boiled over
  ,
  • boiling over
  ,
  • boils over
  ,
  • burn up
  ,
  • burned up
  ,
  • burning up
  ,
  • burns up
  ,
  • burnt up
  ,
  • did violence to
  ,
  • didst violence to
  ,
  • do violence to
  ,
  • does violence to
  ,
  • doest violence to
  ,
  • doeth violence to
  ,
  • doing violence to
  ,
  • dost violence to
  ,
  • doth violence to
  ,
  • fire up
  ,
  • fires up
  ,
  • firing up
  ,
  • in cense
  ,
  • in censed
  ,
  • in censes
  ,
  • in-cense
  ,
  • in-censed
  ,
  • in-censes
  ,
  • in-censing
  ,
  • kick a row
  ,
  • kick row
  ,
  • kicked a row
  ,
  • kicked up row
  ,
  • kicking a row
  ,
  • kicking row
  ,
  • kicking up row
  ,
  • kicks a row
  ,
  • kicks row
  ,
  • kicks up a row
  ,
  • kicks up row
  ,
  • made hit ceiling
  ,
  • make hit ceiling
  ,
  • make hit the ceiling
  ,
  • makes hit ceiling
  ,
  • makes hit the ceiling
  ,
  • making hit ceiling
  ,
  • making hit the ceiling
  ,
  • out raged
  ,
  • out rages
  ,
  • out-rage
  ,
  • out-raged
  ,
  • out-rages
  ,
  • out-raging
  ,
  • reaches boiling point
  ,
  • reaching boiling point
  .
  • physically hurt or injure
  • abuse
  .
  • pollute
  • made filthy
  ,
  • make filthy
  ,
  • makes filthy
  ,
  • making filthy
  .
  • ravish; take away beauty
  • deflower
  .
  • ruin
  • Bankrupted
  ,
  • Bankrupting
  ,
  • Beggared
  ,
  • Beggaring
  ,
  • Dilapidating
  ,
  • bankrupts
  ,
  • bring ruin
  ,
  • bring to ruin
  ,
  • bringing ruin
  ,
  • bringing to ruin
  ,
  • brings ruin
  ,
  • brings to ruin
  ,
  • brought ruin
  ,
  • brought to ruin
  ,
  • clean out
  ,
  • cleaned out
  ,
  • cleaning out
  ,
  • cleans out
  ,
  • de face
  ,
  • de faced
  ,
  • de faces
  ,
  • de facing
  ,
  • de feat
  ,
  • de feats
  ,
  • de-face
  ,
  • de-faced
  ,
  • de-faces
  ,
  • de-facing
  ,
  • de-feat
  ,
  • de-feats
  ,
  • dilapidate
  ,
  • dilapidates
  ,
  • dis figure
  ,
  • dis figured
  ,
  • dis figures
  ,
  • dis figuring
  ,
  • dis-figure
  ,
  • dis-figured
  ,
  • dis-figures
  ,
  • dis-figuring
  ,
  • laid waste
  ,
  • lay waste
  ,
  • laying waste
  ,
  • lays waste
  ,
  • made a mess of
  ,
  • made mess of
  ,
  • make a mess of
  ,
  • make mess of
  ,
  • makes a mess of
  ,
  • makes mess of
  ,
  • making a mess of
  ,
  • making mess of
  ,
  • over throw
  ,
  • over throwing
  ,
  • over thrown
  ,
  • over throws
  ,
  • over turn
  ,
  • over turning
  ,
  • over turns
  ,
  • over whelm
  ,
  • over whelmed
  ,
  • over whelming
  ,
  • over whelms
  ,
  • over-throw
  ,
  • over-throwing
  ,
  • over-thrown
  ,
  • over-throws
  ,
  • over-turn
  ,
  • over-turning
  ,
  • over-whelm
  ,
  • over-whelmed
  ,
  • over-whelming
  ,
  • over-whelms
  ,
  • pauperize
  ,
  • re duce
  ,
  • re duces
  ,
  • re-duce
  ,
  • re-duces
  ,
  • spoilate
  ,
  • spoilated
  ,
  • spoilates
  ,
  • spoilating
  ,
  • use up
  ,
  • used up
  ,
  • uses up
  ,
  • using up
  ,
  • wreak havoc on
  ,
  • wreaked havoc on
  ,
  • wreaking havoc on
  ,
  • wreaks havoc on
  ,
  • wrought havoc on
  .
  • ruin, hurt
  • spoil
  .
  • spoil
  • de stroy
  ,
  • de stroyed
  ,
  • de stroying
  ,
  • de stroys
  ,
  • de-stroy
  ,
  • de-stroyed
  ,
  • de-stroying
  ,
  • de-stroys
  ,
  • made useless
  ,
  • make useless
  ,
  • makes useless
  ,
  • making useless
  ,
  • take apart
  ,
  • takes apart
  ,
  • taking apart
  ,
  • took apart
  ,
  • up set
  ,
  • up sets
  ,
  • up setting
  ,
  • up-set
  ,
  • up-sets
  ,
  • up-setting
  .
  • wrong, offend, abuse
  • outrage
  .

• v. t.

  • noun
  • infect
  .

Usage examples for Sanctify

Famous quotes with Sanctify

• Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers.

  Khalil Gibran
• We do hereby command the Leaders of the Hebrew, Catholic and Protestant Churches to sanctify and have us crowned Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

  Joshua A. Norton
• A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

  William Penn
• Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love love recompenses the adorers.

  Kahlil Gibran
• Military cemeteries in every corner of the world are silent testimony to the failure of national leaders to sanctify human life.

  Yitzhak Rabin

The word "professional liabilities" refers to the legal or ethical obligations of a person working in a professional capacity. Antonyms for this term would incorporate words or phr...