Flippant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness; pert.
  • adj. Archaic Talkative; voluble.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. glib.
  • adj. nimble; limber.
  • adj. Lacking respect or seriousness, showing levity; pert.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative.
  • adj. Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant.
  • n. A flippant person.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Lively and fluent in speech; speaking freely; talkative; communicative.
  • Voluble and confident, without due knowledge or consideration; talkative and forward; impertinent; disrespectfully smart in speech or conduct.
  • Of a light and trifling quality; shallow; pert; disrespectful.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. showing inappropriate levity
  • Equivalent
    frivolous   
    Antonym
    serious   
    Cross Reference
    frivolous    pert    irreverent    facetious   
    Form
    flippancy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    talkative    empty    trifling    inconsiderate    pert    petulant    frivolous    cheeky   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sarcastic    caustic    sardonic    disrespectful    frivolous    irreverent    insolent    witty    petulant    light-hearted