Irreverent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lacking or exhibiting a lack of reverence; disrespectful.
  • adj. Critical of what is generally accepted or respected; satirical: irreverent humor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Lacking proper respect or seriousness; sarcastic.
  • adj. Disrespectful, cynical, cavilling, querulous, or vulgar, where one's own feelings, or especially deference to the feelings of others, customarily command silence, discretion, and circumspection.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not reverent; showing a lack of reverence; expressive of a lack of veneration
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not reverent; manifesting or characterized by irreverence; deficient in veneration or respect: as, to be irreverent toward one's superiors or elders; an irreverent expression.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not revering god
  • adj. showing lack of due respect or veneration
  • adj. characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
  • Equivalent
    impious    sacrilegious    blasphemous    profane    disrespectful    aweless    awless    spirited   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    disrespectful    impious    cheeky    flippant    insolent    impertinent    pert   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    reverent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    indecent    ribald    flippant    sardonic    boisterous    satirical    impertinent    contemptuous    hilarious    derisive