flippant
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7.7
- adjective
- /ˈflɪpənt/
- His flippant remarks about the tragedy showed a complete lack of empathy.
- give a flippant remark
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Watch on YouTubeCalvin, you know when when I start being flippant about stuff, You're just uncouth.
- Calvin, you know when when I start being flippant about stuff, You're just uncouth.
- The second thing is that she's flippant.
- And, and you know, the flippant response I got was, well, we don't, we don't work in that pallet.
- This girl was, she was just being really disrespectful and really callous and very like flippant.
- It just still struck me how flippant people were about something being executed in midtown Manhattan.
- It's the fact that you were so flippant about it that you weren't you weren't upset about it at all.
- What's the I was going to give you a really flippant answer, which is partly true, but I here here's let's back up.
- But the conversations and just like the flippant way that they're like, yeah, we'll just stab him in his sleep, you know, like, it's so funny.
- And then this man drew back the curtains and said made this flippant remark like I'd try to maybe take my own life by slicing my finger.
- So not to be flippant, but this is a debate, but it's a debate that stems from a lack of education about the future.
- So I'm not sure how that happened, except I was kind of like flippant with my flower scoopy.
- I, I, I don't want this to sound like flippant.
- He was mad at the attitude, flippant, more angry about being caught than being wrong.
- You see, I think success can't be summarized in a flippant degree or program or diploma or a rival.
Examples
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But his flippant dismissal of your nocturnal visits was the beginning of the end.
Fiction book (1996) -
And now this is going to sound flippant, but there's a more serious point behind this.
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You were just being flippant.
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"Fantastic" is a little flippant.
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Her tone was flippant, but her heart had started to beat rapidly.
Fiction book (1992) -
Therefore, my comments become a whole lot less flippant and a whole lot more true.
Blog text (32) -
I suppose I should hang my head in shame for being flippant and not being a solemn victim.
Blog text (29) -
I cannot take seriously the flippant drive-by comments of educational professionals outside the classroom.
Blog text (16) -
Steven, with his flippant, rational cynicism, struck me as the most defeated person in the group.
Academic text (1998) -
It just still struck me how flippant people were about something being executed in midtown Manhattan.
Synonyms
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7.6
Not taking things seriously and showing little respect
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4.6
Acting in a joking way when care is needed
1
7.9
Shows little care for serious matters and acts without thinking
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8.8
A person who does not take things seriously and shows little respect
Antonyms
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Etymology
The word flippant comes from the simple word flip, which means 'quick' or 'light', plus the ending -ant. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a quick, light answer that feels 'not serious' or 'rude', so to be flippant is to treat a serious matter without proper respect.