irreverent
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7.2
- adjective
- /ɪˈrɛvərənt/
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irreverente
- There he penned Journal in Jail, a brash and irreverent self-defense that sheds light on his early religious convictions.
- irreverent humor
- an irreverent book
- often irreverent
So now here comes this guy who has spicy language, who can be irreverent, and he shares the clip.
- So now here comes this guy who has spicy language, who can be irreverent, and he shares the clip.
- And again, we're kind of trying to be in that place that that's just so absurd and irreverent and hysterical.
- Now, lots of narcissistic folks get by on being sort of the cut up, the class clown, the Joker, the irreverent comic, the dark humorist.
- The art and the colors and it's so politically still hilarious and irreverent and brave, and I really love doing that show.
- Running our Radcliffe Day program on the set of an irreverent and imaginative Pirates of Penzance was challenging to say the least.
- Because I said to everyone, guys, they're not lying because he's irreverent and that's a sin.
Examples
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And it was brilliant, insightful, irreverent but so true.
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Although the book is irreverent at times, truth prevails.
Academic text (1997) -
Write about interesting people in your own irreverent way.
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By day four, the crowd had grown a little irreverent.
Academic text (2011) -
We were about the same age, liked the same music, and were sarcastic and irreverent.
Fiction book (1990) -
Mostly he enjoys being an irreverent policy wonk and writing irreverent wonkish articles for The Rag Blog.
Blog text (17) -
The pageant in the forest is quite a bold parody, verging on the irreverent on the part of Cervantes.
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My own self-image is that I'm a young, irreverent, happy-go-lucky surgery resident locked up in a chubby and aging body.
Academic text (2001) -
With his Louisiana accent and irreverent humor, Peter was soon banished from the Sunflower Room to the compost heap.
Fiction book (1998) -
He has an irreverent attitude towards traditional values, often questioning their validity.
Synonyms
121
3.0
Not polite to someone, for example interrupting them
99
4.0
Using words that say the opposite of what you mean to mock or hurt someone
39
6.9
Expressing an insulting, disrespectful view of someone or something
22
7.1
Rude and not showing respect to other people
21
5.8
Being playful and a little rude in a way that teases people
9
7.7
Showing you do not respect someone and think they are silly
8
7.0
Showing that you think someone or something is not worth respect
8
7.2
Rude or too bold toward someone, sometimes playful
1
7.0
Showing a low opinion of someone or something
Showing that someone or something is not important and often insulting them
Antonyms
How Respectful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Irreverent comes from the negative prefix in- meaning 'not' added to reverent, which comes from the verb revere meaning 'to respect'. So irreverent describes someone or something that is 'not respectful' and treats people or ideas that are usually serious in a light or playful way.