Meaning of IRREVERENT
| Pronunciation: | | i'revurunt
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- [adj] not revering god
- [adj] showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists"
- [adj] characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"
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| | Synonyms: | | aweless, awless, blasphemous, disrespectful, godless, impertinent, impious, pert, profane, sacrilegious, saucy, spirited |
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| | Antonyms: | | reverent | | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ir*rev"er*ent\, a. [L. irreverens, -entis: cf. F.
irr['e]v['e]rent. See {In-} not, and {Reverent}.]
Not reverent; showing a want of reverence; expressive of a
want of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent
jest.
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| | Related Terms: | | apostate, atheistic, aweless, backsliding, blasphemous, cheeky, derisive, discourteous, disparaging, disrespectful, fallen, fallen from grace, flip, flippant, impertinent, impious, impudent, insolent, insulting, irreligious, lapsed, mocking, profanatory, profane, recidivist, recidivistic, recreant, renegade, ridiculing, rude, sacrilegious, saucy, uncivil, undutiful, ungodly, unhallowed, unholy |
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