flippant
pronunciation
How to pronounce flippant in British English:
UK [ˈflɪpənt]
How to pronounce flippant in American English:
US [ˈflɪpənt]
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- Adjective:
- showing inappropriate levity
Word Origin
- flippant (adj.)
- c. 1600, "talkative, nimble in talk;" 1670s, "displaying unbecoming levity," apparently an extended form of flip (v.). The ending is perhaps modeled on other adjectives in -ant or a relic of the Middle English present participle ending -inde. Shortened form flip is attested from 1847. Related: Flippantly.
Synonym
Example
- 1. This is not as flippant as it may sound , but an important issue for business , technology and even geopolitics .
- 2. Mr cassano was even blunter , telling investors in august 2007 that " without being flippant " the company could not envisage a scenario that would " see us losing $ 1 in any of those transactions " .
- 3. I don 't want to seem flippant when I talk about the sex .
- 4. His flippant remarks only made the judge angrier .
- 5. In fact , says mr gudkov of levada , this self-mockery was not a reasoned rejection of the soviet system ; it was playful and flippant .