irreverent
pronunciation
How to pronounce irreverent in British English:
UK [ɪˈrevərənt]
How to pronounce irreverent in American English:
US [ɪˈrɛvərənt]
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- Adjective:
- showing lack of due respect or veneration
- characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
- not revering god
Word Origin
- irreverent (adj.)
- mid-15c., from Latin irreverentem (see irreverence). Related: Irreverently (early 15c.); irreverential.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Another is a more irreverent political climate .
- 2. It 's irreverent for a man not to take his hat off in church .
- 3. The rabbi 's eulogy was funny and made her sound real , not nice or easy to get along with , but rather prickly and irreverent - totally her own person , not concerned whether anyone liked her much .
- 4. Improbably , he survived , but he exhibited stark behavioral changes-becoming detached and irreverent , though never criminal .
- 5. It is an uneven book , half fact , half fancy , yet it has a cocksure , irreverent quality that makes everything irving wrote afterwards seem by comparison sadly insipid .