ADJECTIVE | all | irreverent | showing lack of due respect or veneration |
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all | irreverent, impertinent, pert, saucy | characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality | |
all | irreverent, godless | not revering god |
Sounds | ihreh'verahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | showing lack of due respect or veneration. | |
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Examples |
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Narrower | aweless, awless, disrespectful | Neither feeling nor showing respect |
blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious | grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred | |
See also | disrespectful | Exhibiting lack of respect |
Opposite | reverent | Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration |
Spanish | irreverente | |
Catalan | irreverent | |
Nouns | irreverence | a disrespectful act |
Adverbs | irreverently | without respect |
irreverently | in an irreverent manner |
Meaning | Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality. | |
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Example | "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" | |
Synonyms | impertinent, pert, saucy | |
Broader | spirited | Displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness |
Spanish | descarado, fresco, impertinente, insolente | |
Catalan | descarat, fresc, impertinent, insolent |
Meaning | not revering god. | |
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Synonym | godless | |
Broader | impious | lacking piety or reverence for a god |
Spanish | irreverente | |
Catalan | irreverent | |
Nouns | irreverence | an irreverent mental attitude |
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