Irreverent \Ir*rev"er*ent\, a. [L. irreverens, -entis: cf. F.
irr['e]v['e]rent. See In- not, and Reverent.]
Not reverent; showing a lack of reverence; expressive of a
lack of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent
jest.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
irreverent
adj 1: showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent
scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent
tourists" [ant: reverent]
2: characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a
certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn: impertinent,
pert, saucy]
3: not revering god [syn: godless]
WordNet (r) 2.0
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "irreverent":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
|
|
|