flippant

  • 21Flippant — …

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  • 22flippant — Synonyms and related words: airy, bantering, belittling, biggety, bluff, booing, brash, brazen, careless, casual, catcalling, chaffing, cheeky, chutzpadik, cocky, contemptuous, crusty, cursory, degage, derisive, derisory, discourteous, dismissive …

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  • 23flippant — flip·pant || flɪpÉ™nt adj. disrespectful, disdainful, careless, thoughtless …

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  • 24flippant — adjective not showing the appropriate seriousness or respect. Derivatives flippancy noun flippantly adverb Origin C17 (early senses included nimble and talkative , then playful ): from flip1 + ant …

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  • 25flippant — a. 1. Voluble, fluent, glib, talkative, nimble of speech, of ready utterance. 2. Pert, impertinent, malapert, forward, bold, inconsiderately glib, unscrupulously pert …

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  • 26flippant — adj 1. brash, bold, brazen, hoydenish, Scot. randy; insolent, impudent, impertinent, pert, Archaic. malapert, saucy, Inf. flip, fresh, Inf. cheeky; Sl. smart mouth; bumptious, cocky, overconfident, audacious, Inf. nervy, Scot. vaunty; aggressive …

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  • 27flippant — flip·pant …

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  • 28flippant — adjective Syn: frivolous, facetious, tongue in cheek, disrespectful, irreverent, cheeky; informal flip, saucy; N.Amer.; informal sassy Ant: serious, respectful …

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  • 29flippant — [ˈflɪpənt] adj treating a serious subject or situation in a way that is not serious enough …

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  • 30flippant — flip•pant [[t]ˈflɪp ənt[/t]] adj. 1) frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness 2) archaic glib; voluble • Etymology: 1595–1605; appar. flip I+ ant flip′pan•cy, flip′pant•ness, n. flip′pant•ly, adv …

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