irreverent

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}, {irreverent}, {pert}, {saucy}]
    3: not revering god [syn: {godless}, {irreverent}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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