irreverent

See also: irrévérent

English

Etymology

From Latin irreverēns. By surface analysis, ir- +‎ reverent.

Adjective

irreverent (comparative more irreverent, superlative most irreverent)

1. Lacking respect; not having or not showing respect for or seriousness towards something that is usually treated with respect; going against conventional precepts.

   an irreverent new work

   an irreverent examination of reviewing

   • 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 28:

     Beyond the hut a clump of myalls loomed spectral and wraith-like, and round them a gang of crows cawed noisily, irreverent of the great silence.

Synonyms

• flippant
• impertinent
• insolent
• pert

• See also Thesaurus:cheeky

Derived terms

• irreverently

Related terms

• irreverence

Translations

lacking respect or seriousness

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: непочтителен (bg) (nepočtitelen)
• Catalan: irreverent (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不敬 (zh) (bùjìng), 失禮 / 失礼 (zh) (shīlǐ), 無禮 / 无礼 (zh) (wúlǐ)

• Czech: neuctivý (cs)
• Dutch: oneerbiedig (nl)
• Finnish: epäkunnioittava (fi)
• French: irrévérencieux (fr), irrespectueux (fr)
• Galician: irreverente
• German: ehrfurchtslos (de), pietätlos (de), respektlos (de), unehrerbietig (de)
• Japanese: 不遜な (ja) (ふそんな, fuson na)
• Latin: impius
• Maori: whakatīkai, ngahangaha, whakangahangaha
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uærbødig, respektløs

• Polish: bez szacunku
• Portuguese: irreverente (pt)
• Russian: непочти́тельный (ru) (nepočtítelʹnyj), неуважи́тельный (ru) (neuvažítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: irreverente (es)
• Swedish: vanvördig (sv)
• Turkish: hürmetsiz (tr), saygısız (tr)

See also

• sarcastic

Further reading

• “irreverent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.