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US
/ˌɪˈɹɛvɝənt/
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[ UK /ɪɹˈɛvɹənt/ ]
[ UK /ɪɹˈɛvɹənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- not revering god
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characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner -
showing lack of due respect or veneration
noisy irreverent tourists
irreverent scholars mocking sacred things
How To Use irreverent In A Sentence
- The first smash hit of the 2007-2008 Broadway season turned out to be one of the biggest surprises in Broadway history †“Xanadu.†People are calling a hilariously reinvented send-up of the 1980’s Olivia Newton-John film, this irreverent musical adventure, about following your dreams when others say you shouldn’t, spins along to the addictive original hit film score by pop-rock legends Jeff Lynne and John Farrar. Whoopi Roller Skates ‘Xanadu’
- It's showbizzy, ingenious, affectionate but irreverent. Times, Sunday Times
- The name sustained an irreverent homage to the monarchy, armored with irony after his flight from fascist Europe. Allan M. Jalon: Arts Lust: Central Europe's Underwear Showing
- Miss Burney protested indignantly, her long thin nose turning pink with mortification at this irreverent piece of mimicry
- It's great theatre: it's irreverent, rude to the establishment and is prepared to take chances.
- The irreverent cook can, of course, substitute the tandoor with an electric oven, and the oven with a covered saucepan, and so on.
- The most interesting thing, if you ask me, is how "the irreverent, oppositional ethic that controlled pirate identity" winds up as the theme of family rides at these parks.
- But the irreverent Honeymouth, trying to maintain his poise, prodded me, saying, Come on, Superego. Dreamseller: The Calling
- Again, like today's, its doings were chronicled by an irreverent, iconoclastic press eager for celebrity gossip and social scandal.
- a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner