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flippant
[ flip-uhnt ]
adjective
- frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity:
The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
Synonyms: impudent, impertinent, saucy
- Chiefly Dialect. nimble, limber, or pliant.
- Archaic. glib; voluble.
flippant
/ ˈflɪpənt /
adjective
- marked by inappropriate levity; frivolous or offhand
- impertinent; saucy
- obsolete.talkative or nimble
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Derived Forms
- ˈflippantly, adverb
- ˈflippancy, noun
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Other Words From
- flippan·cy flippant·ness noun
- flippant·ly adverb
- un·flippant adjective
- un·flippant·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flippant1
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Example Sentences
Rangel was frequently flippant on the campaign trail - once pulling out an iPad to answer a question during a televised debate.
When the editor of Outside magazine, Alex Heard, tweeted that I had made an ass of myself, my response was arrogant and flippant.
Meanwhile, the real Angela Merkel was predictably less flippant than her phony Twitter doppelgänger.
Ali Gharib said after the fact that he realized the comments were flippant and irresponsible.
He seems implacably bespectacled—admonitory even in his flippant asides.
Hadria was incorrigibly flippant about the banishment of important local subjects.
Lucian attaches an intelligible meaning to these flippant expletives, and represents Socrates as justifying their use.
He had fired up on one occasion when Professor Theobald said something flippant about Mrs. Temperley.
Her mien was quite serious, but her tone was sprightly—even flippant.
That flippant remark broke the tension and the driver climbed gingerly out and viewed the bare hub.
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