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flippant [ flip -uh nt ] SHOW IPA
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adjective
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
Chiefly Dialect . nimble, limber, or pliant.
Archaic . glib; voluble.
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Origin of flippant 1595â1605; apparently
flip1 +
-ant
OTHER WORDS FROM flippant flip·pan·cy, flip·pant·ness, noun flip·pant·ly, adverb un·flip·pant, adjective un·flip·pant·ly, adverb
Words nearby flippant flipbook ,
flip chart ,
flip-flop ,
flip-flopper ,
flip one's lid ,
flippant ,
flipper ,
flipping ,
flippy ,
flip side ,
flip through
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Words related to flippant cheeky ,
cocky ,
disrespectful ,
glib ,
offhand ,
playful ,
rude ,
brassy ,
breezy ,
flighty ,
flip ,
fresh ,
frivolous ,
impertinent ,
impudent ,
insolent ,
lippy ,
nervy ,
pert ,
sassy
How to use flippant in a sentence The original films, meanwhile, had a bit more of a flippant edge to them, and they never really tried to be heartwarming in the way that Afterlife is.
They were flippant quotes that effectively handed their opponents an issue to beat into the ground.
This has manifested in sometimes flippant , sometimes cruel reactions to the high rates of infection and death among unvaccinated Americans.
To say itâs wrong would be as flippant as the people spraining their thumbs with their flurry of tweets.
At the risk of sounding unduly flippant , I want to put in a good word for books that contribute to what Samuel Johnson called âthe gaiety of nationsâ and âthe public stock of harmless pleasure.â
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 doppelgÀnger.
Ali Gharib said after the fact that he realized the comments were flippant and irresponsible.
He seems implacably bespectacledâadmonitory 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 sprightlyâeven flippant .
That flippant remark broke the tension and the driver climbed gingerly out and viewed the bare hub.
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British Dictionary definitions for flippant
adjective
marked by inappropriate levity; frivolous or offhand
impertinent; saucy
obsolete talkative or nimble
Derived forms of flippant flippancy , noun flippantly , adverb Word Origin for flippant C17: perhaps from flip
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