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"form": "more irreverent",
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},
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"word": "irreverently"
}
],
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{
"text": "an irreverent new work",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "an irreverent examination of reviewing",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "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",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Lacking respect; not having or not showing respect for or seriousness towards something that is usually treated with respect; going against conventional precepts."
],
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"word": "irreverence"
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"word": "sarcastic"
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "flippant"
},
{
"word": "impertinent"
},
{
"word": "insolent"
},
{
"word": "pert"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nepočtitelen",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "непочтителен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "irreverent"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùjìng",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "不敬"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "失禮"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shīlǐ",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "失礼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "無禮"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wúlǐ",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "无礼"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "neuctivý"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "oneerbiedig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "epäkunnioittava"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "irrévérencieux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "irrespectueux"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "irreverente"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "ehrfurchtslos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "pietätlos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "respektlos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "unehrerbietig"
},
{
"alt": "ふそんな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fuson na",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "不遜な"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "impius"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "whakatīkai"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "ngahangaha"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "whakangahangaha"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "uærbødig"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "respektløs"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "bez szacunku"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "irreverente"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nepočtítelʹnyj",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "непочти́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neuvažítelʹnyj",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "неуважи́тельный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "irreverente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "vanvördig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "hürmetsiz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "saygısız"
}
]
}
],
"word": "irreverent"
}
{
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{
"word": "irreverently"
}
],
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"3": "reverent"
},
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],
"etymology_text": "ir- + reverent",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more irreverent",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most irreverent",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "irreverent (comparative more irreverent, superlative most irreverent)",
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],
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"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "irreverence"
},
{
"word": "sarcastic"
}
],
"senses": [
{
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms prefixed with ir-",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"en:Personality"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "an irreverent new work",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "an irreverent examination of reviewing",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "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",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Lacking respect; not having or not showing respect for or seriousness towards something that is usually treated with respect; going against conventional precepts."
],
"links": [
[
"respect",
"respect"
],
[
"seriousness",
"seriousness"
],
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"conventional",
"conventional"
],
[
"precepts",
"precepts"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "flippant"
},
{
"word": "impertinent"
},
{
"word": "insolent"
},
{
"word": "pert"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nepočtitelen",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "непочтителен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "irreverent"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùjìng",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "不敬"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "失禮"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shīlǐ",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "失礼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "無禮"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wúlǐ",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "无礼"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "neuctivý"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "oneerbiedig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "epäkunnioittava"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "irrévérencieux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "irrespectueux"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "irreverente"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "ehrfurchtslos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "pietätlos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "respektlos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "unehrerbietig"
},
{
"alt": "ふそんな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fuson na",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "不遜な"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "impius"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "whakatīkai"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "ngahangaha"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "whakangahangaha"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "uærbødig"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "respektløs"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "bez szacunku"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "irreverente"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nepočtítelʹnyj",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "непочти́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neuvažítelʹnyj",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "неуважи́тельный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "irreverente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "vanvördig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "hürmetsiz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lacking respect or seriousness",
"word": "saygısız"
}
],
"word": "irreverent"
}
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