Definition for Irreverent:

• characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; " a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"

Synonyms for Irreverent:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • irreverent.
  •disrespectful (adjective)
  • Unfilial,
  • smart-alecky,
  • out of line,
  • flipper,
  • Misbehaved,
  • out-of-line,
  • improper,
  • profanatory,
  • smart alecky,
  • Disgracious,
  • illbred,
  • ungracious,
  • bad-mannered,
  • nervy,
  • snippy.
  •facetious (adjective)
  • funny,
  • fanciful,
  • playful,
  • frivolous,
  • dry,
  • witty,
  • joshing,
  • pleasant,
  • sprightly,
  • comical,
  • jocose,
  • sarcastic,
  • satirical,
  • amusing,
  • ridiculous,
  • jocular,
  • farcical,
  • gay,
  • laughable,
  • droll,
  • waggish,
  • Capering,
  • whimsical,
  • indecorous,
  • humorous,
  • clever,
  • sportive,
  • blithe,
  • merry,
  • wry,
  • joking,
  • salty,
  • comic,
  • jesting,
  • ludicrous.
  •hardened (adjective)
  • heartless,
  • hard-bitten,
  • unashamed,
  • hardhearted,
  • disdainful,
  • hard-as-nails,
  • hard as nails,
  • unbending,
  • Indurated,
  • coldhearted,
  • obdurate,
  • unemotional,
  • unsubmissive,
  • accustomed,
  • uncaring,
  • obtuse,
  • hard-boiled,
  • hardbitten,
  • resistant,
  • cruel,
  • Steeled,
  • hardboiled,
  • Unrepenting,
  • inaccessible,
  • impenetrable,
  • callous,
  • Habituated,
  • benumbed,
  • toughened,
  • Casehardened,
  • prepared,
  • uncompassionate,
  • case-hardened,
  • inured,
  • seasoned.
  •iconoclastic (adjective)
  • non conforming,
  • Non-conforming.
  •pejorative (adjective)
  • disadvantageous,
  • debasing,
  • disparaging,
  • Detractory,
  • uncomplimentary,
  • derogatory,
  • slighting,
  • Detracting,
  • deprecatory,
  • detractive,
  • depreciatory.
  •profane (adjective)
  • nasty,
  • indecent,
  • worldly,
  • raunchy,
  • transitory,
  • idolatrous,
  • obscene,
  • impure,
  • transient,
  • abusive,
  • infidel,
  • smutty.
  •sacrilegious (adjective)
  • Violating.
  •skeptical (adjective)
  • iconoclastic.
  •tongue-in-cheek (adjective)
  • tongue-in-cheek,
  • jokingly,
  • in fun,
  • tongue in cheek,
  • in jest,
  • kiddingly,
  • ironical,
  • facetious.
  •unholy (adjective)
  • un holier,
  • un holiest,
  • un holy,
  • unholy,
  • un-holiest,
  • dis honest,
  • dis-honest,
  • un-holy,
  • un-holier.

• n.

  •
  • heretic.
  •
  • respect.
  •aweless (noun)
  • aweless.
  •awless (noun)
  • awless.
  •blasphemous (noun)
  • blasphemous.
  •spirited (noun)
  • spirited.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • rationalist,
  • atheist,
  • unorthodox,
  • unbeliever,
  • humanism,
  • secularize,
  • unbelief,
  • earthly,
  • sacrilege,
  • nonobservance,
  • mundane,
  • secularism,
  • corporeal,
  • apostate,
  • lapsed,
  • heterodox,
  • nihilism,
  • sinner,
  • temporal.
  •
  • flesh,
  • profanity,
  • ironic.
  •
  • violate.
  •
  • world.
  •debonair
  • jaunty.

Antonyms for Irreverent:

• adj.

  • all
    reverent.
  • disrespectful
    mannered, courteous, nice, mannerly, civil.
  • facetious
    grave, formal, unfunny, serious.
  • hardened
    feeling, compassionate, sympathetic, kind.
  • impious
    pious, holy.
  • irreverent
    respectful, religious.
  • pejorative
    complimentary, praising, positive.
  • profane
    clean, sacred, moral.
  • Other antonyms:
    venerating, sanctified, worshipping, consecrated, prayerful, god-fearing, spiritless.

Irreverent Sentence Examples:

• " Thus the irreverent youth of to - day," said he.

• The street boys were a continual torment to him, but Mrs. Kean appeared serenely unconscious of their existence, even when her husband made short rushes at them with his gold - headed cane, and crying: " Go a - way - you irreverent little brutes - go a - way!"