Antonyms for flippant

Grammar : Adj

Spell : flip-uhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈflɪp ənt

Definition of flippant

Origin : c.1600, "talkative;" 1670s, "displaying unbecoming levity," apparently an extended form of flip (v.). Shortened form flip is attested from 1847. Related: Flippantly.

adj irreverent

Example sentences :

She turned away instantly, with a flippant lift and drop of both hands.
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

It was a flippant, vulgar book, the outcome of a flippant, vulgar mind.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

The captain was, in his opinion, altogether too flippant and jolly.
Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln

"Then leave it to Him," was the flippant answer; and Joseph drained his glass.
Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini

Every one laughed at his jokes, but to me they seemed superficial and flippant.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

It never was safe, even in the quietest times, to be flippant with Crossan.
Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham

Here is a subject which even the flippant cannot long ignore.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, April 7, 1920 » by Various

The effect it had produced on the man's mind was anything but flippant.
Extract from : « The Root of Evil » by Thomas Dixon

She looked at him sternly as she spoke, as though defying him to be flippant in return.
Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

There was flippant raillery in her voice as she repeated her question.
Extract from : « The Rider of Waroona » by Firth Scott

Synonyms for flippant

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