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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: , ,
- Chiefly Dialect. nimble, limber, or pliant.
- Archaic. glib; voluble.
flippant
/ ˈ´Ú±ôɪ±èÉ™²Ô³Ù /
adjective
- marked by inappropriate levity; frivolous or offhand
- impertinent; saucy
- obsolete.talkative or nimble
Derived Forms
- ˈ´Ú±ô¾±±è±è²¹²Ô³Ù±ô²â, adverb
- ˈ´Ú±ô¾±±è±è²¹²Ô³¦²â, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ´Ú±ô¾±±èp²¹²Ô·³¦²â ´Ú±ô¾±±èp²¹²Ô³Ù·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
- ´Ú±ô¾±±èp²¹²Ô³Ù·±ô²â adverb
- ³Ü²Ô·´Ú±ô¾±±èp²¹²Ô³Ù adjective
- un·´Ú±ô¾±±èp²¹²Ô³Ù·±ô²â adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of flippant1
Example Sentences
Not to be flippant, but that’s exactly what every day under Trump’s second term has felt like so far — minus the latex.
“It could seem flippant, but he was making a serious point, saying, ‘I felt like I was going to be sacrificed, so this is what I wanted to do before that happened.’
Only those flippant idiots who spread their vile verbal excrement on a variety of media platforms to feather their own nest think otherwise.
Trump has long displayed adversarial and flippant views of the U.S. intelligence community, flouted safeguards over classified information and directly berated the law enforcement agencies like the FBI.
Which is why, when he talked recently about losing sleep at the start of the season, it sounded like much more than some flippant comment.
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