"It was the same direction from which the American had come. Something terrible lay that way. It was my business to find out what it was." "What did you do?" My flippancy was all gone.
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Flippancy
//ˈflɪ.pɛn.si//
Synonyms for "flippancy" (113 found)
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lightmindednesslightnesslipmerrimentmischievousnessmockerymouthnegligencenonobservanceobliviousnesspanningpertnessplayfulnessprankishnesspranksomenessraggingrailleryrallyingrazzingregardlessness
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ridiculeroastingroguishnessrudenesssaucinessscoffingshallownesssidesmart-aleckinesssmartnesssmirkingsneeringsnickeringsniggeringsnortingsportivenesssuperficialitytauntingthoughtlessnesstrickerytrickinesstwittingunalertnessunawarenessunconsciousnessunheedfulnessunintentivenessunmindfulnessunobservanceunseriousnessunwarinessunwatchfulnessvolatilitywaggerywaggishness
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Bulgarian
1 entries- непочтителност noun (disrespectful levity or pertness)
Dutch
1 entries- lichtzinnigheid noun (disrespectful levity or pertness)
German
3 entries- Leichfertigkeit noun (disrespectful levity or pertness)
- fehlende Ernsthaftigkeit noun (disrespectful levity or pertness)
- mangelnder Ernst noun (disrespectful levity or pertness)
Irish
4 entries- braise noun (disrespectful levity or pertness)
- braschaint noun (disrespectful levity or pertness)
- deiliús noun (disrespectful levity or pertness)
- fídireacht noun (disrespectful levity or pertness)
Portuguese
1 entries- leviandade noun (disrespectful levity or pertness)
Spanish
1 entries- locuacidad noun (disrespectful levity or pertness)
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