Don't be flippant about this.
Source: tatoeba (5736017)
Flippant
Synonyms for "flippant" (123 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (61)
malapertmindlessmockingnervyobliviousoffhandoffhandedpanningperfunctorypertquizzicalraggingrailingrallyingrazzingrecklessregardlessrespectlessridiculingroasting
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Adjective(1 words)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
4 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- непочтителен adj (lacking respect)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 無禮 /无礼 adj (lacking respect)
- 輕佻 /轻佻 adj (lacking respect)
- 輕浮 /轻浮 adj (lacking respect)
Czech
2 entries- lehkovážný adj (lacking respect)
- neomalený adj (lacking respect)
Dutch
2 entries- oneerbiedig adj (lacking respect)
- spottend adj (lacking respect)
Esperanto
1 entries- impertinenta adj (lacking respect)
Finnish
2 entries- epäasiallinen adj (lacking respect)
- epäkunnioittava adj (lacking respect)
French
2 entries- cavalier adj (lacking respect)
- désinvolte adj (lacking respect)
German
4 entries- frech adj (lacking respect)
- leichtfertig adj (lacking respect)
- mit fehlender Ernsthaftigkeit adj (lacking respect)
- oberflächlich adj (lacking respect)
Hungarian
4 entries- nyegle adj (lacking respect)
- pikírt adj (lacking respect)
- pimasz adj (lacking respect)
- pökhendi adj (lacking respect)
Icelandic
1 entries- virðingarlaus adj (lacking respect)
Italian
4 entries- disinvolto adj (lacking respect)
- faceto adj (lacking respect)
- fanfarone adj (lacking respect)
- frivolo adj (lacking respect)
Japanese
2 entries- ぶしつけな adj (lacking respect)
- 生意気な adj (lacking respect)
Macedonian
4 entries- др́зок adj (lacking respect)
- за́качлив adj (lacking respect)
- на́хален adj (lacking respect)
- несерио́зен adj (lacking respect)
Māori
1 entries- ngahangaha adj (lacking respect)
Norwegian
3 entries- eplekjekk adj (lacking respect)
- flåset adj (lacking respect)
- flåsete adj (lacking respect)
Portuguese
2 entries- impertinente adj (lacking respect)
- insolente adj (lacking respect)
Russian
4 entries- де́рзкий adj (lacking respect)
- на́глый adj (lacking respect)
- наха́льный adj (lacking respect)
- неуважительный adj (lacking respect)
Spanish
2 entries- fresco adj (lacking respect)
- insolente adj (lacking respect)
Swedish
1 entries- oseriös adj (lacking respect)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
His response was flippant.
Source: tatoeba (9686989)
Her flippant attitude won't get her hired.
Source: tatoeba (10460711)
It was a flippant comment.
Source: tatoeba (11652330)
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