irreverent

See also: irrévérent

English

Etymology

ir- +‎ reverent

Adjective

irreverent (comparative more irreverent, superlative most irreverent)

Lacking respect or seriousness.
Courageous, straightforward, saucy, having mass appeal, but likely to offend. Challenging the status quo, rocking the boat.
an irreverent new work

an irreverent examination of reviewing

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:cheeky

Translations

lacking respect or seriousness

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: irreverent (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不敬 (zh) (bùjìng)
Czech: neuctivý m
Dutch: oneerbiedig (nl)
Finnish: epäkunnioittava
French: irrévérencieux (fr), irrespectueux (fr)

German: ehrfurchtslos, pietätlos (de), respektlos (de), unehrerbietig
Japanese: 不遜な (ja) (ふそんな, fuson na)
Maori: whakatīkai
Polish: bez szacunku
Portuguese: irreverente (pt)
Russian: непочти́тельный (ru) (nepočtítelʹnyj), неуважи́тельный (ru) (neuvažítelʹnyj)
Spanish: irreverente (es)
Turkish: hürmetsiz (tr), saygısız (tr)

courageous, straightforward, having mass appeal, but likely to offend

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: respectloos (nl)
Finnish: kuvia kumartamaton

French: irrévérencieux (fr)
German: dreist (de), frech (de), keck (de), kess (de), respektlos (de), mutig (de), unerschrocken (de)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Polish: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: irreverente (pt)
Russian: непочти́тельный (ru) (nepočtítelʹnyj), де́рзкий (ru) (dérzkij)
Spanish: irrespetuoso (es) m

See also

sarcastic

Further reading

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