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# Disrespectful, cynical, caviling, querulous, or vulgar, where one's own feelings, or especially deference to the feelings of others, customarily command silence, discretion, and circumspection. |
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# [[disrespectful|Disrespectful]]. |
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# Courageous, straightforward, having mass appeal, but likely to offend. |
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#:''An '''irreverent''' new work.'' |
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#:''An '''irreverent examination''' of reviewing.'' |
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Revision as of 22:51, 23 January 2007
English
Adjective
irreverent
- Disrespectful, cynical, caviling, querulous, or vulgar, where one's own feelings, or especially deference to the feelings of others, customarily command silence, discretion, and circumspection.
- Courageous, straightforward, having mass appeal, but likely to offend.
- An irreverent new work.
- An irreverent examination of reviewing.