as in atheistical
not showing proper reverence for the holy or sacred
irreverent behavior during church services
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Recent Examples of irreverent
Within the hearts and faces of the Class of 2025 is a mixture of anticipation and apprehension — on the edge of a world that is, by turns, irreverent and weary, defiant and desperate for something more.
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F. Willis Johnson, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
This is where Dan Da Dan does not care about offending anyone, as its approach to these matters is entirely irreverent and very funny.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
And there's something ironic about such a proudly nasty and irreverent series having a place in the hallowed halls of television history.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 10 July 2025
For those who like their Superman classically drawn, Gunn’s film will probably seem too irreverent and messy.
—Jake Coyle, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
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F. Willis Johnson, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
This is where Dan Da Dan does not care about offending anyone, as its approach to these matters is entirely irreverent and very funny.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
And there's something ironic about such a proudly nasty and irreverent series having a place in the hallowed halls of television history.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 10 July 2025
For those who like their Superman classically drawn, Gunn’s film will probably seem too irreverent and messy.
—Jake Coyle, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irreverent
Adjective
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The secular shift is evident in the slope of the monthly cloud model, which points higher looking out to mid-2027.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
28 July 2025
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The operating environment remains challenging for all ad sellers, particularly legacy companies coping with the secular decline of linear TV.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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In Europe, the painting was received as a blasphemous shock.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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There’s a quiet and, some might argue, blasphemous revolution happening.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Alfie, who’s either being willfully obtuse or radically uncompromising, sees nothing sacrilegious in Wilde’s one-act tragedy.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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Surely, there’s something utterly sacrilegious about laughing hysterically at actors giving God the middle finger.—
Michael James Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 June 2025
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The only true dictionary is the lost one, the dictionary of the language that perished when the impious tower was built: the original language, God’s language.—
Mariana Dimópulos,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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This game must have seemed profane to the Greeks, or even impious.—
Simone Weil,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
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“Irreverent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irreverent. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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