| Main Entry: | flippant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irreverent |
Synonyms: |
brassy, breezy, cheeky*, cocky, disrespectful, flighty, flip*, fresh, frivolous, glib, impertinent, impudent, insolent, lippy, nervy, offhand, pert, playful, rude, sassy*, smart*, smart-alecky, superficial |
Antonyms: |
courteous, respectful, reverent, serious |
| Main Entry: | airy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | buoyant, light, or lively in nature |
Synonyms: |
animated, blithe, bouncy, cheerful, cheery, effervescent, elastic, fanciful, flippant, frolicsome, gay, graceful, happy, high-spirited, jaunty, light, light-hearted, merry, nonchalant, resilient, sprightly, volatile, whimsical |
Antonyms: |
burdensome, heavy |
| Main Entry: | disrespectful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insulting, rude |
Synonyms: |
aweless, bad-mannered, blasphemous, bold, cheeky*, contemptuous, discourteous, disgracious, flip*, flippant, fresh, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impious, impolite, impudent, insolent, irreverent, misbehaved, nervy, out-of-line, profanatory, profane, sacrilegious, sassy*, saucy*, smart-alecky, snippy, uncivil, unfilial, ungracious |
Antonyms: |
civil, courteous, mannered, mannerly, nice, respectful |
| Main Entry: | facetious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tongue-in-cheek, kidding |
Synonyms: |
amusing, blithe, capering, clever, comic, comical, droll, dry, fanciful, farcical, flip*, flippant, frivolous, funny, gay, humorous, indecorous, ironic, irreverent, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joshing, laughable, ludicrous, merry, not serious, playful, pleasant, pulling one's leg, punning, putting one on, ridiculous, salty, sarcastic, satirical, smart, sportive, sprightly, waggish, whimsical, wisecracking, witty, wry |
Antonyms: |
formal, grave, serious, unfunny |
| Main Entry: | fresh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sassy, brazen |
Synonyms: |
bold, cheeky*, disrespectful, familiar, flip*, flippant, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy, pert, presumptuous, rude, saucy*, smart*, smart-alecky, snippy, wise |
Antonyms: |
gentle, kind, polite |
| Main Entry: | frivolous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trivial, silly |
Synonyms: |
barmy, childish, dizzy*, empty-headed, facetious, featherbrained, flighty, flip, flippant, foolish, gay, giddy*, harebrained, idiotic, idle, ill-considered, impractical, juvenile, light, light-minded, minor, niggling, nonserious, not serious, paltry, peripheral, petty, playful, pointless, puerile, scatterbrained, senseless, shallow, sportive, superficial, tongue-in-cheek, unimportant, unprofound, volatile, whimsical |
Antonyms: |
grave, mature, sensible, serious, solemn, thoughtful, wise |
| Main Entry: | impish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mischievous |
Synonyms: |
casual, devil-may-care, devilish, elfin, elvish, fiendish, flippant, free and easy, fresh, frolicsome, giddy, jaunty, naughty, offhand, pert, pixieish, playful, prankish, puckish, rascally, saucy*, sportive, waggish |
Antonyms: |
behaved, subdued, unmischievous |
| Main Entry: | irreverent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disrespectful |
Synonyms: |
aweless, cheeky*, cocky*, contemptuous, crusty, derisive, flip*, flippant, fresh, iconoclastic, impertinent, impious, impudent, insolent, irreverential, mocking, out-of-line, profane, rude, sacrilegious, sassy*, saucy*, tongue-in-cheek, ungodly, unhallowed, unholy |
Antonyms: |
religious, respectful, reverent |
| Main Entry: | jaunty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lively |
Synonyms: |
airy, animated, bold, brash, breezy, buoyant, carefree, careless, cocky, dapper, dashing, debonair, devil-may-care, devilish, easy, exhilarated, flip*, flippant, forward, free, fresh, frisky, frolicsome, gamesome, gay, high-spirited, hilarious, impetuous, impish, impudent, jocose, joking, jolly, jovial, light, natty, nervy, perky, playful, prankish, provocative, reckless, rollicking, self-confident, showy, smart, sportive, sporty, sprightly, spruce, swaggering, trim, venturesome, vivacious |
Antonyms: |
depressed, lethargic, lifeless |
| Main Entry: | light-headed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silly; feeling faint |
Synonyms: |
changeable, delirious, dizzy, empty, featherbrained, fickle, flighty, flippant, foolish, frivolous, gaga, giddy, harebrained, hazy, punchy, reeling, rocky, scatterbrained, shallow, superficial, swimming, swimmy, tired, trifling, vertiginous, whirling, woozy |
Antonyms: |
healthy, ok, sober |