flippancy
flip·pan·cy
noun \ˈfli-pən(t)-sē\ plural flip·pan·cies
Definition of FLIPPANCY
: unbecoming levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters
Examples of FLIPPANCY
- <no one appreciates your flippancy during our religious services>
First Known Use of FLIPPANCY
1746
Related to FLIPPANCY
Synonyms: facetiousness, flightiness, frivolity, frivolousness, frothiness, levity, light-headedness, light-mindedness, lightness, silliness
Related Words: cheer, cheerfulness, festivity, gaiety (also gayety), glee, gleefulness, high-spiritedness, hilarity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, mirthfulness; childishness, goofiness, puerility
Near Antonyms: dejection, depression, despondency, dispiritedness, downheartedness, gloom, gloominess, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, mopes, moroseness, sadness, sullenness, unhappiness
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