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

1. <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

Antonyms: earnestness, gravity, seriousness, soberness, solemnity, solemnness

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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