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
Not Thirst Traps collection emerges at the intersection of trendy fashion statements, Y2K style and online culture, with T-shirts embossed with irreverent, cheeky turns of phrase.
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2025
As for the awards themselves, Yang and Rogers cast a hilariously broad and irreverent net.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
Fantastic Four partners strategically leveraged their IP across cultural touchpoints — from high-impact traditional advertising to irreverent social media executions to buzzworthy experiential tactics to unique AR content, custom publishing and consumer giveaways.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 July 2025
Kealoha was an irreverent rascal on set Everyone on the panel — and several other Lilo & Stitch team members in behind-the-scenes footage — agreed that Kealoha was a force to be reckoned with on set.
—Sharareh Drury, People.com, 26 July 2025
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2025
As for the awards themselves, Yang and Rogers cast a hilariously broad and irreverent net.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
Fantastic Four partners strategically leveraged their IP across cultural touchpoints — from high-impact traditional advertising to irreverent social media executions to buzzworthy experiential tactics to unique AR content, custom publishing and consumer giveaways.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 July 2025
Kealoha was an irreverent rascal on set Everyone on the panel — and several other Lilo & Stitch team members in behind-the-scenes footage — agreed that Kealoha was a force to be reckoned with on set.
—Sharareh Drury, People.com, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irreverent
Adjective
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Researchers in Israel have found that ultra-Orthodox Jewish adolescents tend to fall asleep earlier and maintain more regular sleep schedules than their secular peers.—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
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Stocks like Palantir , for which three or one rate cuts mean nothing in the face of their ties to artificial intelligence and other secular trends, were sold heavily Tuesday and into Wednesday’s session.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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While paella has traveled far beyond Spain’s borders—often in versions that are blasphemous to the locals—this region is its ancestral home.—
Sofia Perez,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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In Europe, the painting was received as a blasphemous shock.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
11 July 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 29 Aug. 2025.
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