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flippancy

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Synonyms & Antonyms of flippancy

a lack of seriousness often at an improper time

no one appreciates your flippancy during our religious services

Synonyms for flippancy

facetiousness,
flightiness,
frivolity,
frivolousness,
frothiness,
levity,
light-headedness,
light-mindedness,
lightness,
silliness

Words Related to flippancy

cheer,
cheerfulness,
festivity,
gaiety
(also gayety),
glee,
gleefulness,
high-spiritedness,
hilarity,
joviality,
lightheartedness,
merriment,
mirth,
mirthfulness

childishness,
goofiness,
puerility

Near Antonyms for flippancy

dejection,
depression,
despondency,
dispiritedness,
downheartedness,
gloom,
gloominess,
heartsickness,
joylessness,
melancholy,
mopes,
moroseness,
sadness,
sullenness,
unhappiness

Antonyms for flippancy

earnestness,
gravity,
seriousness,
soberness,
solemnity,
solemnness

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