as in atheistic
not showing proper reverence for the holy or sacred
irreverent behavior during church services
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Recent Examples of irreverent
Brash, confident, possibly irreverent, and out there, looking to make life hell for everyone who played San Francisco.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
The original Broadway production earned three Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and has delighted global audiences with its irreverent humor, according to a news release.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
With their second full-length album, the band continues to push the corridos tumbados movement — bold, irreverent, and entirely their own.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2026
Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 24 Mar. 2026
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
The original Broadway production earned three Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and has delighted global audiences with its irreverent humor, according to a news release.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
With their second full-length album, the band continues to push the corridos tumbados movement — bold, irreverent, and entirely their own.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2026
Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irreverent
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His father's death during World War II influenced his pursuit of the ministry even amid the officially atheistic communist regime of the Soviet Union, according to his obituary on the OCU website.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Cripple Iran's ability to threaten its neighbors, spur a popular uprising in Iran, and then conduct regime change, leaving in place a secular leader.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The secular story on big-cap tech—the margins, the cash flow, the AI tailwind—was never in doubt.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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During the Middle Ages, for example, many contemporary accounts from both Christian and Muslim societies depicted their opposing side as barbaric, blasphemous, and inferior.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Satanic Verses stirred controversy after some considered its portrayal of the Prophet Muhammed blasphemous.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The Next Generation was sacrilegious to most Trekkies.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2026
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Not playing Notre Dame anymore is sacrilegious.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2026
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But even Patton’s weather prayer looks timid next to Hegseth’s impious rage.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
30 Mar. 2026
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While no formal announcement has been made to update its longstanding alcohol ban, Andrew Leber of Tulane University said this is in line with the Kingdom’s past approach to such potentially impious reforms.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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Ball was also fined an additional $25,000 for using profane language during a live postgame television interview on Tuesday.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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Ball was also fined an additional $25,000 for using profane language during a live postgame television interview.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Apr. 2026
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For example, the tradition of Easter eggs stems from pre-Christian pagan traditions, per the outlet.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Some 30,000 faithful gathered outside the pagan monument, following the stations as they were recited over loudspeakers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Irreverent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irreverent. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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