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
The Honey Pot’s irreverent marketing spoke to an audience who didn’t see themselves in the legacy brands.
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Eric Ryan, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Hidden behind a rickety bookcase in the hotel’s basement, the club reimagined the golden age of Hollywood with velvet booths and showgirls and white tails – mixed with irreverent contemporary flair like drag numbers, oddball skits and music acts.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
Collins is perhaps best known for playing the irreverent Pawnee newscaster Joan Callamezzo on Parks and Recreation, recurring on 20 episodes across six seasons of the mockumentary.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo, created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen in the 1980s, is a violent and irreverent being from the planet Czarnia, known for his superhuman strength and invulnerability.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 10 Mar. 2025
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Eric Ryan, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Hidden behind a rickety bookcase in the hotel’s basement, the club reimagined the golden age of Hollywood with velvet booths and showgirls and white tails – mixed with irreverent contemporary flair like drag numbers, oddball skits and music acts.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
Collins is perhaps best known for playing the irreverent Pawnee newscaster Joan Callamezzo on Parks and Recreation, recurring on 20 episodes across six seasons of the mockumentary.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo, created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen in the 1980s, is a violent and irreverent being from the planet Czarnia, known for his superhuman strength and invulnerability.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irreverent
Adjective
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Listen to this article New York lawmakers are brokering a deal that would delay and weaken educational requirements for religious schools — a major setback for yeshiva reform advocates who believe all students should receive some secular instruction, the Daily News has learned.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
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Furthermore, protesting in the streets is not violence, calling for peace in Palestine is not extremism, and thinking that a secular state of Israel is the best way to attain a peaceful accommodation in Palestine is not anti-Jewish.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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For me, being a man controlled by God, things that are blasphemous always alert me.—
Angel Diaz,
Billboard,
2 May 2025
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Many Muslims found some of the depictions offensive and even blasphemous.—
Lola Fadulu,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Some of this may seem sacrilegious to the F1 fans who got into the sport because of Emerson Fittipaldi, Alain Prost, and Aryton Senna, rather than Drive to Survive, but there’s no denying that the Miami Grand Prix is a success.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
8 May 2025
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According to the first-century Jewish philosopher Philo and the historian Josephus, Pilate had his soldiers carry objects that honored Roman emperors into Jerusalem, which Jewish residents saw as sacrilegious.—
Nathanael Andrade,
The Conversation,
11 Apr. 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 13 May. 2025.
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