- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
|part of speech:
||not having or showing reverence or respect.
She considered it irreverent for anyone to call the pastor by his first name.
- god-fearing, respectful, reverent
- similar words:
- disrespectful, profane
||having or showing a humorously critical attitude toward institutions, beliefs, or people that others may revere.
The irreverent comic strip is always poking fun at governmental institutions.
- respectful, reverent
||agnostic, blasphemous, ribald, scurrilous