irreverent
adjective/ɪˈrevərənt/
/ɪˈrevərənt/
(usually approving)- not showing respect to somebody/something that other people usually respect
- irreverent wit
- an irreverent attitude to tradition
- The movie takes an irreverent look at the city.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIrreverent is used with these nouns:- attitude
- humour
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin irreverent- ‘not revering’, from in- ‘not’ + reverent- ‘revering’ (from the verb revereri, from re- (expressing intensive force) + vereri ‘to fear’).
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