Dictionary Definition
flippancy n : inappropriate levity [syn: light-mindedness]
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Noun
flippancy (plural flippancies)- a disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
absentmindedness,
banter, booing, brashness, brassiness, brazenfacedness,
brazenness, carelessness, catcalling, chaffing, cheek, cheekiness, cockiness, contempt, derision, discourtesy, disregard, disregardfulness,
disrespect, disrespectfulness,
distraction, face of
brass, facetiousness, fleering, flightiness, fooling, freshness, frivolity, frivolousness, giddiness, grinning, heedlessness, hissing, hooting, impertinence, impishness, impudence, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, inattentiveness,
inconsideration,
incuriosity,
indifference,
inobservance,
insolence, irreverence, jeering, jocularity, joshing, leering, levity, lightmindedness,
lip, merriment, mischievousness,
mockery, mouth, negligence, nonobservance, obliviousness, offhandedness, panning, pertness, playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness, ragging, raillery, rallying, razzing, regardlessness, ridicule, roasting, roguishness, rudeness, sauciness, scoffing, shallowness, side, smart-aleckiness, smartness, smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting, sportiveness, superficiality, taunting, thoughtlessness,
trickery, trickiness, twitting, unalertness, unawareness, unconsciousness,
unheedfulness,
unintentiveness,
unmindfulness,
unobservance,
unwariness, unwatchfulness, volatility, waggery, waggishness