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irreverent
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synonyms: undutiful, impertinent, impudent, cheeky ???
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Definition:1. Lacking respect or seriousness.2. Courageous, straightforward, saucy, having mass appeal, but likely to offend. Challenging the status quo, rocking the boat.text from Wiktionary, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike---Not reverent; showing a want of reverence; expressive of a want of veneration;Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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'We're in for it; we've got 'em, and mean to keep 'em,—it's for our convenience and our interest;' [...]."
"I do think, Augustine, you are so irreverent!" said Marie. "I think it's shocking to hear you talk."
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin
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All this was falsehood, disgusting, irreverent deceit. And owing to the bent of his character, and because he loved the dying man more than anyone else did, Levin was most painfully conscious of this deceit.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina
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