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1. (adj.) flippant
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness.
2. flippant
Archaic. glib; voluble.
Etymology: (1595–1605; appar. flip1+ -ant)
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| Definition of 'flippant' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) flippant, light-minded
showing inappropriate levity
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| Definition of 'flippant' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) flippant
of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative
2. (adj) flippant
speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant
3. (noun) flippant
a flippant person
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Sense: not serious enough about important matters
a flippant reply.
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 Afrikaans: ligsinnig |
 Arabic: فَظ، وَقِح |
 Bulgarian: лекомислен |
 Brazilian: leviano |
 Czech: lehkomyslný; prostořeký |
 German: leichtfertig |
 Danish: overfladisk; henkastet |
 Greek: επιπόλαιος |
 Spanish: frívolo |
 Estonian: kerglane |
 Farsi: شوخی آمیز |
 Finnish: kevytmielinen |
 French: désinvolte |
 Hebrew: לא רְצִינִי |
 Hindi: गम्भीर न होना |
 Croatian: neozbiljan |
 Hungarian: komolytalan |
 Indonesian: sambil lalu |
 Icelandic: kærulaus, óskammfeilinn |
 Italian: leggero |
 Japanese: 軽薄な |
 Korean: 경박한 |
 Lithuanian: lengvabūdiškas |
 Latvian: vieglprātīgs; nenopietns |
 Malay: sambil lewa |
 Dutch: ondoordacht |
 Norwegian: fleipet, nesevis |
 Polish: nonszalancki |
 Persian: شوخی آمیز |
 Pashto: مسخره.مزاق په ډول |
 Portuguese: leviano |
 Romanian: uşuratic |
 Russian: легкомысленный |
 Slovak: prostoreký |
 Slovenian: lahkomiseln |
 Serbian: površan |
 Swedish: nonchalant, lättsinnig |
 Thai: ทำเป็นเล่น |
 Turkish: küstah, saygısız |
 Taiwanese: 輕率的 |
 Ukrainian: несерйозний, легковажний |
 Urdu: غیر سنجیدہ |
 Vietnamese: thiếu trang trọng |
 Chinese: 轻率的 |
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