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flippant

adjective

Showing an inappropriately casual or disrespectful attitude toward a serious matter.

Disrespectfully casual

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facetious frivolous irreverent glib light-minded

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facetious

adjective

Treating a serious matter with deliberately inappropriate humor.

Inappropriately humorous

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flippant tongue-in-cheek joking jocular playful

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irreverent

adjective

Showing a lack of solemn respect for something usually treated seriously.

Lacking solemn respect

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disrespectful impertinent cheeky flippant impious mocking

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