Definition of Irreverent

displaying little respect to a person, thing, or idea

Examples of Irreverent in a sentence

When the knight did not bow before his queen, he acted in an irreverent manner.  🔊

Purposefully dropping the country’s flag would be an irreverent act.  🔊

Because the student addressed the principal in an irreverent tone, he received two days of detention.  🔊

While delivering his sermon, the minister found the teens’ chatter to be very irreverent.  🔊

Since Ann did not feel her behavior was irreverent, she was shocked to receive a scolding for being disrespectful.  🔊

The hate group is going to be prosecuted for its irreverent act of vandalism on the temple.  🔊

Because the senator was unversed in foreign cultures, he made a huge mistake when he greeted an official in an irreverent way.  🔊

The irreverent pop star stood on the sacred shrine.  🔊

During the interview, the aggressive reporter behaved in an irreverent fashion towards the president.  🔊

A child should never speak to his parents in an irreverent voice.  🔊

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