Flippant
Flippant adjective - Making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred.
Usage example: his flippant comment that the poor save on taxes offended many people
Smart-ass and flippant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smart-ass" instead an adjective "Flippant".
Nearby Words: flippancy, flippantly
Smart-ass
Smart-ass adjective - Making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- fresh and flippant
- fresh and smart-ass
- rude and flippant
- rude and smart-ass
- disrespectful and flippant
- disrespectful and smart-ass
- impudent and flippant
- impudent and smart-ass
- brassy and flippant
- brassy and smart-ass
- forward and flippant
- forward and smart-ass
- impertinent and flippant
- impertinent and smart-ass
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