Irreverent
Irreverent adjective - Not showing proper reverence for the holy or sacred.
Sanctimonious and irreverent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sanctimonious" instead an adjective "Irreverent".
Nearby Words: irreverence, irreverently
Sanctimonious
Sanctimonious adjective - Excessively or hypocritically pious.
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Irreverent and sanctimonious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Irreverent" instead an adjective "Sanctimonious".
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- Preacher's Kid: The superficially irreverent Steve Ellerby seems like a sympathetically-portrayed Type 2; the sanctimonious Mark Brittain, like an unsympathetically-portrayed Type 1.
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