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/ˈflɪp.ənt/ · adjective
Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert..
a sort of flippant, vain discourse
The conversations had grown more adult over the years—she was less flippant, at least.
In the mid-1950s we both wrote for the same weekly, where her contributions were a good deal more serious and less flippant than mine.
Our society treats smoking flippantly as a slightly distasteful habit that can injure your health. It is not. It is drug addiction.
November 5, 1673, Isaac Barrow, sermon on the Gunpowder Treason It becometh good men, in such cases, to be pleasantly flippant and free in their speech.
Use flippant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Flippant means Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert..
Common synonyms include frivolous, light-minded.
Possible antonyms include serious.
a sort of flippant, vain discourse
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