flippant
Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousnessShowing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
» It was a flippant comment.
Значение
значений: 3Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
schnodderig, vorlaut, frech
де́рзкийdérzkij, на́глыйnáglyj, наха́льныйnaxálʹnyj
showing inappropriate levity
(диалектное)Nimble; limber.
(архаичное)Loquacious; speaking with ease and rapidity.
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.
Примеры
предложений: 5It was a flippant comment.
Tom made a flippant remark.
Don't be flippant about this.
Her flippant attitude won't get her hired.
His response was flippant.
ukЙого відповідь була легковажна.
Переводы
языков: 7По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
1595, from Northern English dialectal flippand (“prattling, babbling, glib”), present part1595, from Northern English dialectal flippand (“prattling, babbling, glib”), present participle of flip (“to babble”), of North Germanic origin. Cognate with Icelandic fleipa (“to babble, prattle”), Swedish dialectal flepa (“to talk nonsense”). Alteration of -and suffix (a variant of the participial -ing) to -ant probably due to influence from words in -ant.
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Формы
more flippant, most flippant| Сравнительная степень | more flippant Урок |
|---|---|
| Превосходная степень | most flippant Урок |
правильный
Синонимы
синонимов: 1- showing inappropriate levity:light-minded
Антонимы
антонимов: 1Однокоренные
связанных слов: 8Уроки к слову
уроков: 2- A2Сравнительная степень — Потому что у него есть сравнительная степень
- A2Превосходная степень — Потому что у него есть превосходная степень