[syn: godless, irreverent]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Irreverent \Ir*rev"er*ent\, a. [L. irreverens, -entis: cf. F.
irr['e]v['e]rent. See In- not, and Reverent.]
Not reverent; showing a lack of reverence; expressive of a
lack of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent
jest.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
irreverent
adj 1: showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent
scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent
tourists" [ant: reverent]
2: characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a
certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn:
impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy]
3: not revering god [syn: godless, irreverent]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "irreverent":
apostate, atheistic, aweless, backsliding, blasphemous, cheeky,
derisive, discourteous, disparaging, disrespectful, fallen,
fallen from grace, flip, flippant, impertinent, impious, impudent,
insolent, insulting, irreligious, lapsed, mocking, profanatory,
profane, recidivist, recidivistic, recreant, renegade, ridiculing,
rude, sacrilegious, saucy, uncivil, undutiful, ungodly, unhallowed,
unholy