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1. • Lacking proper respect or seriousness

     • : lacking proper respect or seriousness He made/gave a flippant response to a serious question.
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   What does a flippant comment mean?

   • A contemporary's flippant comment as to why he did not learn to command a submarine is best left to the imagination. 3 meanings: 1. marked by inappropriate levity; frivolous or offhand 2. impertinent; saucy 3. obsolete talkative or nimble.... Click for more definitions.

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   What does flippant mean?

   • When it first showed up in the English language around the 17th century, flippant meant glib and talkative. But over the years it has developed a more negative connotation. Today flippant is used to describe a blasé attitude or comment in a situation that calls for seriousness.

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   What makes a person flippant?

   • To be flippant is to have a rude or silly attitude or behavior when seriousness is expected. For example, if someone keeps making sarcastic recommendations to be silly or humorous during a meeting to discuss ways to save a failing company, that would be considered flippant behavior.

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   Is flippant a good thing?

   • Such flippancy was considered a good thing at first; however, people who speak freely can sometimes seem too talkative, and even impertinent. The positive sense of flippant has slipped from use, but the "disrespectful" sense still flows. As far as he was concerned, we were an unforgivably flippant bunch. Louche.

   Flippant Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Is 'turn it off' really flippant?

   • It's presented in a silly, flippant manner, but "turn it off" is exactly what people of numerous faiths try to do every day. I had an urge to say something so stupid, so flippant that he would either have to answer it, or get up and leave. I'm just totally being flippant and sometimes it sticks.

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   Where does the word flippant come from?

   • Flippant is believed to come from flip, which, in turn, is a supposed imitation of the sound of something flipping. The earliest senses of the adjective are "nimble" and "limber." One can be flippant not only on one's feet but in speech—that is to say, their words flow easily.

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   Today flippant is used to describe a blasé attitude or comment in a situation that calls for seriousness. Make a flippant comment about your friend's mother and the odds are good that they'll be offended.

   • Light-Minded

     showing inappropriate levity. DISCLAIMER: These example...

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     Frivolous things are silly or unnecessary. If something is...

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   FLIPPANT definition: 1. not serious about a serious subject, in an attempt to be funny or to appear clever: 2. not…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of FLIPPANT is lacking proper respect or seriousness. How to use flippant in a sentence. Does flippant Have a Positive or Negative Connotation?

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   1. frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity. The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism. 2. chiefly dialect. nimble, limber, or pliant. 3. archaic. glib; voluble. SYNONYMS 1. saucy, impertinent, impudent.

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   Tim Bowen explains how the root of it all lies in talking nonsense. The Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners defines flippant as ‘treating a serious subject or situation in a way that is not serious, especially when this annoys other people’.

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   Flippant definition: frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity. See examples of FLIPPANT used in a sentence.

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   FLIPPANT meaning: 1. not serious about a serious subject, in an attempt to be funny or to appear clever: 2. not…. Learn more.