Definition of Flippant in Context in Visual Thesaurus

Definition of Flippant and flippancy in visual thesaurus together with synonyms and antonyms with real examples to enrich your academic vocabulary

/ˈflɪp.ənt/ (adj)

Definition

not taking an important issue seriously in order to look humorous or amusing, showing a lack of seriousness, frivolous, tongue in cheek, jockey, disrespectful, facetious, glib, not showing proper and expected seriousness, cheeky

Example

Frivolous can be used as a negative, but it’s also quite commonly used in the context of pursuing something that may be entertaining or fun, but has no practical value — for example, a frivolous purchase would be something you buy that makes you feel good, but that you don’t actually need. People will more often acknowledge that they do something frivolously than either flippantly or facetiously, and it tends to be framed as a half-positive.

Flippant — this is the one that’s most often used critically, usually in the context where someone is dismissing something genuinely serious with a play at humor. For example, someone might be criticised for their flippant dismissal of a serious issue.

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Antonyms

serious, sober

Parts of speech

Noun: flippancy

Adverb: flippantly