Antonyms for flippancy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : flip-uhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈflɪp ənt |
Definition of flippancy
Origin :- 1746, from flippant + -cy.
- noun irreverence
- She shot the thing at me with a manner suspiciously near to flippancy.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He felt angry with her for what seemed to him to be flippancy.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- Then he fell thoughtful, his tone lost its note of flippancy.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
- To him, his art was too sacred to admit of any flippancy in discussing it.
- Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
- Linton's flippancy, for the first time, was distasteful to Cashel.
- Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
- Flippancy, like comedy, is but a matter of visual first impression.
- Extract from : « Tales Of Hearsay » by Joseph Conrad
- He doesn't know a joke even when it's labelled and can't stand any flippancy.
- Extract from : « Left End Edwards » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- There was an earnestness that robbed the question of any flippancy.
- Extract from : « The Spinner's Book of Fiction » by Various
- I rebuked him for his flippancy, but in the end I consented to take him.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Three Lions » by H. Rider Haggard
- They mistake self-control for coldness, and despair for flippancy.
- Extract from : « Robert Orange » by John Oliver Hobbes
Synonyms for flippancy
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