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People say that I am always serious and depressing, but it seems to me that the English are never serious - they are flippant, complacent, ineffable, but never serious, which is sometimes maddening.
Anita Brookner

Meaning of "flippant" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FLIPPANT

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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FLIPPANT

flippant  [ˈflɪpənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLIPPANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flippant is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FLIPPANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of flippant in the English dictionary

The first definition of flippant in the dictionary is marked by inappropriate levity; frivolous or offhand. Other definition of flippant is impertinent; saucy. Flippant is also talkative or nimble.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLIPPANT


anticipant
ænˈtɪsɪpənt
arpent
ˈɑːpənt
discrepant
dɪˈskrɛpənt
dopant
ˈdəʊpənt
episcopant
ɛˈpɪskəpənt
erumpent
ɪˈrʌmpənt
nonparticipant
ˌnɒnpɑːˈtɪsɪpənt
occupant
ˈɒkjʊpənt
parpent
ˈpɑːpənt
participant
pɑːˈtɪsɪpənt
perpent
ˈpɜːpənt
preoccupant
priːˈɒkjʊpənt
proppant
ˈprɒpənt
rampant
ˈræmpənt
serpent
ˈsɜːpənt
strepent
ˈstrɛpənt
stupent
ˈstjuːpənt
trippant
ˈtrɪpənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLIPPANT

flip side
flip-flop
flip-flopped
flip-flopper
flip-flopping
flip-top
flip-up
flipboard
flipbook
flipchart
flippancy
flippantly
flippantness
flipped
flipper
flippest
flippier
flippiest
flipping
flippy

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLIPPANT

assistant
cant
constant
consultant
elegant
enfant
frappant
giant
grant
important
infant
instant
irrelevant
meant
on the instant
pant
pendant
plant
relevant
restaurant

Synonyms and antonyms of flippant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FLIPPANT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «flippant» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of flippant

Translation of «flippant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLIPPANT

Find out the translation of flippant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flippant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flippant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

轻率
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

frívolo
570 millions of speakers

English

flippant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्षुद्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وقح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

легкомысленный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flippant
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জেঠা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

désinvolte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bodoh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

leichtfertig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

軽薄な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경박
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flippant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thiếu trang nghiêm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

flippant
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फिकट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saygısız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

impertinente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niepoważny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

легковажний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

frivol
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιπόλαιος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ligsinnig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nonchalant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fleipete
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flippant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLIPPANT»

The term «flippant» is regularly used and occupies the 74.994 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLIPPANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flippant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flippant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flippant

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6 QUOTES WITH «FLIPPANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word flippant.
1
John Bradley-West
My tutors at drama school commended and criticised my use of comedy in my acting for a long time at drama school. They said I had a tendency to somehow perform the most tragic of scenes in a slightly flippant way.
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Anita Brookner
People say that I am always serious and depressing, but it seems to me that the English are never serious - they are flippant, complacent, ineffable, but never serious, which is sometimes maddening.
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Tom Hollander
I prefer to be flippant about acting, just in case I'm rubbish.
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Caitlin Moran
I can honestly say that my abortion was one of the least difficult decisions of my life. I'm not being flippant when I say it took me longer to decide what worktops to have in the kitchen than whether I was prepared to spend the rest of my life being responsible for a further human being.
5
Siouxsie Sioux
There is a fun, flippant side to me, of course. But I would much rather be known as the Ice Queen.
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Lee Strobel
It is very difficult to give a 15 second sound bite on why there is pain and suffering in this world and not have it come off as being flippant or surface level or superficial.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLIPPANT»

Discover the use of flippant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flippant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
Nimble; flippant. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] flipa (flip), «. [Of dial, origin ; prob. < flip1, v ., but the connection is not clear.] A mixture of which ale, beer, or cider is the chief ingredient, sweetened, spiced, made sometimes with eggs (see egg-flip), and ...
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Modern China: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and ...
The cute-flippant approach involves humor, sometimes of a sexual nature, such as “I'm easy, are you?” The investigators reported that direct and innocuous approaches were about equally represented among the preferred opening lines  ...
Ke-wen Wang, CRSN Staff, 1997
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The Country Wife and Other Plays
LADY FLIPPANT Will you go then, sir? But before you go, sir, pray tell me, is your aversion to marriage real? 285 RANGER As real as yours. LADY FLIPPANT ( aside) If it were no more real than mine ... RANGER Your servant, madam.
William Wycherley, Peter Dixon, 2008
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The Next Page: A Fiction Sampler for Book Clubs: The ...
You're always flippant! Always prone to flippancy!” “I swear. Yesterday it was, what, 'loquacious'? So today it's 'flippant,' huh?” “Don't mock me for trying to better myself. My mind is still as sharp as it always was, maybe even sharper. And don't  ...
Jason Mott, Elaine Hussey, Paula Treick DeBoard, 2013
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The Sparrow
“Don'tbe flippant withme, HaroldNathaniel Hargrave. This is serious.” “Flippant?” “Yes, flippant! You'realways flippant! Always prone to flippancy!” “I swear. Yesterday itwas, what, 'loquacious'? So today it's 'flippant,' huh?” “Don't mock me  ...
Jason Mott, 2013
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The Returned
“Don't be flippant with me, Harold Nathaniel Hargrave. This is serious.” “Flippant? ” “Yes, flippant! You're always flippant! Always prone to flip- pancy!” “I swear. Yesterday it was, what, 'loquacious'? So today it's 'flippant,' huh?” “Don't mock me  ...
Jason Mott, 2014
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Silly Spoonerisms!: An A-Z of Flippant Phrases
The 2500 spoonerisms that comprise this book have been patiently collated by Matt Nicholas over a period of six years and represent both imaginative research and fortuitous discovery.
Matt Nicholas, 2011
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The Psychology of Human Sexuality
As a result, if you are looking for the right pick-up line to use the next time you meet someone attractive, it would be advisable to stick to compliments or things that will make the other person feel good and to avoid flippant remarks, crude jokes, ...
Justin J. Lehmiller, 2013
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The Social Organization: How to Use Social Media to Tap the ...
Flippant. With aflippantattitude, peopleno longerfear social media, but they don't take it seriously either. Companies taking this approach simply make social media technology available, with some basic policy guidance, in hopesthat ...
Anthony Bradley, Mark McDonald, 2013
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United States Trotting Association Register
55402 WINTER HILL, (1) b h foaled 1908; bv Todd, 33822; dam Flippant, by Aegon, 6694, etc. [See Flippant.] Bred by Jameson Bros., Somervllle, Mass. 55403 PEARL STREET, (1) br h foaled 1909; by Cochato, 42293; dam Flippant, by Aegon ...
United States Trotting Association, John Hankins Wallace, 1913

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLIPPANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flippant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: 'Blackout,' by Sarah Hepola; alcohol's dangerous lure …
Still, what could have been just a string of flippant, obnoxious drunken war stories followed by redemption (she does get dry, eventually) is ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Portland Record Label Offers Women A Pay-Gap Discount | WPSU
At the risk of sounding flippant ... don't care much. The bottom line for this label is about engaging with this amorphous and elusive community ... «WPSU, Jul 15»
3
You Don't Have to Live Like This, by Benjamin Markovits - book …
But Markovits's work warrants more than flippant soundbites. He writes with precision about the way individuals relate to places, race, children, ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
4
Deadpool: Ed Skrein Calls Ajax A "Sociopath" & Confirms Weapon X …
Rendered mentally unstable thanks to heavy experimentation done on him, Ajax was not able to get along with Wade and his flippant ... «Comicbook.com, Jul 15»
5
Carlton great Robert Walls says Chris Yarran should be dropped …
Walls said of the incident: “(It was) just a smart-alec flippant flick of the ball as it was being thrown back ... and Cotchin of course goes back to ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
6
Mayweather ponders CBS fight, Berto, Mayfield favoured over Khan …
He said it in a way some might have interpreted as flippant. But sources close to Mayweather say that Khan is back-burnered as a potential ... «WBN - World Boxing News, Jul 15»
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Outrageous commentary from the armchair experts | Stuff.co.nz
Everyone was putting their 2 cents worth in and social media was fuelling a culture of flippant complainers, the lecturer thoughtfully complained. «The Nelson Mail, Jul 15»
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Guest Column: The Bible is still the best source of right and wrong …
No harsh rebuke, simply a flippant admonition not to watch gay porn. Then he turns to those with “religious beliefs,” but again for reasons not ... «Medicine Hat News, Jul 15»
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Romance is dead in the land of the ruthless Dub - Herald.ie
Others will rail against the flippant insult levelled at a team that has earned its provincial final berth on merit. MIRACLE. The rest of you will see ... «Herald, Jul 15»
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Serena Williams' dominance as examined through a feminist critique …
... stomachs" because it is apparent in its flippant superficiality that Memphis Bleek didn't spend more than five minutes on writing those words. «SB Nation, Jul 15»

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