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Meaning of "irreverential" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IRREVERENTIAL

irreverential  [ɪˌrevəˈrənʃəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IRREVERENTIAL

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

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IRREVERENTIAL


confidential
ˌkɒnfɪˈdɛnʃəl
consequential
ˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl
credential
krɪˈdɛnʃəl
differential
ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃəl
essential
ɪˈsɛnʃəl
existential
ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəl
experiential
ɪkˌspɪərɪˈɛnʃəl
exponential
ˌɛkspəʊˈnɛnʃəl
financial
fɪˈnænʃəl
influential
ˌɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl
potential
pəˈtɛnʃəl
preferential
ˌprɛfəˈrɛnʃəl
presidential
ˌprezɪˈdenʃəl
provincial
prəˈvɪnʃəl
prudential
pruːˈdɛnʃəl
quintessential
ˌkwɪntɪˈsɛnʃəl
residential
ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl
sequential
sɪˈkwɛnʃəl
substantial
səbˈstænʃəl
tangential
tænˈdʒɛnʃəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IRREVERENTIAL

irresuscitable
irresuscitably
irretention
irretentive
irretentiveness
irretrievability
irretrievable
irretrievableness
irretrievably
irreverence
irreverent
irreverently
irreversibility
irreversible
irreversibleness
irreversibly
irrevocability
irrevocable
irrevocableness
irrevocably

WORDS THAT END LIKE IRREVERENTIAL

action potential
chemical potential
circumferential
circumstantial
equipotential
growth potential
inconsequential
inessential
inferential
initial
jurisprudential
nonresidential
penitential
precedential
referential
reverential
self-referential
sentential
unessential
unsubstantial
vice-presidential

Synonyms and antonyms of irreverential in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «irreverential» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IRREVERENTIAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

irreverential
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

irreverential
570 millions of speakers

English

irreverential
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

irreverential
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

irreverential
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

irreverential
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

irreverential
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

irreverential
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

irreverential
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak sepatutnya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

irreverential
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

irreverential
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

irreverential
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Irreverential
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

irreverential
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

irreverential
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Irreverentantial
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

irreverential
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

irreverential
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

irreverential
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

irreverential
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

irreverential
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

irreverential
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

irreverential
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

irreverential
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

irreverential
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of irreverential

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IRREVERENTIAL»

The term «irreverential» is normally little used and occupies the 146.266 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IRREVERENTIAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «irreverential» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «irreverential» 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 irreverential

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IRREVERENTIAL»

Discover the use of irreverential in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to irreverential and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Letter to the Right Rev. Father in God, Richard, Lord ...
But this is an alarming course, and the irreverential spirit in which it is begun, bodes but ill of its termination. It were an ungrateful task, were any to set themselves systematically to show that Christian Antiquity were not to be trusted; yet this ...
Edward Bouverie Pusey, Richard Bagot, 1840
2
De Quincey's works ...
But this was too harsh ; and he had substituted as his second reading, " Most irreverential of girls !" That was better — irreveren- tialism, according to the great anatomical doctors of Vienna, being a mere craniological abnormity — no fault of  ...
Thomas De Quincey, 1871
3
The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and ...
Without desiring to make your pages the arena for a controversy on the subJect, I must say that your correspondents appear to attribute too largely to the workings of schism that awfully irreverential spirit with regard to divine things which is ...
‎1840
4
The Twin Pupils; Or, Education at Home. A Tale
... he uses his talent frequently to a very sad purpose. I do not, of course, mean to infer that he is irreverential because he is witty, or witty because he is irreverential, but only that when the two are combined, we are too apt to forgive the ...
Ann Thomson GRAY, 1852
5
Letter to the right
But this is an alarming course, and the irreverential spirit in which it is begun, bodes but ill of its termination. It were an ungrateful task, were any to set themselves systematically to show that Christian Antiquity were not to be trusted ; yet this ...
‎1840
6
Patience and Confidence: The Strength of the Church
But this is an alarming course, and the irreverential spirit in which it is begun, bodes but ill of its termination. It were an ungrateful task, were any to set themselves systematically to show that Christian Antiquity were not to be trusted ; yet this ...
Edward Bouverie Pusey, 1838
7
A Letter to the Right Rev. Father in God, Richard, Lord ...
But this is an alarming course, and the irreverential spirit in which it is begun, bodes but ill of its termination. It were an ungrateful task, were any to set themselves systematically to show that Christian Antiquity were not to be trusted ; yet this ...
Edward Bouverie Pusey, Richard Bagot, 1839
8
The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and ...
Without desiring to make your pages the arena for a controversy on the subject, I must say that your correspondents appear to attribute too largely to the workings of schism that awfully irreverential spirit with regard to divine things which is ...
Hugh James Rose, Samuel Roffey Maitland, 1840
9
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... insuppressive, uncontainable, uncontrollable, unrestrainable ant restrainable irretrievable adj syn IRRECOVERABLE, irreclaimable, irredeemable, irremediable, irreparable ant retrievable irreverent adj syn IMPIOUS 1, irreverential, profane, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
10
Letter to the Right Rev. Father in God, Richard Lord Bishop
But this is an alarming course, and the irreverential spirit in which it is begun, bodes but ill of its termination. It were an ungrateful task, were any to set themselves systematically to show that Christian antiquity were not to be trusted ; yet this ...
Rev. E. B. Pusey, 1839

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IRREVERENTIAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term irreverential is used in the context of the following news items.
1
MOVIE REVIEW: Jurassic World rips its way to the record charts
... the mind-numbing final sequence — Jurassic World has just enough nods to the original and is self-irreverential enough to please the current ... «The MIT Tech, Jul 15»
2
Falun Gong: The Fear Within – Analysis
Particularly so, when the labour is pacific in nature and is neither irreverential nor has it set out to desecrate the Communist State. At which time ... «Eurasia Review, Jun 15»
3
Sonakshi Sinha and Babul Supriyo bash Abhijeet Bhattacharya for …
... Salman Khan, singer Abhijeet seemed to have lost his head as he decided to show his support to Salman in an abusive and irreverential way ... «Bollywood Life, May 15»
4
#ItsTrending Cricket: How Twitter Hooked to Carnival
But the way he engages his followers -- 58.9k at the time of writing - is irreverential to say the least. “Waqar say “1000 rupee fine for every catch ... «The New Indian Express, Apr 15»
5
Bill Maher's flaccid denunciation of corporate news
For a show whose own brand image is being outspoken and irreverential, how difficult is it to find a hard-hitting analysis of Brian Williams' "big ... «OpEdNews, Feb 15»
6
All India Bakchod is proof that India's moral police is fighting a losing …
... transformed itself from producers of humble podcasts to YouTube sensations: Indians actually like to watch its brand of irreverential humour ... «Quartz, Feb 15»
7
Charlie Hebdo attack – Indian mentality towards terrorism
Irreverential toons put mag in line of fire”, opined a newspaper reporting the Charlie Hebdo slaughter at Paris. Being of a peerage that prides ... «Niticentral, Jan 15»
8
Kunal Deshmukh: I love the fact that Emraan is not obsessed with …
He is this irreverential person, who is anti-establishment with path-breaking thoughts. He is constantly living on the edge. He never takes off for ... «Times of India, Aug 14»
9
Why the young shouldn't be misled by AAP's antics
Well, the rubbishing of accoutrements of power, the disdain for formality and protocol, and the almost irreverential attitude to institutions and ... «Firstpost, Jan 14»
10
Aik Zardari ….
No other thing is more irreverential to Islam than dabbling in it without sufficient knowledge about it. We waste our breath demanding the ... «The News International, Sep 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Irreverential [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/irreverential>. Apr 2024 ».
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