| irreverence | (n) an irreverent mental attitude, Ant. reverence |
| irreverence | (n) a disrespectful act, Syn. violation |
| irreverent | (adj) showing lack of due respect or veneration, Ant. reverent, Example: irreverent scholars mocking sacred things; noisy irreverent tourists |
| irreverently | (adv) without respect, Ant. reverently, Example: the student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence |
| irreverently | (adv) in an irreverent manner, Example: in the seventeenth century England had known fifty years of doctrinal quarrels and civil war; clergymen had been turned from their cures, and churches irreverently used |
| Irreverence | n. [ L. irreverentia: cf. F. irrévérence. ] The state or quality of being irreverent; lack of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Irreverend | a. Irreverent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Immodest speech, or irreverend gesture. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Irreverent | a. [ L. irreverens, -entis: cf. F. irrévérent. See In- not, and Reverent. ] Not reverent; showing a lack of reverence; expressive of a lack of veneration; |
| Irreverently | adv. In an irreverent manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |