irreverent, reverence, delivered irreverence with a smile

From Taipei and Tokyo, smartphone rivals HTC andSony sent out similarly irreverent tweets.

A Long Night’s Trip Across Decades

By ALESSANDRA STANLEY

The old Hollywood and the new came together in Seth MacFarlane, who delivered irreverence with a smile.

Ackoffs Fables: Irreverent Reflections on Business and Bureaucracy [Hardcover]

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irreverentadj.

1. Lacking or exhibiting a lack of reverence; disrespectful.

[形]不敬な, 非礼な

an irreverent reply
不敬な返答.

1. Critical of what is generally accepted or respected; satirical: irreverent humor.

irreverently ir·rev'er·ent·ly adv.

irreverence

 

音節

ir • rev • er • ence

発音

irévərəns

[名][U]

1 不敬, 非礼；[C]無礼な行為［態度, 言葉］.

2 軽視；不面目, 不名誉

treat a person with irreverence
人を軽蔑する.