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flippant

/ˈflɪpənt/adjective

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हल्का, गैर-संजीदा, छिछोरा

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    disapproving

    showing that you do not treat something as seriously as other people think you should

    हल्का, गैर-संजीदा, छिछोरा

    • a flippant remark about a serious accident
    • Do not be flippant; this is important.
    • His flippant reply upset the interviewer.
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    • It would be flippant to laugh at their problems.
    • She gave a flippant answer to a serious question.

    Synonyms frivolous facetious glib offhand disrespectful

    Opposite serious earnest respectful solemn

◇Word family
flippancy nounflippantly adv.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

flip·pant

Double p and -ant (not 'flipant' or 'flippent').

दो p और अंत में -ant ('flipant' या 'flippent' गलत है)।

?Which word?

Keep the not-serious words together: flippant (not serious when you should be), frivolous (silly and unimportant), facetious (trying to be funny at the wrong time), glib (fluent but insincere), jocular (fond of joking).

गैर-संजीदगी के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: flippant (जब गंभीर होना चाहिए तब हल्का), frivolous (मूर्खतापूर्ण और महत्वहीन), facetious (गलत समय पर मज़ाक करने का प्रयास), glib (धाराप्रवाह पर निष्ठाहीन), jocular (मज़ाक का शौकीन)।