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unreverent

unreverent adjective: not reverent.

Adjective

unreverent (comparative more unreverent, superlative most unreverent)

  1. Not reverent.
    • As priest unreverent,
      Streyght to the sacrament
      He made his hawke to fly,
      With hogeous showte and cry.c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 45–48
    • See not your bride in these unreverent robes:
      Go to my chamber, put on clothes of mine.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    irreverent

Synonyms of unreverent

Forms of unreverent

comparativemore unreverent
superlativemost unreverent

Origin of unreverent

From un- + reverent.

Words formed from unreverent

Questions about unreverent

What does unreverent mean?
Unreverent means not reverent.
What part of speech is unreverent?
Unreverent is an adjective.

Words near unreverent in the dictionary

  1. unrevered
  2. unreverence
  3. unreverenced
  4. unreverend
  5. unreverendly
  6. unreverent
  7. unreverential
  8. unreverentially
  9. unreverently
  10. unrevering
  11. unreversable

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