in an irreverent manner; "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"
Disrespectful, cynical, cavilling, querulous, or vulgar, where one's own feelings, or especially deference to the feelings of others, customarily command silence, discretion, and circumspection
Disrespectful, cynical, caviling, querulous, or vulgar, where ones own feelings, or especially deference to the feelings of others, customarily command silence, discretion, and circumspection
approval If you describe someone as irreverent, you mean that they do not show respect for people or things that are generally respected. Taylor combined great knowledge with an irreverent attitude to history. + irreverence ir·rev·er·ence His irreverence for authority marks him out as a troublemaker. + irreverently ir·rev·er·ent·ly `Jobs for the boys,' said Crosby irreverently. someone that is irreverent, does not show respect for organizations, customs, beliefs etc that most other people respect - often used to show approval