flippantadjective
uk/ˈflɪp.ənt/us/ˈflɪp.ənt/UK informal flipnot serious about a serious subject, in an attempt to be funny or to appear clever:
a flippant remark/attitude
It's easy to be flippant, but we have a serious problem to deal with here.
I think she just thought I was being flippant.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not showing careful thought
- airy
- cuff
- flip
- frivolity
- frivolous
- ill-conceived
- incautious
- lightweight
- off the cuff idiom
- pat
- preconceived
- shallow
- shoot
- shoot from the hip idiom
- skin-deep
- superficial
- thoughtless
- unconsidered
- unthinking
- wild
flippancy
noun [ U ] uk/ˈflɪp.ən.si/us/ˈflɪp.ən.si/
flippantly
adverb uk/ˈflɪp.ənt.li/us/ˈflɪp.ənt.li/