not showing respect to somebody/something that other people usually respect 不敬的;不恭的 irreverent wit 失礼的俏皮话 an irreverent attitude to tradition 不把传统放在眼里的态度 The movie takes an irreverent look at the city. 这部电影对这座城市进行了不敬的审视。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIrreverent is used with these nouns:- attitude
- humour
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin irreverent- ‘not revering’, from in- ‘not’ + reverent- ‘revering’ (from the verb revereri, from re- (expressing intensive force) + vereri ‘to fear’).