Converse of object

• show: For it is no light thing to show irreverence to the divine laws - a fact which later events will make clear.

Adjective modifier

• such: There should be a law against treating pylons with such irreverence.

• refreshing: To my mind, the Middle Temple Twelfth Night lacked the refreshing irreverence of some recent productions at the Globe's main house.

• customary: Top Gear With Jeremy Clarkson the driving seat, Top Gear is complete with his customary irreverence, wit and unbiased honesty.

• clever: I'd like to say " clever irreverence " , but that's not always true!

• healthy: There was also a tone of healthy irreverence in much of the reporting.

• total: They treated the most famous pop group of all time with a total irreverence that they would become famous for in later years.