flippant

Modifying Another Word

• too: Also, the main ghost of the story sounds too flippant.
• so: How then can they be so flippant about shattering peoples lives and dreams?
• not: I also don't normally do biography but enjoyed the short witty but not flippant chapters.
• very: This is a really political one called Geoffrey Ingram, we are being very flippant tonight, we have been eating lots of bran!
• almost: The book is written with a humorous, at times almost flippant tone.
• little: To be a little flippant, you are going to die one day, you might as well die happy.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

say: I'd say something flippant like, " If I die, you can have my boots " .

Modifies a noun

• remark: A second mistake came in a flippant remark by Bill Buck in December.
• attitude: This is most evident in the casual, almost flippant attitude many of us have taken toward the name of God.
• comment: A flippant comment to a foster carer led to the police frog marching me into the cells.
• tone: The book is written with a humorous, at times almost flippant tone.
• manner: He who uses this word in a flippant manner is guilty of taking the name of the Lord in vain.
• response: Even when he's hurting, there's usually a flippant response.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: The solution to most problems in object-oriented design seems flippant: you create another type of object.
• sound: Also, the main ghost of the story sounds too flippant.
• appear: It is certainly not my wish to appear flippant.