irreverential

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Yet how is it possible to say an unkind or irreverential word of Rome?

From The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

At this period the Fête des Fous, or feast of madmen was celebrated to its full extent, and anything more absurd, more farcical, or more irreverential cannot well be imagined.

From How to Enjoy Paris in 1842 Intended to Serve as a Companion and Monitor, Containing Historical, Political, Commercial, Artistical, Theatrical And Statistical Information by Hervé, F.

Although they produce a conviction of declining virtue, which is unfavorable to generous emulation, yet a people at once ignorant and irreverential would necessarily become licentious.

From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)

To say the truth, I look upon it as such a masterpiece in its way, that it seems irreverential to eat it.

From Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

His babblings are not more crude and irreverential than much that passes for profound thinking.

From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)