Flippant vs Sketchy - What's the difference?
flippant | sketchy |
(archaic) glib; speaking with ease and rapidity
* Barrow
nimble; limber.
Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
* Burke
* 1998 , , The Metaphysical Touch
* 2000 , Anthony Howard and Jason Cowley, Decline and Fall, New Statesman, March 13, 2000
* 2004 , , The Easy Way to Stop Smoking , page 147
Roughly or hastily laid out; intended for later refinement.
Resembling a comedy sketch, of sketch quality.
(slang) Of questionable or doubtful quality.
(slang, of a person) Suspected of taking part in illicit or dishonorable dealings.
(slang, of a person) Disturbing or unnerving, often in such a way that others may suspect them of intending physical or sexual harm or harassment.
As adjectives the difference between flippant and sketchy
is that flippant is (archaic) glib; speaking with ease and rapidity while sketchy is roughly or hastily laid out; intended for later refinement.flippant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech.
- a sort of flippant , vain discourse
- The conversations had grown more adult over the years—she was less flippant , at least.
- In the mid-1950s we both wrote for the same weekly, where her contributions were a good deal more serious and less flippant than mine.
- Our society treats smoking flippantly as a slightly distasteful habit that can injure your health. It is not. It is drug addiction.
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* seriousDerived terms
* flippancySee also
* irreverent * pert * facetious * frivolousExternal links
* * English words suffixed with -ant ----sketchy
English
Adjective
(er)- The first draft included a sketchy design.
- The sketchy repair job did not look like it would hold.
- Because he is so sketchy , I always think that he is up to something.
- Jack is so sketchy , I think he's stalking me.