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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
irreverent
    adj 1: showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent
           scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent
           tourists" [ant: reverent]
    2: characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a
       certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn:
       impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy]
    3: not revering god [syn: godless, irreverent]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Irreverent \Ir*rev"er*ent\, a. [L. irreverens, -entis: cf. F.
   irr['e]v['e]rent. See In- not, and Reverent.]
   Not reverent; showing a lack of reverence; expressive of a
   lack of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent
   jest.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for irreverent:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
apostate, atheistic, aweless, backsliding, blasphemous, cheeky, derisive, discourteous, disparaging, disrespectful, fallen, fallen from grace, flip, flippant, impertinent, impious, impudent, insolent, insulting, irreligious, lapsed, mocking, profanatory, profane, recidivist, recidivistic, recreant, renegade, ridiculing, rude, sacrilegious, saucy, uncivil, undutiful, ungodly, unhallowed, unholy
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