disrespectful


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dis·re·spect·ful

 (dĭs′rĭ-spĕkt′fəl)
adj.
Having or exhibiting a lack of respect; rude and discourteous.

dis′re·spect′ful·ly adv.
dis′re·spect′ful·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.disrespectful - exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous; "remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher"
discourteous - showing no courtesy; rude; "a distant and at times discourteous young"
immodest - having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc; "brash immodest boasting"
offensive - causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks"
irreverent - showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists"
sarcastic - expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
respectful - full of or exhibiting respect; "respectful behavior"; "a respectful glance"
2.disrespectful - neither feeling nor showing respect
irreverent - showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists"
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disrespectful

adjective contemptuous, insulting, rude, cheeky, irreverent, bad-mannered, impertinent, insolent, impolite, impudent, discourteous, uncivil, ill-bred They shouldn't treat their mothers in this disrespectful way.
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disrespectful

adjective
1. Having or showing a lack of respect:
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Translations
عَديم الإحْتِرام
neuctivýnezdvořilý
respektløsuhøflig
ókurteis

disrespectful

[ˌdɪsrɪsˈpektfʊl] ADJirrespetuoso
to be disrespectful to or towards sbfaltar al respeto a algn
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

disrespectful

[ˌdɪsrɪˈspɛktfʊl] adj [person] → irrespectueux/euse; [attitude, manner] → irrespectueux/euse
to be disrespectful to sb [person] → manquer de respect à qn
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

disrespectful

adjrespektlos (to gegenüber)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

disrespectful

[ˌdɪsrɪsˈpɛktfʊl] adj (person) → poco rispettoso/a; (comment) → irriverente
to be disrespectful to or towards → mancare di rispetto a or verso
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

disrespect

(disrəˈspekt) noun
rudeness or lack of respect. He spoke of his parents with disrespect.
ˌdisreˈspectful adjective
showing disrespect. Never be disrespectful to older people.
ˌdisreˈspectfully adverb
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References in classic literature ?
"Hold your tongue, you disrespectful old bird!" cried Polly, tumbling off the chair with a bounce, and running to peck the
'You are disrespectable, sir,' said the Lord Mayor--'leastways, disrespectful I mean.'
Mr Allworthy very severely reprimanded the lad for his indecent and disrespectful expressions concerning his master; but much more for his avowing an intention of revenge.
He had been able to repress every disrespectful word; but the flashing eye, the gloomy and troubled brow, were part of a natural language that could not be repressed,--indubitable signs, which showed too plainly that the man could not become a thing.
"It sounds awfully disrespectful to just say Marilla," protested Anne.
"Dear Sir,-- "The disagreement subsisting between yourself and my late honoured father always gave me much uneasiness, and since I have had the misfortune to lose him, I have frequently wished to heal the breach; but for some time I was kept back by my own doubts, fearing lest it might seem disrespectful to his memory for me to be on good terms with anyone with whom it had always pleased him to be at variance,-- There, Mrs.
"Oh, centuries and centuries; so long," she said, "that I'm sure I'm dead and buried, and this dear old place is heaven;" which, for reasons he could not define, struck Newland Archer as an even more disrespectful way of describing New York society.
Lorry, reddening, "that I will hear no disrespectful word of that young lady from any lips; and that if I knew any man--which I hope I do not-- whose taste was so coarse, and whose temper was so overbearing, that he could not restrain himself from speaking disrespectfully of that young lady at this desk, not even Tellson's should prevent my giving him a piece of my mind."
It was tempting to think of that expensive Mercenary publicly airing his boots in the archway of the Blue Boar's posting-yard; it was almost solemn to imagine him casually produced in the tailor's shop and confounding the disrespectful senses of Trabb's boy.
From the sound of these voices, the inattentive way Kozlovski looked at him, the disrespectful manner of the exhausted clerk, the fact that the clerk and Kozlovski were squatting on the floor by a tub so near to the commander in chief, and from the noisy laughter of the Cossacks holding the horses near the window, Prince Andrew felt that something important and disastrous was about to happen.
The smile vanished from Lady Lydiard's face; the tone taken by her nephew in speaking of her dog was disrespectful in the extreme.
But it's your way to speak disrespectful o' my family; and sister Glegg throws all the blame upo'me, though I'm sure I'm as innocent as the babe unborn.