Disrespect
[dɪsrɪ'spekt] or [,dɪsrɪ'spɛkt]
Definition
(noun.) a disrespectful mental attitude.
(noun.) an expression of lack of respect.
(verb.) have little or no respect for; hold in contempt.
(verb.) show a lack of respect for.
Edited by Lancelot--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.
(v. t.) To show disrespect to.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Disesteem, irreverence, slight, neglect.[2]. Incivility, discourtesy, rudeness.
Edited by Lancelot
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See RESPECT]
Edited by Julius
Definition
n. want of respect: discourtesy: incivility.—v.t. (arch.) not to respect.—adjs. Disrespect′able (rare) not respectable; Disrespect′ful showing disrespect: irreverent: uncivil.—adv. Disrespect′fully.—n. Disrespect′fulness.
Typist: Silvia
Examples
- I don't mean them any disrespect, said St. Clare. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There was little of disrespect in the tone that the man used in addressing either Xodar or myself. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I shall never show that disrespect to my parents, to give up what they taught me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- All common men knelt when a noble passed; to betray the slightest disrespect was to risk being slashed to death by his _samurai_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They proclaimed their sentiments boldly, and were impatient at anything like disrespect for the Union. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At last he placed them in arrest, and preferred charges against them of insubordination and disrespect. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You have treated this family with disrespect; you have been insolent to this family. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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