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disrespectful

/dɪs.ɹɪˈspɛkt.fəl/adjective4 syllables

Disrespectful means: exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous.

Synonyms for disrespectful26

adjective, as in exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous

annihilating, devastating, withering, contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful, contumelious, derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting, impious
and 10 more, undutiful, impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip, undeferential, immodest, discourteous, irreverent, offensive

adjective, as in neither feeling nor showing respect

aweless, awless, irreverent

Opposites of disrespectful

respectful

What does disrespectful mean?2

adjective

1

exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous“remarks disrespectful of the law”

2

neither feeling nor showing respect

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with disrespectful?1

three syllables

respectful
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Disrespectful in a sentence

  • We should avoid writing sentences that are disrespectful, offensive or hateful.Hybrid
  • Leaving trash around is disrespectful to nature and others.Amastan
  • That woman who picked a fight with me was being very disrespectful.CK
  • His disrespectful comment became the straw that broke the camel's back.Amastan
  • Farting in public is considered impolite and disrespectful.Nuel
  • Sami got treated in a very disrespectful way.OsoHombre
  • Kids these days aren't disobedient or disrespectful enough.rul
  • This attitude is disrespectful to a woman of your age.Amastan

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