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Disrespectful

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Having or exhibiting a lack of respect; rude and discourteous.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. lacking respect

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Showing disrespect; wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or want of respect; irreverent; uncivil: as, a disrespectful thought or opinion; disrespectful behavior.

Synonyms Discourteous, impolite, rude, ungentlemanly, impudent, pert.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous

adj. neither feeling nor showing respect

Word Usage

"Ebenhack Members of the conservative gay rights group GOProud are demanding an apology from Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum for what they call his disrespectful comments directed at a gay soldier in Thursday night's GOP presidential debate."

Equivalent

scornful snotty-nosed gibelike impious undeferential

Antonym

respectful

Form

disrespectfulness disrespectfully

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

uncivil irrespectful irreverent contemptuous impolite

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

neglectful respectful

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

unkind abusive indelicate indecent discourteous