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DISRESPECTFUL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous
Example:
disrespectful toward his teacher
Classified under:
Similar:
annihilating; devastating; withering (making light of)
contemptuous; disdainful; insulting; scornful (expressing extreme contempt)
contumelious (arrogantly insolent)
derisive; gibelike; jeering; mocking; taunting (abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule)
impious; undutiful (lacking due respect or dutifulness)
flip; impudent; insolent; snotty-nosed (marked by casual disrespect)
undeferential (not showing courteous respect)
Also:
discourteous (showing no courtesy; rude)
immodest (having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc)
offensive (causing anger or annoyance)
irreverent (showing lack of due respect or veneration)
sarcastic (expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds)
Antonym:
respectful (full of or exhibiting respect)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Neither feeling nor showing respect
Synonyms:
aweless; awless; disrespectful
Classified under:
Similar:
irreverent (showing lack of due respect or veneration)