Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Lack of respect, esteem, or courteous regard.
- transitive verb To show a lack of respect for.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Want of respect or reverence; manifestation of disesteem; incivility.
- noun Synonyms Discourtesy, impoliteness, slight, neglect.
- To have or show no respect for; hold in disesteem.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To show disrespect to.
- noun Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
lack ofrespect ,esteem orcourteous behaviour . - verb transitive To
show a lack of respect to someone or something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
- noun a disrespectful mental attitude
- verb show a lack of respect for
- verb have little or no respect for; hold in contempt
- noun an expression of lack of respect
Etymologies
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Examples
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He's angry with me for what he calls my disrespect, and also for misusing the word "ubiquitous."
In Which I Dream of David Tennant, Stephen Colbert, and Bill Maher scottedelman 2010
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He himself was not guiltless of that irreverence which he defined as disrespect for another man's god.
Mark Twain Archibald Henderson 1920
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He himself was not guiltless of that irreverence which he defined as disrespect for another man's god.
Mark Twain Henderson, Archibald 1910
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This ugly display of disrespect is unwarranted and near inexplicable.
Monica Shores: Prostitution "Experts" Versus Prostitutes: Why Don't All Sex Workers Deserve a Voice? Monica Shores 2010
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Although, I believe, the magnitude of disrespect is skin deep.
Think Progress » VIDEO: Bret Baier Interviewing Obama Vs. Bret Baier Interviewing Bush 2010
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In Soviet Russian culture, the sign of disrespect is communicated by removing your shoe, pounding it upon your desk.
Matthew Yglesias » In What Culture is Having a Shoe Thrown At You a Sign of Respect? 2010
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I fought for this country for freedome of speech, but downright disrespect is appalling.
Heckler Wilson 'a decent guy' with lock on district, observers say 2009
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Why anybody would be dumb enough to pick Green Berets to disrespect is beyond me!
FRANK REYES 2010
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Those on the left treated Bush with disrespect from the beginning.
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Those on the left treated Bush with disrespect from the beginning.
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