disrespect
/dɪsɹɪˈspɛkt/
disrespect noun: a lack of respect, esteem or courteous behavior.
Noun
disrespect (usually uncountable, plural disrespects)
- A lack of respect, esteem or courteous behavior.
- [S]he uſed many arguments both to excuſe her ſelf and divert their intentions, yet adding ſtill more fierceneſs to their former behaviour, as they would not ſeem at all to be ſatisfied either with her language or her tears (notwithſtanding they proceeded more from her apprehenſion of their...1665, The Princesse Cloria: or, The Royal Romance. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Edward Man […], page 360
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- Synonyms:
- disrespeck, misrespect, unrespect
- Antonyms:
- respect
Verb
disrespect (third-person singular simple present disrespects, present participle disrespecting, simple past and past participle disrespected)
disrespect meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
disrespect in Hindi
- lack of respect
- अनादर anādar, अपमान apmān
- to show a lack of respect
- अनादर anādar, अपमान apmān
disrespect in Tamil
- அவமதிப்பு, ஊதறு, தொடர்பு கெடு, பிள, புறக்கணி மதியாதிரு, அசட்டை செய்
disrespect in Marathi
- disrespect
- अनादर anādar, अपमान apmān
- disrespect, disregard
- अवमान avmān
disrespect in Urdu
- disrespect; disgrace; insult; humiliation; slander
- بے عزتی be 'izzatī
More languagesFewer languages
- disrespect in Bengali
- অপমান opoman
- disrespect in Telugu
- క్షేపము kṣēpamu
- disrespect in Malayalam
- അനാദരിക്കുക anādarikkuka, നിന്ദിക്കുക nindikkuka
- disrespect in Kannada
- ತಕ್ಕಮೆಯಲ್ಲದಿಕೆ, ಅಗೌರವ, ಅವಮರ್ಯಾದೆ
- disrespect in Punjabi
- ਸਤਕਾਰਹੀਣਤਾ satkārahīṇtā
- disrespect in Sanskrit
- विमान vimāna
- disrespect in Sinhala
- ධික්කාර dhikkāra
- disrespect in Assamese
- অপমান opman
- disrespect in Arabic
- عدم احترام
- disrespect in Indonesian
- ketidakhormatan
- disrespect in Vietnamese
- sự thiếu tôn trọng, sự vô lễ
Examples of disrespect in a sentence
- I am not down with you children bullying and disrespecting one another, so cut it out!
- He spoke of “reservoirs of confidence”, “bonds of hope” between state and individual, “the well of disrespect”.
- So no disrespect to any lawyers out there, I’m one of them.
Synonyms of disrespect
Antonyms
Forms of disrespect
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | disrespects |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | disrespects |
| present participle | disrespecting |
| past participle | disrespected |
| past | disrespected |
Origin of disrespect
From dis- + respect.
Words formed from disrespect
Words that rhyme with disrespect
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- respect
- deflect
- dissect
- expect
- redirect
- suspect
- correct
- defect
- disconnect
- infect
- inflect
- neglect
- resurrect
- unchecked
- abject
- bisect
- deject
- deselect
- genuflect
- incorrect
- inspect
- interject
- introspect
- object
- sect
- wrecked
- conject
- convect
- decked
- detect
- elect
- intersect
- necked
- perfect
- prospect
- protect
- recollect
- reconnect
- select
- subject
- trisect
- bandreject
- cathect
- cobra effect
- counterobject
- despect
- disinfect
- disject
Questions about disrespect
- What does disrespect mean?
- Disrespect means a lack of respect, esteem or courteous behavior.
- What is disrespect in Hindi?
- Disrespect in Hindi is अनादर (anādar), अपमान (apmān). See Disrespect meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is disrespect?
- Disrespect can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce disrespect?
- Disrespect is pronounced /dɪsɹɪˈspɛkt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of disrespect?
- The plural of disrespect is disrespects.
Words near disrespect in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disrespect (page history and authors); disrespect (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अनादर (Marathi) (page history and authors); بے عزتی (Urdu) (page history and authors); অপমান (Bengali) (page history and authors); క్షేపము (Telugu) (page history and authors); disrespect (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ධික්කාර (Sinhala) (page history and authors); অপমান (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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