disrespectful

[ dis-ri-spekt-fuhl ]
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adjective
  1. characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.

Origin of disrespectful

1
First recorded in 1670–80; dis-1 + respectful

Other words for disrespectful

Other words from disrespectful

  • dis·re·spect·ful·ly, adverb
  • dis·re·spect·ful·ness, noun

Words Nearby disrespectful

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How to use disrespectful in a sentence

  • But he found the comrade of his youth an altered man, unreasonable, obstinate and disrespectful even before the public eye.

  • The shop officer has repeatedly warned me against my disrespectful and surly manner.

    Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
  • Impossible to be so disrespectful to the Field Marshal or so inconsiderate to their department as to reject the soft impeachment.

  • It would, indeed, be disrespectful in the listener not to pay intelligent heed to the discourses which emanate from the pulpit.

  • The old Scots knight next attacked the watchmaker with the same disrespectful familiarity.

    The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter Scott