disrespectful

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ respectful.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [dɪsɹɪˈspɛktfəɫ]

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Adjective

disrespectful (comparative more disrespectful, superlative most disrespectful)

1. Lacking respect.
2. irrespective, heedless, regardless
   • 1922, E. F. Benson, Miss Mapp, chapter 6, page 157:

     That alone, apart from Mr. Wyse’s old-fashioned notions on the subject, made telephoning impossible, for your summons was usually answered by his cook, who instantly began scolding the butcher irrespective and disrespectful of whom you were.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

• respectful

Derived terms

• disrespectfully
• disrespectfulness

Related terms

• unrespectful

Descendants

• → Dutch: disrespectvol (calque)

Translations

lacking respect

Azerbaijani: ehitiramsız, hörmətsiz, sayğısız Belarusian: непачцівы (njepačcivy), непаважлівы (njepavažlivy) Bulgarian: неуважителен (bg) (neuvažitelen) Catalan: irrespectuós Chinese: Mandarin: 不恭 (zh) (bùgōng), 不敬 (zh) (bùjìng) Czech: neuctivý (cs) m Danish: respektløs, uærbødig Dutch: respectloos (nl), oneerbiedig (nl) Esperanto: malrespekta, malrespektema Finnish: epäkunnioittava (fi) French: irrespectueux (fr) German: respektlos (de), despektierlich (de), unhöflich (de), verächtlich (de), respektwidrig, unehrerbietig (de) Greek: ασεβής (el) (asevís) Hungarian: tiszteletlen (hu) Ido: senrespekta (io) Indonesian: tidak sopan, kasar (id) Irish: neamhurramach, mí-urramach Japanese: 不敬な (ja) (ふけいな, fukei na), 不遜な (ふそんな, fuson na) Khmer: មិនគោរព (mɨn koorup) Korean: 무례한 (murye-han) Maori: tōtōā, whakatīkai Norwegian: Bokmål: respektløs, uærbødig Nynorsk: respektlaus, uærbødig Polish: lekceważący (pl) m Portuguese: desrespeitoso (pt) Punjabi: ਸਤਕਾਰਹੀਣ (pa) (satkārahīṇ) Romanian: nerespectos m Russian: неуважи́тельный (ru) (neuvažítelʹnyj), непочти́тельный (ru) (nepočtítelʹnyj) Spanish: irrespetuoso (es) Swedish: respektlös (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: thất lễ (vi), vô lễ (vi) Welsh: amharchus