disrespect

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ respect

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsɹɪˈspɛkt/
• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Noun

disrespect (usually uncountable, plural disrespects)

1. A lack of respect, esteem or courteous behaviour.
   • 2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 August 2019:

     This was a champion team out of kilter, stung by what was arguably an act of disrespect to their opponents, a failure to appreciate their threat and the fine planning of Carlos Osorio, and never really able to regain its balance.

Synonyms

• misrespect
• unrespect

Antonyms

• respect

Translations

lack of respect

• Belarusian: непава́га f (njepaváha)
• Bulgarian: неуважение (bg) n (neuvaženie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不敬 (zh) (bùjìng), 謾／谩 (zh), 谩 (zh) (mán), 無禮／无礼 (zh) (wúlǐ), 无礼 (zh) (wúlǐ)

• Czech: neúcta f
• Esperanto: malrespekto
• Finnish: epäkunnioitus
• French: irrespect (fr) m
• German: Nichtachtung (de) f, Respektlosigkeit (de)
• Greek: ανευλάβεια (el) f (anevláveia), ασέβεια (el) f (aséveia)
• Hindi: अनादर (hi) m (anādar)
• Hungarian: tiszteletlenség
• Ido: desrespekto (io)
• Indonesian: ketidakhormatan
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• Irish: mí-urraim f, anurraim m
• Japanese: 無礼 (ja) (ぶれい, burei)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 무례 (ko) (murye)
• Maori: tīkai
• Norwegian: dissing f (colloquial), ringeakt m
• Portuguese: desrespeito (pt) m
• Romanian: lipsă de respect
• Russian: неуваже́ние (ru) n (neuvažénije), непочти́тельность (ru) f (nepočtítelʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: falta de respeto (es), irrespeto (es) m
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: непова́га f (nepováha)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Verb

disrespect (third-person singular simple present disrespects, present participle disrespecting, simple past and past participle disrespected)

1. (transitive) To show a lack of respect to someone or something.

Synonyms

• dis, insult, misbid, misrespect

Antonyms

• respect

Translations

to show a lack of respect

• Bulgarian: не уважавам (ne uvažavam)
• Esperanto: malrespekti
• Finnish: käyttäytyä epäkunnioittavasti
• Greek: ασεβώ (el) (asevó)
• Ido: desrespektar (io)
• Maori: whakatīkai, atamai, whakamanumanu, tokoreko, tīkai
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• Ngazidja Comorian: utsoza aɗaɓu
• Norwegian: disse (no) (colloquial), ringeakte
• Portuguese: desrespeitar (pt)
• Romanian: disprețui (ro)
• Spanish: ningunear (es), irrespetar (es), tomar por el pito del sereno
• Swedish: missfirma (sv), kränka (sv), förolämpa (sv)