disrespectful

English

Etymology

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

Translations

lacking respect

• Azerbaijani: ehitiramsız, hörmətsiz, sayğısız
• Bulgarian: неуважителен (bg) (neuvažitelen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不恭 (zh) (bùgōng), 不敬 (zh) (bùjìng)

• Czech: neuctivý (cs) m
• Danish: respektløs, uærbødig
• Esperanto: malrespekta, malrespektema
• Finnish: epäkunnioittava
• 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: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 무례한 (murye-han)
• Maori: tōtōā, whakatīkai
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: respektløs, uærbødig

  Nynorsk: respektlaus, uærbødig

• Polish: lekceważący (pl) m
• Portuguese: desrespeitoso (pt)
• Romanian: nerespectos m
• Russian: неуважи́тельный (ru) (neuvažítelʹnyj), непочти́тельный (ru) (nepočtítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: irrespetuoso (es)
• Swedish: respektlös (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can