disrespectful
disrespectful
Definition
dis·re·spect·ful (-fəl)
adjective
having or showing lack of respect; discourteous; impolite; rude
Related Forms:
- disrespectfully dis′·re·spect′·fully adverb
- disrespectfulness dis′·re·spect′·ful·ness noun
disrespectful
Synonyms
disrespectful
Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- say: During the long course of my opposition to the noble Lord, I cannot charge myself with having ever said anything disrespectful of him.
Modifies a noun
- attitude: A disrespectful attitude is the fastest way to banishment on our server.
- way: If you have acted in a hurtful or disrespectful way - apologize.
- remark: Medvedev had made a disrespectful remark about Lysenko, Stalin's favorite geneticist, in a book about aging in the 1960s.
- manner: Mr. Andrade has been denied public information in an unnecessarily disrespectful manner.
- act: But this is not the most disrespectful public act I have witnessed in my lifetime.
Modifying Another Word
- so: I just can't comprehend how people can be so disrespectful to hosts who were so tolerant and welcoming.
- very: To leave off the glove and call him just Kidd is very disrespectful.
- not: It is not disrespectful to either the starter of the topic or the original topic either.
- rather: It might sound like an odd idea, perhaps even rather disrespectful, but that isn't the way it came across.
- unforgivably: By being honest of course i unforgivably disrespectful katie have the task.
- somewhat: There are many entries, tho some of the descriptions appear to be somewhat disrespectful!
Infinitive complement
- try: Dave feels it would be disrespectful to try and eradicate the behavior by targeting it.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: It sounded too much like novelty and seemed disrespectful.
- consider: It would be considered very disrespectful to sit with one's feet pointing toward the holy book.
- sound: Without wanting to sound disrespectful at all to Wharfedale, I hope I don't have to go up there again next season.
Preposition: of
Browse dictionary entries near disrespectful
- disrespectable
- disrespect
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- disrepair
- disremember
- disrelish
- disregardful
- disregard
- disrespectfully
- disrespectfulness
- disrobe
- disrobed
- disrobing
- disrupt
- disrupter
- disruption
- disruptive
- disruptive discharge
