disrespect - use in sentences

Object

  • people: People seem more willing to disrespect people in authority.

Converse of object

  • intend: He had not intended any disrespect to these men.
  • show: Never show disrespect to the monarchy, the king or the royal family.
  • mean: Their revolt against parental values meant an equal disrespect for the social oppression of the 1950s.
  • have: Nor would they have had had such disrespect for society.

Preposition: for

  • law: They should face the disrespect for the law that smuggling would cause.
  • authority: In their culture there is a healthy disrespect for authority.
  • life: There is no cause that justifies such disrespect for human life.
  • people: It is considered bad etiquette to be late or early as it shows disrespect for peoples ' time.
  • right: The Commission recognized that measures needed to be taken to screen existing officers with a record of disrespect for human rights.

Adjective modifier

  • utter: She says, As a mother and a vegetarian, I am horrified by the meat industry's utter disrespect for life.
  • healthy: In their culture there is a healthy disrespect for authority.
  • total: Skirling away there in full highland dress, his kilt wafting around in the wind, in total disrespect to the drop below him.
  • such: How dare he show such disrespect to his audience.
  • great: His daughter says he expected to be " treated with great disrespect at home, " which makes us all feel better.
  • blatant: Boba's pose is, in a way, emblematic of Lucas's blatant disrespect for Star Wars fans.

Modifying Another Word

  • no: Allow me to make this clear, I mean NO disrespect for anyone.
  • n't: Therefore, " Don't dis ' me " = " Do n't disrespect me " .
  • not: I really do not disrespect people who take a different view.
  • never: I've never disrespected the actual job of it.

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