adj
Meaning 1
Lacking respect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
disrespectful
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/dɪs.ɹɪˈspɛkt.fəl/
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adj
Meaning 2
irrespective, heedless, regardless
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- remarks disrespectful of the law
- disrespectful in the presence of his parents
- disrespectful toward his teacher
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: respectful
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
neither feeling nor showing respect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aweless, awless
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English respectful English disrespectful From dis- + respectful.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: անհարգալից (anhargalicʻ) — lacking respect
- Azerbaijani: ehitiramsız — lacking respect
- Azerbaijani: hörmətsiz — lacking respect
- Azerbaijani: sayğısız — lacking respect
- Belarusian: непачцівы (njepačcivy) — lacking respect
- Belarusian: непаважлівы (njepavažlivy) — lacking respect
- Bulgarian: неуважителен (neuvažitelen) — lacking respect
- Catalan: irrespectuós — lacking respect
- Chinese Mandarin: 不恭 (bùgōng) — lacking respect
- Chinese Mandarin: 不敬 (bùjìng) — lacking respect
- Czech: neuctivý — lacking respect
- Danish: respektløs — lacking respect
- Danish: uærbødig — lacking respect
- Dutch: respectloos — lacking respect
- Dutch: oneerbiedig — lacking respect
- Esperanto: malrespekta — lacking respect
- Esperanto: malrespektema — lacking respect
- Finnish: epäkunnioittava — lacking respect
- French: irrespectueux — lacking respect
- German: respektlos — lacking respect
- German: despektierlich — lacking respect
- German: unhöflich — lacking respect
- German: verächtlich — lacking respect
- German: respektwidrig — lacking respect
- German: unehrerbietig — lacking respect
- Greek: ασεβής (asevís) — lacking respect
- Hindi: अमर्यादित (amaryādit) — lacking respect
- Hindi: अशोभनीय (aśobhnīya) — lacking respect
- Hungarian: tiszteletlen — lacking respect
- Ido: senrespekta — lacking respect
- Indonesian: tidak sopan — lacking respect
- Indonesian: kasar — lacking respect
- Irish: neamhurramach — lacking respect
- Irish: mí-urramach — lacking respect
- Italian: irrispettoso — lacking respect
- Japanese: 不敬な (fukei na) — lacking respect
- Japanese: 不遜な (fuson na) — lacking respect
- Khmer: មិនគោរព (mɨn koorup) — lacking respect
- Korean: 무례한 (murye-han) — lacking respect
- Māori: tōtōā — lacking respect
- Māori: whakatīkai — lacking respect
- Norwegian Bokmål: respektløs — lacking respect
- Norwegian Bokmål: uærbødig — lacking respect
- Norwegian Nynorsk: respektlaus — lacking respect
- Norwegian Nynorsk: uærbødig — lacking respect
- Polish: lekceważący — lacking respect
- Portuguese: desrespeitoso — lacking respect
- Punjabi: ਸਤਕਾਰਹੀਣ (satkārahīṇ) — lacking respect
- Romanian: nerespectuos — lacking respect
- Romanian: nesimțit — lacking respect
- Russian: неуважи́тельный (neuvažítelʹnyj) — lacking respect
- Russian: непочти́тельный (nepočtítelʹnyj) — lacking respect
- Spanish: irrespetuoso — lacking respect
- Swedish: respektlös — lacking respect
- Vietnamese: thất lễ — lacking respect
- Vietnamese: vô lễ — lacking respect
- Welsh: amharchus — lacking respect