Standard Lemma guide

regarded

adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈɡɑː.dəd/
General-American: /ɹɪˈɡɑɹ.dəd/
General-American: /-dɪd/
US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)dəd
CMU ARPABET: R IH0 G AA1 R D IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adj

Meaning 1

Filter-avoidance spelling of retarded.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, euphemistic

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of regard

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Originated on imageboard website 4chan. Popularized on Reddit beginning around 2022 in response to increasing censorship of the words retard and retarded.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Word forms

Inflections and variants

more regarded — comparative
most regarded — superlative

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: overregarded, unregarded, well-regarded

Related: rarted, regard, r-slurred

Spelling and sound

Hyphenation and homophones

Hyphenation: re·gard·ed

Semantic map

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Sources

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Real reading context

Meaning relationships

Meaning relationships

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