as in disrespectfulness
rude behavior
treated the resort's service workers with haughty disrespect
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1
as in to insult
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
a comedian who shuns jokes that disrespect people because of their appearance
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2
as in to disdain
to show contempt for
the player once again disrespected fans by refusing to sign autographs
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Recent Examples of disrespect
Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
So what's up with all the blatant disrespect and body-shaming for the man infamously known for wearing another player as a backpack, and smashing heads and eating them?
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Your husband overreacted and disrespected you, slapping food and mocking you.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The disrespect is just crazy to me.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
So what's up with all the blatant disrespect and body-shaming for the man infamously known for wearing another player as a backpack, and smashing heads and eating them?
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
There’s a little rockiness between Mer and DeLuca when DeLuca feels disrespected and unequal in their relationship.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Your husband overreacted and disrespected you, slapping food and mocking you.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disrespect
Verb
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Lee will later pop in to see Dan, the storefront lawyer next door, just to insult him by requesting a recommendation for a good lawyer.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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Basil, of course, is far from perfect, a rude, neurotic, accident-prone manager who insults guests, hides his gambling winnings from his wife and organizes an elaborate impersonation of her when his surprise anniversary party backfires.—
Rhett Bartlett,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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California’s Democratic establishment disdains Citizen Pratt.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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Lewis Wedlock, a social psychologist specializing in masculinities, notes that the term is especially cutting when a man uses it to refer to another man, which can imply disdain for his authenticity and his submission in pandering to women.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But yes, Miss Manners agrees that his rudeness justifies your ignoring his comment.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
10 Oct. 2025
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But Takaichi has taken the strongest stances, decrying the rudeness of foreign tourists and accusing them of abusing the famous deer in Nara.—
Arata Yamamoto,
NBC news,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This may include intense reactions that do not match the situation, or the need to be very careful not to upset or offend them.—
Dr. Theresa T. Nguyen,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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The advertisement is unlikely to offend audiences, particularly in places like the United States or Sweden that are not necessarily feeling the pain of the heist, Mulvey said.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Meanwhile, her sister Bree (Lynch) hates the thought of motherhood.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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In the clip, White jokes about hating Reynolds.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The thought that a cannabis retail store could one day open near his youth hockey training center in Stillwater has outraged LumberYard Hockey and Sports Center co-owner Lee Erickson.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
26 Oct. 2025
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Naroditsky's death at age 29 outraged his supporters in the chess world, who said he'd been bullied relentlessly by Kramnik, a former world champion who has accused many players of cheating in online play.—
Jason Abbruzzese,
NBC news,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Both brothers despise their father, for good reason.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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The fact that the film is named after its subject’s most beloved — and most despised by Hart himself — hit tells you everything.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
15 Oct. 2025
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At least seven different civilian complaints have been lodged against the sergeant, alleging excessive force, discourtesy and abuse of authority.—
Shayla Colon,
New York Times,
11 Dec. 2024
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Henderson then accused her of discourtesy and ordered her transferred to the 73rd Precinct then back to the 79th Precinct in one day.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
16 July 2024
Cite this Entry
“Disrespect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrespect. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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