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
Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2025
The vice president accused Ukraine's leader of showing disrespect to the president and of insufficient gratitude to the U.S. for its help.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Daddy got your back, ain’t let nobody disrespect our grind.
—Emanuel Maiberg, Wired News, 17 Apr. 2025
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Noun
April 21, 2025 Regardless of one’s position on the war in Ukraine, the president has shown a stunning disrespect for a world leader, an unprecedented bow to Russia’s leader, and a complete disregard for diplomacy.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2025
The vice president accused Ukraine's leader of showing disrespect to the president and of insufficient gratitude to the U.S. for its help.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
This commodification not only disrespects Indigenous cultures but also risks severing the very bonds that sustain them.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Daddy got your back, ain’t let nobody disrespect our grind.
—Emanuel Maiberg, Wired News, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disrespect
Verb
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On a trip into town, Lucas gets into a scuffle with another boy who’s insulting their late mother, hurting him.—
Jocelyn Noveck,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2025
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Later, the man Husk is chasing, Bob Mathews (Nicholas Hoult), follows him to a hunting ground and insults Husk’s chain-smoking, suggesting his smell keeps the elk away.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
8 May 2025
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Perhaps no other American statesman has ever disdained the role of idealism in foreign policy—the meddling of human-rights activists and democracy crusaders—quite like Kissinger.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
1 May 2025
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The Minervois is a sunny land of black truffles, red marble, oak and juniper forests and castles constructed by Cathars (pescatarian Christians who disdained the symbol of the cross, were branded as heretics and subsequently slaughtered wholesale by Papal decree in the 13th century).—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But research shows that confrontation and rudeness are NOT actually what makes these styles of leadership work.—
London Business School,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Responding to rudeness with equal aggression often escalates the situation.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Kaplan, the keeper of the NFLPA arbitration process, was clearly offended by France’s conduct.—
Chris Deubert,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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The offending employees were moved to different cottages.—
Jeff Mcdonald,
Mercury News,
12 May 2025
Verb
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Aside: Her daughters, when young, hated when the former Vogue fashion editor reached for leggings.—
Jackie Fields,
People.com,
12 May 2025
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While Monty loves to run around in the rain, Sam hates getting wet, avoiding the water at all costs.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
Noun
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Last Friday, another short video was shared on his Instagram, this one featuring a snippet of his own diss.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2025
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Talk of the Bey diss begins around the 25-minute mark.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The concert outraged many Mexicans, and Michoacan Gov. Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla soon announced a ban on public performances that glorify crime and violence.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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Race aside, police brutality by anyone against anyone should outrage everyone.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2025
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That’s true, in the sense that Canadians now despise Trump and elected Carney to stand up to him.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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The Hero of This Book, by Elizabeth McCracken McCracken once promised never to make her deeply private mother, Natalie, a character in one of her books—especially not in a memoir, a genre the elder McCracken despised.—
Sophia Stewart,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
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“Disrespect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrespect. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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