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as in insulted
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
a comedian who shuns jokes that disrespect people because of their appearance
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as in disdained
to show contempt for
the player once again disrespected fans by refusing to sign autographs
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Recent Examples of disrespected
Feeling disrespected, Parker launched itself on the Revenge Tour.
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Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
What a disappointment to have something so joyous tarnished by a dreadful reality where women are being belittled & disrespected for existing.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 25 Feb. 2026
Piagentini dismissed those factors as beside the point, saying judges should trust juries’ sentencing decisions and that Davis’ ruling disrespected the jury process.
—Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Feb. 2026
In the video, the Kalogeras Sisters said they felt disrespected by staff and attacked by the comics in the audience.
—Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Rachel McAdams stars as Linda Liddle, a socially awkward and widely disrespected employee at a company headed by sexist nepo-baby CEO Bradley Preston (Dylan O’Brien).
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
While the Steelers might be disrespected on a national scale after an up-and-down season, the Texans can't take the bait.
—Jeff Howe, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Employees said they felt disrespected by the process and disrupted from their prior jobs, which included coaching new teachers, providing restorative justice programs and offering specialized services like those for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
—Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 30 Dec. 2025
That is how Colombia is disrespected.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
What a disappointment to have something so joyous tarnished by a dreadful reality where women are being belittled & disrespected for existing.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 25 Feb. 2026
Piagentini dismissed those factors as beside the point, saying judges should trust juries’ sentencing decisions and that Davis’ ruling disrespected the jury process.
—Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Feb. 2026
In the video, the Kalogeras Sisters said they felt disrespected by staff and attacked by the comics in the audience.
—Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Rachel McAdams stars as Linda Liddle, a socially awkward and widely disrespected employee at a company headed by sexist nepo-baby CEO Bradley Preston (Dylan O’Brien).
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
While the Steelers might be disrespected on a national scale after an up-and-down season, the Texans can't take the bait.
—Jeff Howe, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Employees said they felt disrespected by the process and disrupted from their prior jobs, which included coaching new teachers, providing restorative justice programs and offering specialized services like those for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
—Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 30 Dec. 2025
That is how Colombia is disrespected.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disrespected
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Every episode saw celebrities of various levels of fame stopping by the studio to be questioned and, occasionally, insulted by a narcissistic cartoon character.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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Multiple teens on e-bikes insulted a student with anti-Black racial slurs and spitting, and one of the suspects injured the back leg of the victim with the tire of an e-bike, campus police said.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
11 Mar. 2026
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In Sondheim’s body of work, Okrent searches for the autobiographical resonances that Sondheim himself mostly disdained.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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Because that man is going out of his way to remind everyone why, exactly, he is universally disdained.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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For a man behind a franchise that’s known for platforming outspoken women, Andy Cohen sure seems offended by Sarah Michelle Gellar‘s criticism of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
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Later, Netflix teams like the marketing department would be informed that her absence was due to her being offended by something that was said.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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Then came the party-line Inflation Reduction Act, which capped insulin for Medicare recipients at $35 but also included clean energy funding and tax changes that Republicans hated.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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Grenier’s character, Nate, was largely hated in online circles for being a flaky, unsupportive boyfriend to Andy during her turbulent time working at Runway Magazine.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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The bases outraged Osama bin Laden and contributed to all those years of terrorist attacks against Americans.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
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The inspector general spoke to WJZ Investigates in January, outraged that the city abruptly cut off her access to records during this investigation.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Iowans despised slavery, treasured 'radical experiment' Thirteen Iowans died and 141 were wounded in the rout of the Union forces at Wilson's Creek.—
Bill Steiden,
Des Moines Register,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Mujahedeen-e-Khalq is listed as a terrorist organization by Iran and is widely despised inside the country.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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Brenda's right to call it out, and Mac’s 'Brenda scorned' joke was the perfect touch of humor to a stressful situation.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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The truth is, Billy came onto the scene in the first season as somebody who felt scorned and betrayed by a big PR firm, who passed him over for a promotion.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Disrespected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrespected. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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