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regardful

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of regardful

marked by or showing proper regard for anotherʼs higher status

his regardful willingness to let his elderly father carve the turkey this year

Synonyms of regardful

deferent, deferential, dutiful, respectful

Words Related to regardful

reverent, reverential, venerating, worshipful

fawning, genuflecting, groveling (or grovelling), hagiographic (or hagiographical), kowtowing, obsequious, servile, subservient, sycophantic, toadying

civil, courteous, gracious, polite

kid-glove, kid-gloved

Near Antonyms of regardful

abusive, insulting, offensive

belittling, demeaning, depreciative, depreciatory, derogatory, disparaging

contemptuous, impudent, irreverent, scornful

discourteous, insolent, rude, uncivil

Antonyms of regardful

disrespectful, undutiful

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