as in disrespectfulness
rude behavior
treated the resort's service workers with haughty disrespect
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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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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
Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Basically that poor enforcement had bred serious disrespect for the law, or at least a misunderstanding of it.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Rob Wieland, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Following the comment, many country music fans took to social media, expressing confusion and anger over the remark, which some interpreted as disrespecting Shaboozey.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 24 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The praise is rarely as loud as the disrespect when Ange gets it right.
—Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Basically that poor enforcement had bred serious disrespect for the law, or at least a misunderstanding of it.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
Some readers appreciated the disclosure while others felt the introduction disrespected Gary Gygax, the person cited as the main creative force behind Dungeons & Dragons.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Following the comment, many country music fans took to social media, expressing confusion and anger over the remark, which some interpreted as disrespecting Shaboozey.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 24 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disrespect
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So Mara above all believes in never insulting his fans and in never losing sight of that priority.Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Ironically, these same Republican leaders that now so vigorously defend Puerto Ricans have largely looked the other way when Trump has insulted and humiliated Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and people of color in general.Ediberto Roman and Ernesto Sagas, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
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As a student at The John Carroll School, Paula Etting disdained public office.Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2024
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Good free-market neoliberals had historically disdained this idea, believing government attempts to meddle in the economy would have bad results.Andrew Prokop, Vox, 15 Oct. 2024
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Bad hygiene, rudeness and talking too much about exes will be the biggest no-nos.Analis Bailey, Axios, 14 Dec. 2024
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Not drinking alcohol — for whatever reason — tends to trigger rudeness in people who do drink.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
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If the absence of any game(s) or even the order of those listed below offends you, please understand this is purely based on my own preference. 10.Ollie Barder, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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Not wanting to offend any guests, Cast Members (Disney’s word for all park employees) indicate a direction or place with both their index finger and middle finger together.Deanne Revel, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
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The guards keep her away from everyone else, because she’s hated so much.Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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Get The Recipe Creamy Kale Bake Love it or hate it, everyone will be a fan of kale after digging into this pasta dish.Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2024
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Drake and Lamar then began trading diss tracks which included increasingly dramatic accusations.Conor Murray, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The filings mark an unprecedented escalation of the two musicians’ ongoing beef, which exploded into the court of public opinion in the spring when Drake and Lamar began lobbing rapid-fire diss and response tracks at one another.Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2024
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What should outrage you, though, is that virtually all of this behavior — including multiple accusations of lawbreaking — was greeted with a collective shrug by Florida law enforcement.Scott Maxwell, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
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The week’s biggest stories Environment and housing Aliso Canyon likely to stay open for years under closure plan; residents outraged California e-bike voucher program flooded with almost 100,000 applications in just 45 minutes.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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Rather, they were introduced to pander to the segment of the progressive base that despises Israel simply for existing.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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And anyone here in Congress knows that he's despised by Republicans too.ABC News, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Disrespect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrespect. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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