disrespect

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

Lack of respect

Nouns

1. disrespect, disesteem, disregard, disestimation, disfavor, disrepute, disparagement (see disapprobation); detraction; irreverence; slight, superciliousness, contempt; contumely, affront, dishonor, insult, snub, indignity, outrage, discourtesy; practical joking, left-handed compliment, scurrility, scoffing, derision; mockery, ridicule, sarcasm. Informal, brickbat. Slang, cracking, dissing, static, dig, put-down, slam.

2. (sign of disrespect) hiss, hoot, gibe, flout, jeer, slap in the face. Slang, razzberry.

Verbs

1. hold in disrespect, despise; disregard, slight, trifle with, set at naught, pass by, push aside, turn one's back upon, laugh up one's sleeve; spurn, scorn.

2. be disrespectful, be discourteous, treat with disrespect, set down, dishonor, desecrate; insult, affront, outrage; speak slightingly of; disparage; call names, drag through the mud, point at, indulge in personalities, bite the thumb; burn or hang in effigy. Slang, diss, snipe, bad-mouth, trash, dump on, roast, slam.

3. deride, scoff, sneer, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer (see contempt); make game of, make a fool of, play a practical joke, lead one a dance; scout, hiss, hoot, mob. Informal, razz. Slang, give the razz[berry].

Adjectives — disrespectful, irreverent, disparaging; insulting, supercilious; rude, derisive, sarcastic; scurrilous, contumelious; unrespected, unenvied, unsaluted, unregarded, disregarded.

Quotations — When you call me that, smile! (Owen Wister), As a matter of fact, we both are [offensive], and the only difference is that I am trying to be, and you can't help it (F. E. Smith), I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion (R. L. Stevenson).

Antonyms, see respect.

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(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. discourtesy, insolence, irreverence; see rudeness .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

irreverence, incivility, disregard, discourtesy, impoliteness, rudeness, impertinence, insolence, impudence, flippancy, lese-majeste.

ANT.: respect, reverence, civility, deference

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v.

disregard, insult, offend, look down on, disparage, *walk on, take advantage of, *dis, *dump on, slight, *badmouth, *ride, *trash, regard superciliously, regard with hauteur, ignore, dismiss, *turn up one's nose at, snub, rebuff, minimize, underestimate, regard with disdain.

ANT.: respect, *kiss up to, honor

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Lack of proper respect: irreverence, lese majesty. See RESPECT. 2. The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident: assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, discourtesy, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall1, impertinence, impudence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness. Informal: brass, crust, sauce, uppishness, uppityness. See ATTITUDE, COURTESY.