disrespect

disrespect

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ respect

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsɹɪˈspɛkt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Noun

disrespect (usually uncountable, plural disrespects)

1. A lack of respect, esteem or courteous behaviour.
   • 2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎, London: Guardian News & Media, ISSN 0261-3077, OCLC 229952407, archived from the original on 5 August 2019:

     This was a champion team out of kilter, stung by what was arguably an act of disrespect to their opponents, a failure to appreciate their threat and the fine planning of Carlos Osorio, and never really able to regain its balance.

Synonyms

• misrespect
• unrespect

Antonyms

• respect

Translations

lack of respect

Azerbaijani: hörmətsizlik, ehitiramsızlıq, sayğısızlıq Belarusian: непава́га f (njepaváha) Bulgarian: неуважение (bg) n (neuvaženie) Chinese: Mandarin: 不敬 (zh) (bùjìng), 謾／谩 (zh) (mán), 無禮／无礼 (zh) (wúlǐ) Czech: neúcta f Esperanto: malrespekto Finnish: epäkunnioitus French: irrespect (fr) m German: Nichtachtung (de) f, Respektlosigkeit (de) Greek: ανευλάβεια (el) f (anevláveia), ασέβεια (el) f (aséveia) Hindi: अनादर (hi) m (anādar) Hungarian: tiszteletlenség (hu) Ido: desrespekto (io) Indonesian: ketidakhormatan Irish: mí-urraim f, anurraim f, dímheas m Japanese: 無礼 (ja) (ぶれい, burei) Khmer: please add this translation if you can Korean: 무례 (ko) (murye) Maori: tīkai Norwegian: dissing f (colloquial), ringeakt m Polish: brak szacunku m, nieposzanowanie n Portuguese: desrespeito (pt) m Romanian: lipsă de respect Russian: неуваже́ние (ru) n (neuvažénije), непочти́тельность (ru) f (nepočtítelʹnostʹ) Sanskrit: विमान (sa) m (vimāna) Spanish: falta de respeto (es), irrespeto (es) m Thai: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: непова́га f (nepováha) Vietnamese: sự thiếu tôn trọng, sự vô lễ

Verb

disrespect (third-person singular simple present disrespects, present participle disrespecting, simple past and past participle disrespected)

1. (transitive) To show a lack of respect to someone or something.

Synonyms

• dis, insult, misbid, misrespect

Antonyms

• respect

Translations

to show a lack of respect

Azerbaijani: hörmətsizlik etmək Bulgarian: не уважавам (ne uvažavam) Esperanto: malrespekti Finnish: käyttäytyä epäkunnioittavasti Greek: ασεβώ (el) (asevó) Ido: desrespektar (io) Malayalam: അനാദരിക്കുക (ml) (anādarikkuka), നിന്ദിക്കുക (ml) (nindikkuka) Maori: whakatīkai, atamai, whakamanumanu, tokoreko, tīkai Ngazidja Comorian: utsoza aɗaɓu Norwegian: disse (no) (colloquial), ringeakte Portuguese: desrespeitar (pt) Romagnol: please add this translation if you can Romanian: disprețui (ro) Spanish: ningunear (es), irrespetar (es), tomar por el pito del sereno Swedish: missfirma (sv), kränka (sv), förolämpa (sv)