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Disrespect   /dˌɪsrɪspˈɛkt/   Listen
Disrespect

noun
1.
An expression of lack of respect.  Synonym: discourtesy.
2.
A disrespectful mental attitude.
3.
A manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous.  Synonym: contempt.
verb
1.
Show a lack of respect for.
2.
Have little or no respect for; hold in contempt.  Synonym: disesteem.






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"Disrespect" Quotes from Famous Books



... now tried to explain. She said Mrs. Tenny did not intend any disrespect to the two youngest ones; but she really had no room for them, as her guests were to ...
— Dotty Dimple at Her Grandmother's • Sophie May

... Gautama, after his family. Then spake the Lord to them and said: "Call me not after my private name, for it is a rude and careless way of speaking to one who has obtained Arhat-ship; but whether men respect or disrespect me, my mind is undisturbed and wholly quiet. But you—your way is not so courteous: let go, I pray, and cast away your fault. Buddha can save the world; they call him, therefore, Buddha. Towards all living things, with equal heart he ...
— Sacred Books of the East • Various

... and so may yield a fruitful grievance even apart from offences against the person or property of the nation's businessmen; as, e.g., through neglect or disregard of the conventional punctilios governing diplomatic intercourse, or by disrespect or contumelious speech touching the Flag, or the persons of national officials, particularly of such officials as have only a decorative use, or the costumes worn by such officials, or, again, by failure to observe ...
— An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation • Thorstein Veblen

... for a moment his thin squeak weighted with importance gained a hearing—"now, boys," said the barber, "this little feller's father is an extinguished new denizen of Banbridge, and you ain't treatin' of him with proper disrespect. Now—" But then his voice was drowned in a wilder outburst than ever. The little crowd of men and boys went fairly mad with hysterical joy of mirth, as an American crowd will when once overcome by the humor of the situation in the midst of their stress of life. They now laughed at the little ...
— The Debtor - A Novel • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

... very low voice, that there was no disrespect intended. "The truth is, sir, she could not trust herself to see you go; but she bade me give you a message. Says she, 'Mother, tell him I pray God to bless him, ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 • Various


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