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
Tim Ellis, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Stuff your tote with root vegetables that won’t burst all over your car on the way home (no disrespect, tomatoes).
—Editors Of Bon Appétit, Bon Appétit, 1 Nov. 2024
Tyson Langhofer, National Review, 21 Oct. 2024
Indiana is still being disrespected, despite never having trailed this season.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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Such disrespect is in danger of being normalized as banter.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Stuff your tote with root vegetables that won’t burst all over your car on the way home (no disrespect, tomatoes).
—Editors Of Bon Appétit, Bon Appétit, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
Their passivity before campus activists has stoked an atmosphere that invites mob violence, chaos, and disrespect for our nation’s foundational rights.
—Tyson Langhofer, National Review, 21 Oct. 2024
Indiana is still being disrespected, despite never having trailed this season.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disrespect
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At the rally, the Republican hit several familiar notes, hinting at election fraud, insulting his opponents and criticizing Harris over immigration and the economy.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Trump has regularly insulted women who may pose a threat to him, such as his former opponent Hillary Clinton.Alena Botros, Fortune, 1 Nov. 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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The Bitcoin white paper, which was released in October, 2008, and the Bitcoin code, which followed shortly thereafter, have at times been disdained as clever bits of engineering pastiche.Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
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For more info: Colonial Williamsburg Take a virtual tour COMMENTARY: Taking a kinder, gentler tone against the rudeness of politics Civility has been absent from much of this presidential campaign.David Morgan, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
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But the rudeness in question didn't occur at that event.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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This arbitrary and unprecedented anti-business approach offends the rule of law.Alden Abbott, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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And at least in the most archetypal version of the story — which the movie leans into, hard — Seeger was deeply offended by Dylan’s decision to drown out his own lyrics, and violate the festival’s communal, rootsy spirit with raucous noise.Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
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Also, Ross helped spread the rumor, so that causes a rift between him and Rachel, who are currently on a break from hating each other.Brian Boone, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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However, what is the one thing that investors hate?David T. Nudelman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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What’s also fitting is that the word has become a favorite diss in the rap world, the musical genre that has helped pioneer what mediocrity means today.Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2024
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Lamar decided not to include any of his Drake diss tracks on GNX, but their beef still looms over the album.Justin Curto, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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But in the waning days of a pressure cooker campaign, Selzer's poll for the Des Moines Register, part of the USA TODAY Network, outraged the GOP and gave Democrats false hope ahead of what turned out to be a national Republican rout.Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
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The idea of women keeping their votes hidden from their husbands has outraged some conservatives.Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Over the course of 35 years, audiences around the world have come to love and despise many different Ben Stillers.Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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The cryptocurrency lobby has railed hard against the SEC and its chair, Gary Gensler, who has become uniquely despised by much of the crypto industry for the agency’s strict oversight.William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Disrespect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrespect. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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