Meanings
plural disrespects
- uncountableusuallyA lack of respect, esteem or courteous behavior.
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.
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, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 20191 more example
[S]he uſed many arguments both to excuſe her ſelf and divert their intentions, yet adding ſtill more fierceneſs to their former behaviour, as they would not ſeem at all to be ſatisfied either with her language or her tears (notwithſtanding they proceeded more from her apprehenſion of their diſreſpects to her perſon, than out of any ſenſe ſhe had of her own preſent danger) […]
1665, The Princesse Cloria: or, The Royal Romance. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Edward Man […], page 360Synonyms: disrespeck, misrespect, unrespect · Antonyms: respect
present singular third person disrespects · participle present disrespecting · participle past disrespected · past disrespected
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA lack of respect, esteem or courteous behavior.
verbTo show a lack of respect to someone or something.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
verbhave little or no respect for; hold in contempt
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishrespect
- Englishdisrespect
Translations
Arabic عدم احترام
- عدم احترامlack of respect
Bulgarian неуважение, не уважавам
- неуважение (neuvaženie)lack of respect
- не уважавам (ne uvažavam)to show a lack of respect
Catalan irrespecte
- irrespectelack of respect
Chinese Mandarin 不敬, 謾 /谩
- 不敬 (bùjìng)lack of respect
- 謾 /谩 (mán)lack of respect
- 無禮 /无礼 (wúlǐ)lack of respect
Czech neúcta
- neúctalack of respect
Danish krænke, forulempe
- krænketo show a lack of respect
- forulempeto show a lack of respect
- ydmygeto show a lack of respect
- nedværdigeto show a lack of respect
- fornedreto show a lack of respect
Esperanto malrespekto, malrespekti
- malrespektolack of respect
- malrespektito show a lack of respect
Finnish epäkunnioitus, käyttäytyä epäkunnioittavasti
- epäkunnioituslack of respect
- käyttäytyä epäkunnioittavastito show a lack of respect
French irrespect, manque de respect
- irrespectlack of respect
- manque de respectlack of respect
German Disrespekt, Nichtachtung
- Disrespektlack of respect
- Nichtachtunglack of respect
- Respektlosigkeitlack of respect
- respektlos behandelnto show a lack of respect
Greek ανευλάβεια, ασέβεια
- ανευλάβεια (anevláveia)lack of respect
- ασέβεια (aséveia)lack of respect
- ασεβώ (asevó)to show a lack of respect
Hindi अनादर, अपमान
- अनादर (anādar)lack of respect
- अपमान (apmān)lack of respect
- अनादर (anādar)to show a lack of respect
- अपमान (apmān)to show a lack of respect
Hungarian tiszteletlenség
- tiszteletlenséglack of respect
Indonesian ketidakhormatan
- ketidakhormatanlack of respect
Irish mí-urraim, anurraim
- mí-urraimlack of respect
- anurraimlack of respect
- dímheaslack of respect
Japanese 軽視, 無礼
- 軽視 (keishi)lack of respect
- 無礼 (burei)lack of respect
Korean 무례
- 무례 (murye)lack of respect
Māori tīkai, whakatīkai
- tīkailack of respect
- whakatīkaito show a lack of respect
- atamaito show a lack of respect
- whakamanumanuto show a lack of respect
- tokorekoto show a lack of respect
- tīkaito show a lack of respect
- tokorepato show a lack of respect
Norwegian dissing, ringeakt
- dissinglack of respect
- ringeaktlack of respect
- disseto show a lack of respect
- ringeakteto show a lack of respect
Polish brak szacunku, nieposzanowanie
- brak szacunkulack of respect
- nieposzanowanielack of respect
Portuguese desrespeito, desrespeitar
- desrespeitolack of respect
- desrespeitarto show a lack of respect
Punjabi ਸਤਕਾਰਹੀਣਤਾ
- ਸਤਕਾਰਹੀਣਤਾ (satkārahīṇtā)lack of respect
Romanian nerespectare, nesimțire
- nerespectarelack of respect
- nesimțirelack of respect
- lipsă de respectlack of respect
- disprețuito show a lack of respect
- nerespectato show a lack of respect
- trata fără respectto show a lack of respect
- arăta lipsă de respectto show a lack of respect
- batjocorito show a lack of respect
Russian неуваже́ние, непочти́тельность
- неуваже́ние (neuvažénije)lack of respect
- непочти́тельность (nepočtítelʹnostʹ)lack of respect
- неуважать (neuvažatʹ)to show a lack of respect
Slovak neúcta, dešpekt
- neúctalack of respect
- dešpektlack of respect
Spanish irrespeto, falta de respeto
- irrespetolack of respect
- falta de respetolack of respect
- faltar al respetoto show a lack of respect
- ningunearto show a lack of respect
- irrespetarto show a lack of respect
- tomar por el pito del serenoto show a lack of respect
- hacer [el] foto show a lack of respect
- hacer gestosto show a lack of respect
Swedish respektlöshet, missfirma
- respektlöshetlack of respect
- missfirmato show a lack of respect
- kränkato show a lack of respect
- förolämpato show a lack of respect
Ukrainian непова́га
- непова́га (nepováha)lack of respect
Vietnamese sự thiếu tôn trọng, sự vô lễ
- sự thiếu tôn trọnglack of respect
- sự vô lễlack of respect
Welsh amarch
- amarchlack of respect
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with disrespect
Anagrams
Cite this entry
disrespect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disrespect
“disrespect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disrespect. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disrespect,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disrespect.
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