Synonyms for disrespectful
- adjective
Most common
irreverent insolent impolite discourteous contemptuous derisive
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Impolite
impolite, insolent, rude, irreverent, discourteous, flippant, uncivil, impudent, impertinent, impious, flip informal, aweless, uncourteous, awless, insulting, cheeky, pert, unmannerly, chutzpadik, malapert dated
2. Derisive
derisive, contemptuous, disdainful, scornful, pejorative, contumelious formal dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Lacking respect.
- adj. 2
irrespective, heedless, regardless
Related words
- Word family
- disrespectfully disrespectfulness
Example sentences
- irreverent In the scene, Mary is a controversial and irreverent comic.
- insolent Her insolent remarks to her boss cost her her job.
- impolite Tom told me that he thought Mary had been impolite.
- discourteous That would have been discourteous.
- contemptuous Tom seems to be contemptuous of ordinary people.
- derisive His derisive laughter made me think that I was wrong.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| disrespectful | rising | |
| irreverent | rising | |
| insolent | steady | |
| impolite | rising | |
| discourteous | steady | |
| contemptuous | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- rude1, flip1, pert1
- 6 letters
- cheeky2, awless
- 7 letters
- uncivil3, impious3, aweless
- 8 letters
- insolent3, impolite3, flippant2, impudent, derisive3, scornful2, malapert
- 9 letters
- insulting3
- 10 letters
- irreverent4, pejorative4, disdainful3, unmannerly, chutzpadik
- 11 letters
- impertinent4, uncourteous
- 12 letters
- contemptuous4, discourteous, contumelious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cheeky2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- irrespectueux
- Italiano
- irrispettoso
- Deutsch
- respektlos
- Català
- irrespectuós