Roget's Thesaurus: Entry 929 (Disrespect)

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#929. Disrespect. -- N. disrespect, disesteem, disestimation[obs]; disparagement &c. (dispraise) 932, (detraction) 934.

irreverence; slight, neglect, spretae injuria formae [Lat][Vergil], superciliousness &c. (contempt) 930.

vilipendency|, vilification, contumely, affront, dishonor, insult, indignity, outrage, discourtesy &c. 895; practical joking; scurrility, scoffing, sibilance, hissing, sibilation; irrision[obs]; derision; mockery; irony &c. (ridicule) 856; sarcasm.

hiss, hoot, boo, gibe, flout, jeer, scoff, gleek|, taunt, sneer, quip, fling, wipe, slap in the face.

V. hold in disrespect &c. (despise) 930; misprize, disregard, slight, trifle with, set at naught, pass by, push aside, overlook, turn one's back upon, laugh in one's sleeve; be disrespectful &c. adj., be discourteous &c. 895; treat with disrespect &c.n.; set down, put down, browbeat.

dishonor, desecrate; insult, affront, outrage.

speak slightingly of; disparage &c. (dispraise) 932; vilipend[obs], vilify, call names; throw dirt, fling dirt; drag through the mud, point at, indulge in personalities; make mouths, make faces; bite the thumb; take by the beard; pluck by the beard; toss in a blanket, tar and feather.

have in derision; hold in derision; deride, scoff, barrack, sneer, laugh at, snigger, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer, hiss, hoot, taunt, twit, niggle[obs], gleek|!, gird, flout, fleer[obs]; roast, turn into ridicule; burlesque &c. 856; laugh to scorn &c. (contempt) 930; smoke; fool; make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of[obs]; play a practical joke; lead one a dance, run the rig upon, have a fling at, scout; mob.

Adj. disrespectful; aweless, irreverent; disparaging &c. 934; insulting &c.v.; supercilious, contemptuous, patronizing &c. (scornful) 930; rude, derisive, sarcastic; scurrile, scurrilous; contumelious.

unrespected[obs], unworshiped[obs], unenvied[obs], unsaluted[obs]; unregarded[obs], disregarded.

Adv. disrespectfully &c. adj.