adjective
1. exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous
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remarks disrespectful of the law
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disrespectful in the presence of his parents
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disrespectful toward his teacher
• Ant: ↑respectful
• Similar to:
↑annihilating, ↑devastating, ↑withering, ↑contemptuous, ↑disdainful, ↑insulting, ↑scornful, ↑contumelious, ↑derisive, ↑gibelike, ↑jeering, ↑mocking, ↑taunting, ↑impious, ↑undutiful, ↑impudent, ↑insolent, ↑snotty-nosed, ↑flip, ↑undeferential
• See Also: ↑immodest, ↑discourteous, ↑irreverent, ↑offensive, ↑sarcastic
2. neither feeling nor showing respect
• Similar to: ↑irreverent
Useful english dictionary. 2012.