disrespectful

«disrespectful» in Mova's school dictionary: rude and not showing respect or care for someone or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (disrespectful, more disrespectful, most disrespectful)

meaning for a pupil

Disrespectful means rude and not showing respect or care for someone or something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In lessons on manners and behaviour it names actions like interrupting, rolling your eyes, calling names, ignoring teachers or damaging other people's things. In stories it shows a character being rude. Phrases: «disrespectful to / towards», «it is disrespectful to …».

examples

• It is disrespectful to talk while someone else is speaking. tree →
• He was sent out for being disrespectful to the teacher. tree →
• Writing on library books is disrespectful. tree →
• She didn't mean to be disrespectful. tree →
• Laughing at someone's accent is disrespectful. tree →
• Being disrespectful to older people is unkind. tree →
• Walking on graves is seen as disrespectful. tree →
• “I wasn’t meaning to be disrespectful.” tree →

note

«Dis-» means not: dis-respect-ful = not full of respect. Opposite: «respectful», «polite». Noun: «disrespect». Use «to» or «towards» for the person. Not a number word.

In the corpora

• "Cheeky" means rude or disrespectful, often said lightly (UK).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «disrespectful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.