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  • 111contemptuous — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. disdainful, derisive, disrespectful; see scornful 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. disdainful, scornful, disrespectful, arrogant, sneering, insolent, insulting, derisive, *high and mighty, supercilious,… …

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  • 112insulting — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. abusive, offensive, disparaging, derogatory, hurtful, debasing, degrading, affronting, outrageous, humiliating, scoffing, derisive, contemptuous, disrespectful, insolent, scurrilous, nasty, dyslogistic; see also… …

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  • 113respect — 01. People in my culture [respect] the elderly, and take proper care of them. 02. It is important to be [respectful] of other cultures even if you don t always understand their values or traditions. 03. Wilson Mizner once said, I [respect] faith …

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  • 114cheeky — adjective BrE 1 rude or disrespectful, especially towards someone older such as a teacher or parent: Don t be so cheeky! | The cheeky devil! | cheeky monkey: Cheeky monkey! Get your hand out of the biscuit tin. 2 approving disrespectful or not… …

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  • 115disrespectfully — adverb in a disrespectful manner he treats his parents rather disrespectfully • Ant: ↑respectfully • Derived from adjective: ↑disrespectful …

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  • 116mockingly — adverb 1. in a disrespectful and mocking manner Sorry, she repeated derisively • Syn: ↑derisively, ↑scoffingly, ↑derisorily • Derived from adjective: ↑mocking, ↑derisive ( …

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  • 117talk back — also[answer back] {v.} {informal} To answer rudely; reply in a disrespectful way; be fresh. * /When the teacher told the boy to sit down, he talked back to her and said she couldn t make him./ * /Mary talked back when her mother told her to stop… …

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  • 118talk back — also[answer back] {v.} {informal} To answer rudely; reply in a disrespectful way; be fresh. * /When the teacher told the boy to sit down, he talked back to her and said she couldn t make him./ * /Mary talked back when her mother told her to stop… …

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  • 119Bobbery — Bob ber*y, n. [Prob. an Anglo Indian form of Hindi b[=a]p re O thou father! (a very disrespectful address).] A squabble; a tumult; a commotion; a noisy disturbance; as, to raise a bobbery. [Low] Halliwell. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 120dis — v. t. [shortened from disrespect.] [imp. & p. p. {dissed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {dissing}.] to treat in a disrespectful manner; to insult, disparage or belittle. [slang] [PJC] …

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