单词 | disrespectable |
释义 | disrespectableadj. The opposite of respectable; not worthy of respect; not in accordance with standards of respectability. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [adjective] > not respectable disrespectable1813 irrespectable1890 not-quite1920 1813 Examiner 22 Mar. 187/1 All distinction..between what is respectable and what is disrespectable would be at an end. 1831 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel (new ed.) I. xvi. 319 Well acquainted with the town..but in a sort of disrespectable way. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. v. 185 Not only was he [Heine] not one of Mr. Carlyle's ‘respectable’ people, he was profoundly disrespectable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1813 |
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