respectfuladjective
uk/rɪˈspekt.fəl/us/rɪˈspekt.fəl/respectful adjective (ADMIRATION)
C1 showing admiration for someone or something:
"We're so pleased to meet you at last," he said in a respectful tone of voice.
Opposite
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Showing respect and admiration
- admiration
- admire
- admiring
- awe
- awestruck
- glory
- hero worship
- honorific
- honour
- idolatry
- idolize
- impress
- recognition
- regard
- reverential
- salute
- sb deserves a medal idiom
- sit
- sit at the feet of sb idiom
- stan
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respectful adjective (HONOUR)
C1 showing politeness or honour to someone or something:
There was a respectful two-minute silence as we remembered the soldiers who had died in the war.
be respectful of sth
to accept that something is important and not to try to change it or cause offence:
He taught his children to be respectful of other cultures.
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Polite and respectful
- chivalrous
- chivalry
- civil
- civility
- civilized
- civilly
- courtly
- couth
- deferential
- euphemism
- gallant
- gentlemanly
- gracious
- keep a civil tongue in your head idiom
- polite
- politely
- politically correct
- refined
- respect
- well mannered
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Accepting & agreeing