Antonyms of adj respectful
2 senses of respectful
Sense 1
respectful (vs. disrespectful) -- (full of or exhibiting respect; "respectful behavior"; "a respectful glance")
disrespectful (vs. respectful) -- (exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous; "remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher")
=> annihilating, devastating, withering -- (making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert)
=> contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful -- (expressing extreme contempt)
=> contumelious -- (arrogantly insolent)
=> derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting -- (abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'")
=> impious, undutiful -- (lacking due respect or dutifulness; "impious toward one's parents"; "an undutiful son")
=> impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed, flip -- (marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior")
=> undeferential -- (not showing courteous respect)
Sense 2
respectful, reverential, venerating -- (feeling or manifesting veneration)
INDIRECT (VIA reverent) -> irreverent -- (showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists")
Similarity of adj respectful
2 senses of respectful
Sense 1
respectful (vs. disrespectful) -- (full of or exhibiting respect; "respectful behavior"; "a respectful glance")
=> deferent, deferential, regardful -- (showing deference)
=> honorific -- (conferring or showing honor or respect; "honorific social status commonly attaches to membership in a recognized profession")
Also See-> courteous#2; humble#2; reverent#1
Sense 2
respectful, reverential, venerating -- (feeling or manifesting veneration)
=> reverent (vs. irreverent) -- (feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence")