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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disrespect |
| Synonyms: | blasphemy, cheek, derision, discourtesy, flippancy, heresy, impertinence, impiety, impudence, insult, mockery, profanity, ridicule, rudeness, sauciness, sin, sinfulness |
| Antonyms: | regard, respect, reverence |
| Main Entry: | desecration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violation, abuse |
| Synonyms: | blasphemy, debasement, defilement, impiety, irreverence, profanation, sacrilege |
| Antonyms: | honor, praise, sanctification |
| Main Entry: | disrespect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disregard, rudeness toward someone |
| Synonyms: | boldness, coarseness, contempt, discourtesy, dishonor, flippancy, hardihood, impertinence, impiety, impoliteness, impudence, incivility, insolence, insolency, insolentness, irreverence, lack of respect, sacrilege, unmannerliness |
| Antonyms: | civility, esteem, honor, regard, respect, reverence |
| Main Entry: | hypocrisy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deceitfulness, pretense |
| Synonyms: | affectation, bad faith, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsity, fraud, glibness, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service, mockery, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, phoniness, pietism, quackery, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, speciousness, unctuousness |
| Antonyms: | forthrightness, honesty, righteousness, sincerity, truth |
| Main Entry: | profanity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foul language |
| Synonyms: | abuse, blasphemy, curse, cursing, cuss, cuss word, dirty language, dirty name, dirty word, execration, four-letter word, impiety, imprecation, irreverence, malediction, no-no, obscenity, profaneness, sacrilege, swearing, swearword, taboo |
| Antonyms: | clean language |
| Main Entry: | impiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ungodliness |
| Synonyms: | blasphemy, godlessness, heresy, irreverence, profanity |
| Main Entry: | cheekiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impudence |
| Synonyms: | audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, chutzpa, chutzpah, crust, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, forwardness, gall, impertinence, impudency, incivility, insolence, irreverence, nerve, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness |
| Main Entry: | lese majesty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disrespect |
| Synonyms: | boldness, coarseness, contempt, discourtesy, dishonor, flippancy, hardihood, impertinence, impiety, impoliteness, impudence, incivility, insolence, insolency, insolentness, irreverence, lack of respect, sacrilege, unmannerliness |
| Main Entry: | pharisaism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hypocrisy |
| Synonyms: | affectation, bad faith, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, false profession, falsity, fraud*, glibness, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service, mockery, pharisaicalness, phoniness, pietism, quackery, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, speciousness, tartuffery, two-facedness, unctuousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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