Was heißt »de­s­pek­tier­lich« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv »de­s­pek­tier­lich« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • disrespectful
  • disparaging
  • contemptuous
  • disrespectfully
  • irreverent
  • dismissive
  • flippant

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

In den Vereinigten Staaten ist es despektierlich, beim Nudelnessen zu schlürfen; in Japan hingegen gilt es als höflich und sogar als Kompliment.

In the U.S. it is disrespectful to slurp while eating noodles, but in Japan it is considered polite and even flattering.

Von den Toten darf man nicht despektierlich sprechen.

You must not speak disrespectfully of the dead.

Das ist despektierlich.

That's disrespectful.

Wir dürfen nicht despektierlich von den Toten sprechen.

We must not speak disrespectfully of the dead.

Synonyme

ab­schät­zig:
derogatory
dreist:
brash
cheeky
re­s­pekt­los:
impious
irreverently
unfilial
unfilially
unrespectful
unrespectfully
with disrespect
rück­sichts­los:
inconsiderate
rü­de:
rude
un­freund­lich:
unfriendly
unkind
un­höf­lich:
discourteous
impolite

Antonyme

ehr­er­bie­tig:
deferential
respectful
reverent
freund­lich:
affable
cordial
friendly
pleasant
höf­lich:
courteous
debonair
polite
suave
kor­rekt:
correct
wohl­er­zo­gen:
well-behaved

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Tom is often disrespectful towards his teachers.

  • What Tom said was very disrespectful.

  • Tom is rude and disrespectful.

  • We didn't know how to interpret the dismissive gesture that Tom made with his hands.

  • They are rude and disrespectful.

  • You're rude and disrespectful.

  • These tourists are disrespectful.

  • That's a little disrespectful.

  • She was never disrespectful to me.

  • Contrary to my expectations, they were actually quite unpatriotic and irreverent.

  • Tom let it be known with a dismissive wave of his hand that he wasn't enthusiastic about the idea.

  • It seems that I often see mean and disparaging behavior towards individuals on the net.

  • He is contemptuous of his boss's narrow mind.

Despektierlich übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: despektierlich. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: despektierlich. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 2727041, 7012070, 8244910, 9191631, 4910883, 6343137, 6947008, 4141205, 7060258, 7060497, 7167497, 2884031, 1534797, 921803, 10336697, 402429 & 286752. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR