Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
2. MORAL SENTIMENTS
2290 words | Chapter 189
#928. Respect.—N. respect, regard, consideration; courtesy &c. 894;
attention, deference, reverence, honor, esteem, estimation, veneration,
admiration; approbation &c. 931. homage, fealty, obeisance,
genuflection, kneeling prostration; obsequiousness &c. 886; salaam,
kowtow, bow, presenting arms, salute. respects, regards, duty, devoirs,
egards. devotion &c. (piety) 987. V. respect, regard; revere,
reverence; hold in reverence, honor, venerate, hallow; esteem &c.
(approve of) 931; think much of; entertain respect for, bear respect
for; look up to, defer to; have a high opinion of, hold a high opinion
of; pay attention, pay respect &c. n. to; do honor to, render honor
to; do the honors, hail; show courtesy &c. 894; salute, present arms;
do homage to, pay homage to; pay tribute to, kneel to, bow to, bend the
knee to; fall down before, prostrate oneself, kiss the hem of one's
garment; worship &c. 990. keep one's distance, make room, observe due
decorum, stand upon ceremony. command respect, inspire respect; awe,
inspire awe, impose, overawe, dazzle. Adj. respecting &c.v.;
respectful, deferential, decorous, reverential, obsequious,
ceremonious, bareheaded, cap in hand, on one's knees; prostrate &c.
(servile) 886. respected &c.v.; in high esteem, in high estimation;
time-honored, venerable, emeritus. Adv. in deference to; with all
respect, with all due respect, with due respect, with the highest
respect; with submission. saving your grace, saving your presence;
salva sit reverentia[Lat]; pace tanti nominis[Lat]. Int. hail! all
hail! esto perpetua[Lat]! may your shadow never be less! Phr. "and
pluck up drowned honor by the locks" [Henry IV]; "his honor rooted in
dishonor stood" [Tennyson]; "honor pricks me on" [Henry IV].
#929. Disrespect.—N. disrespect, disesteem, disestimation[obs3];
disparagement &c. (dispraise) 932, (detraction) 934. irreverence;
slight, neglect, spretae injuria formae [Lat][Vergil], superciliousness
&c. (contempt) 930. vilipendency|, vilification, contumely, affront,
dishonor, insult, indignity, outrage, discourtesy &c. 895; practical
joking; scurrility, scoffing, sibilance, hissing, sibilation;
irrision[obs3]; derision; mockery; irony &c. (ridicule) 856; sarcasm.
hiss, hoot, boo, gibe, flout, jeer, scoff, gleek|, taunt, sneer, quip,
fling, wipe, slap in the face. V. hold in disrespect &c. (despise) 930;
misprize, disregard, slight, trifle with, set at naught, pass by, push
aside, overlook, turn one's back upon, laugh in one's sleeve; be
disrespectful &c. adj., be discourteous &c. 895; treat with disrespect
&c.n.; set down, put down, browbeat. dishonor, desecrate; insult,
affront, outrage. speak slightingly of; disparage &c. (dispraise) 932;
vilipend[obs3], vilify, call names; throw dirt, fling dirt; drag
through the mud, point at, indulge in personalities; make mouths, make
faces; bite the thumb; take by the beard; pluck by the beard; toss in a
blanket, tar and feather. have in derision; hold in derision; deride,
scoff, barrack, sneer, laugh at, snigger, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer,
hiss, hoot, taunt, twit, niggle[obs3], gleek|!, gird, flout,
fleer[obs3]; roast, turn into ridicule; burlesque &c. 856; laugh to
scorn &c. (contempt) 930; smoke; fool; make game of, make a fool of,
make an April fool of[obs3]; play a practical joke; lead one a dance,
run the rig upon, have a fling at, scout; mob. Adj. disrespectful;
aweless, irreverent; disparaging &c. 934; insulting &c.v.;
supercilious, contemptuous, patronizing &c. (scornful) 930; rude,
derisive, sarcastic; scurrile, scurrilous; contumelious.
unrespected[obs3], unworshiped[obs3], unenvied[obs3], unsaluted[obs3];
unregarded[obs3], disregarded. Adv. disrespectfully &c. adj.
#930. Contempt.—N. contempt, disdain, scorn, sovereign contempt;
despisal[obs3], despiciency[obs3]; despisement[obs3]; vilipendency|!,
contumely; slight, sneer, spurn, by-word; despect[obs3].
contemptuousness &c. adj.; scornful eye; smile of contempt; derision
&c. (disrespect) 929. despisedness[obs3][State of being despised]. V.
despise, contemn, scorn, disdain, feel contempt for, view with a
scornful eye; disregard, slight, not mind; pass by &c. (neglect) 460.
look down upon; hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in disrespect; think
nothing of, think small beer of; make light of; underestimate &c. 483;
esteem slightly, esteem of small or no account; take no account of,
care nothing for; set no store by; not care a straw, sneeze at &c.
(unimportance) 643; set at naught, laugh in one's sleeve, laugh up
one's sleeve, snap one's fingers at, shrug one's shoulders, turn up
one's nose at, pooh-pooh, "damn with faint praise" [Pope]; whistle at,
sneer at; curl up one's lip, toss the head, traiter de haut enbas[Fr];
laugh at &c. (be disrespectful) 929. point the finger of scorn, hold up
to scorn, laugh to scorn; scout, hoot, flout, hiss, scoff at. turn
one's back upon, turn a cold shoulder upon; tread upon, trample upon,
trample under foot; spurn, kick; fling to the winds &c. (repudiate)
610; send away with a flea in the ear. Adj. contemptuous; disdainful,
scornful; withering, contumelious, supercilious, cynical, haughty,
bumptious, cavalier; derisive. contemptible, despicable; pitiable;
pitiful &c. (unimportant) 643; despised &c.v.; downtrodden;
unenvied[obs3]. unrespectable (unworthy) 874. Adv. contemptuously &c.
adj. Int. a fig for &c. (unimportant) 643; bah! never mind! away with!
hang it! fiddlededee! Phr. "a dismal universal hiss, the sound of
public scorn" [Paradise Lost]; "I had rather be a dog and bay the moon
than such a Roman" [Julius Caesar].
#931. Approbation.—N. approbation; approval, approvement[obs3];
sanction, advocacy; nod of approbation; esteem, estimation, good
opinion, golden opinions, admiration; love &c. 897; appreciation,
regard, account, popularity, κῦδος, credit; repute &c. 873; best
seller. commendation, praise; laud, laudation; good word; meed of
praise, tribute of praise; encomium; eulogy, eulogium[obs3]; eloge[Fr],
panegyric; homage, hero worship; benediction, blessing, benison.
applause, plaudit, clap; clapping, clapping of hands; acclaim,
acclamation; cheer; paean, hosannah; shout of applause, peal of
applause, chorus of applause, chorus of praise &c.; Prytaneum. V.
approve; approbate[obs3][1], think good, think much of, think well of,
think highly of; esteem, value, prize; set great store by, set great
store on. do justice to, appreciate; honor, hold in esteem, look up to,
admire; like &c. 897; be in favor of, wish Godspeed; hail, hail with
satisfaction. stand up for, stick up for; uphold, hold up, countenance,
sanction; clap on the back, pat on the back; keep in countenance,
indorse; give credit, recommend; mark with a white mark, mark with a
stone. commend, belaud[obs3], praise, laud, compliment; pay a tribute,
bepraise[obs3]; clap the hands; applaud, cheer, acclamate[obs3],
encore; panegyrize[obs3], eulogize, cry up, proner[Fr], puff; extol,
extol to the skies; magnify, glorify, exalt, swell, make much of;
flatter &c. 933; bless, give a blessing to; have a good word for, say a
good word for; speak well of, speak highly of, speak in high terms of;
sing the praises of, sound the praises of, chaunt the praises of;
resound the praises of; sing praises to; cheer to the echo, applaud to
the echo, applaud to the very echo, cheer to the very echo. redound to
the honor, redound to the praise, redound to the credit of; do credit
to; deserve praise &c.n.; recommend itself; pass muster. be praised
&c.; receive honorable mention; be in favor with, be in high favor
with; ring with the praises of, win golden opinions, gain credit, find
favor with, stand well in the opinion of; laudari a laudato viro[Lat].
Adj. approving &c.v.; in favor of; lost in admiration. commendatory,
complimentary, benedictory[obs3], laudatory, panegyrical, eulogistic,
encomiastic, lavish of praise, uncritical. approved, praised &c.v.;
uncensured, unimpeached; popular, in good odor; in high esteem &c.
(respected) 928; in favor, in high favor. deserving of praise, worthy
of praise &c.n.; praiseworthy, commendable, of estimation; good &c.
648; meritorious, estimable, creditable, plausible, unimpeachable;
beyond all praise. Adv. with credit, to admiration; well &c. 618; with
three times three. Int. hear hear! bully for you! * well done! bravo!
bravissimo! euge[Ger]! macte virtute[Lat]! so far so good, that's
right, quite right; optime[obs3]! one cheer more; may your shadow never
be less! esto perpetua[Lat]! long life to! viva! enviva[obs3]!
Godspeed! valete et plaudite[Lat]! encore! bis[obs3]! Phr. probatum
est[Lat]; tacent satis laudant[Lat]; "servant of God, well done!"
[Paradise Lost].
[note 1][Obsolete in England except in legal writings, but surviving in
the United States chiefly in a technical sense for license. C.O.S.M.].
#932. Disapprobation.—N. disapprobation, disapproval;
improbation[obs3]; disesteem, disvaluation[obs3], displacency[obs3];
odium; dislike &c. 867. dispraise, discommendation[obs3]; blame,
censure, obloquy; detraction &c. 934; disparagement, depreciation;
denunciation; condemnation &c. 971; ostracism; black list.
animadversion, reflection, stricture, objection, exception, criticism;
sardonic grin, sardonic laugh; sarcasm, insinuation, innuendo; bad
compliment, poor compliment, left-handed compliment. satire; sneer &c.
(contempt) 930; taunt &c. (disrespect) 929; cavil, carping,
censoriousness; hypercriticism &c. (fastidiousness) 868. reprehension,
remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition,
increpation[obs3], reproach; rebuke, reprimand, castigation,
jobation[obs3], lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing,
rating, scolding, trimming; correction, set down, rap on the knuckles,
coup de bec[Fr], rebuff; slap, slap on the face; home thrust, hit;
frown, scowl, black look. diatribe; jeremiad, jeremiade; tirade,
philippic. clamor, outcry, hue and cry; hiss, hissing; sibilance,
sibilation, catcall; execration &c. 908. chiding, upbraiding &c.v.;
exprobation[obs3], abuse, vituperation, invective, objurgation,
contumely; hard words, cutting words, bitter words. evil-speaking; bad
language &c. 908; personality. V. disapprove; dislike &c. 867; lament
&c. 839; object to, take exception to; be scandalized at, think ill of;
view with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes; nil
admirari[Lat], disvalue[obs3]; improbate[obs3]. frown upon, look grave;
bend the brows, knit the brows; shake the head at, shrug the shoulders;
turn up the nose &c. (contempt) 930; look askance, look black upon;
look with an evil eye; make a wry face, make a wry mouth at; set one's
face against. dispraise, discommend[obs3], disparage; deprecate, speak
ill of, not speak well of; condemn &c. (find guilty) 971. blame; lay
blame upon, cast blame upon; censure, fronder[Fr], reproach, pass
censure on, reprobate, impugn. remonstrate, expostulate, recriminate.
reprehend, chide, admonish; berate, betongue[obs3]; bring to account,
call to account, call over the coals, rake over the coals, call to
order; take to task, reprove, lecture, bring to book; read a lesson,
read a lecture to; rebuke, correct. reprimand, chastise, castigate,
lash, blow up, trounce, trim, laver la tete[Fr], overhaul; give it one,
give it one finely; gibbet. accuse &c. 938; impeach, denounce; hold up
to reprobation, hold up to execration; expose, brand, gibbet,
stigmatize; show up, pull up, take up; cry "shame" upon; be outspoken;
raise a hue and cry against. execrate &c. 908; exprobate[obs3], speak
daggers, vituperate; abuse, abuse like a pickpocket; scold, rate,
objurgate, upbraid, fall foul of; jaw; rail, rail at, rail in good set
terms; bark at; anathematize, call names; call by hard names, call by
ugly names; avile|, revile; vilify, vilipend[obs3]; bespatter;
backbite; clapperclaw[obs3]; rave against, thunder against, fulminate
against; load with reproaches. exclaim against, protest against,
inveigh against, declaim against, cry out against, raise one's voice
against. decry; cry down, run down, frown down; clamor, hiss, hoot,
mob, ostracize, blacklist; draw up a round robin, sign a round robin.
animadvert upon, reflect upon; glance at; cast reflection, cast
reproach, cast a slur upon; insinuate, damn with faint praise; "hint a
fault and hesitate dislike"; not to be able to say much for. scoff at,
point at; twit, taunt &c. (disrespect) 929; sneer at &c. (despise) 230;
satirize, lampoon; defame &c. (detract) 934; depreciate, find fault
with, criticize, cut up; pull to pieces, pick to pieces; take
exception; cavil; peck at, nibble at, carp at; be censorious &c. adj.;
pick holes, pick a hole, pick a hole in one's coat; make a fuss about.
take down, take down a peg, set down; snub, snap one up, give a rap on
the knuckles; throw a stone at, throw a stone in one's garden; have a
fling, have a snap at; have words with, pluck a crow with; give one a
wipe, give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue. incur blame,
excite disapprobation, scandalize, shock, revolt; get a bad name,
forfeit one's good opinion, be under a cloud, come under the ferule,
bring a hornet's nest about one's ears. take blame, stand corrected;
have to answer for. Adj. disapproving &c.v.; scandalized. disparaging,
condemnatory, damnatory[obs3], denunciatory, reproachful, abusive,
objurgatory[obs3], clamorous, vituperative; defamatory &c. 934.
satirical, sarcastic, sardonic, cynical, dry, sharp, cutting, biting,
severe, withering, trenchant, hard upon; censorious, critical,
captious, carping, hypercritical; fastidious &c. 868; sparing of
praise, grudging praise. disapproved, chid &c.v.; in bad odor, blown
upon, unapproved; unblest[obs3]; at a discount, exploded; weighed in
the balance and found wanting. blameworthy, reprehensible &c. (guilt)
947; to blame, worthy of blame; answerable, uncommendable,
exceptionable, not to be thought of; bad &c. 649; vicious &c. 945.
unlamented, unbewailed[obs3], unpitied[obs3]. Adv. with a wry face;
reproachfully &c. adj. Int. it is too bad! it won't do, it will never
do! marry come up! Oh! come! 'sdeath! forbid it Heaven! God forbid,
Heaven forbid! out upon, fie upon it! away with! tut! O tempora[obs3]!
O mores! shame! fie, fie for shame! out on you! tell it not in Gath!
#933. Flattery.—N. flattery, adulation, gloze; blandishment,
blandiloquence[obs3]; cajolery; fawning, wheedling &c.v.;
captation[obs3], coquetry, obsequiousness, sycophancy,
flunkeyism[obs3], toadeating[obs3], tuft-hunting; snobbishness.
incense, honeyed words, flummery; bunkum, buncombe; blarney, placebo,
butter; soft soap, soft sawder[obs3]; rose water. voice of the charmer,
mouth honor; lip homage; euphemism; unctuousness &c. adj. V. flatter,
praise to the skies, puff; wheedle, cajole, glaver[obs3], coax; fawn
upon, faun upon; humor, gloze, soothe, pet, coquet, slaver, butter;
jolly [U.S.]; bespatter, beslubber[obs3], beplaster[obs3],
beslaver[obs3]; lay it on thick, overpraise; earwig, cog,
collogue[obs3]; truckle to, pander to, pandar to[obs3], suck up to,
kiss the ass of [vulgar], pay court to; court; creep into the good
graces of, curry favor with, hang on the sleeve of; fool to the top of
one's bent; lick the dust. lay the flattering unction to one's soul,
gild the pill, make things pleasant. overestimate &c. 482; exaggerate
&c. 549. Adj. flattering &c.v.; adulatory; mealy-mouthed,
honey-mouthed; honeyed; smooth, smooth-tongued; soapy, oily, unctuous,
blandiloquent[obs3], specious; fine-spoken, fair spoken; plausible,
servile, sycophantic, fulsome; courtierly[obs3], courtier-like. Adv. ad
captandum[Lat].
#934. Detraction.—N. detraction, disparagement, depreciation,
vilification, obloquy, scurrility, scandal, defamation, aspersion,
traducement, slander, calumny, obtrectation[obs3], evil-speaking,
backbiting, scandalum magnatum[Lat]. personality, libel, lampoon, skit,
pasquinade; chronique scandaleuse[Fr]; roorback [U.S.]. sarcasm,
cynicism; criticism (disapprobation) 932; invective &c. 932; envenomed
tongue; spretae injuria formae[Lat]. personality, libel, lampoon, skit,
pasquinade; chronique scandaleuse[Fr]; roorback [U.S.]. detractor &c.
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