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Home/Rootonym/Treatment with contempt or rudeness; a lack of esteem; discourtesy; impoliteness (noun)
Treatment with contempt or rudeness; a lack of esteem; discourtesy; impoliteness (noun)
USA Today Rootonym clue · 10 letters · last seen October 19, 2026
Answer
DISRESPECT
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The Root
SPECTmeans “look, see, appear”
In a sentence: That spoiled child showed an outrageous display of DISRESPECT toward her parents.
About this clue
The Rootonym clue “Treatment with contempt or rudeness; a lack of esteem; discourtesy; impoliteness (noun)” has the answer DISRESPECT (10 letters), built on the root SPECT, which means “look, see, appear”. See the full October 19, 2026 Rootonym puzzle for the other three words, or browse all Rootonym answers.
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