different between duteous vs respectful

English

Etymology

Irregular combination of duty +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?dju?.ti.?s/, /?d?u?.ti.?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?du.ti.?s/
• Rhymes: -u?ti?s

Adjective

duteous (comparative more duteous, superlative most duteous)

1. (archaic) dutiful

   a duteous son

2. (archaic) Obsequious; submissively obedient.
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act iv, scene 6 (First Folio ed.)

     I know thee well. A ?eruiceable Villaine,
     As duteous to the vices of thy Mi?tris,
     As badne??e would de?ire.

   • 1881 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Heart of the Night, lines 10-14

     O Lord, the awful Lord of will! though late,

     Even yet renew this soul with duteous breath:

     That when the peace is garnered in from strife,

     The work retrieved, the will regenerate,

     This soul may see thy face, O Lord of death!

Related terms

• duteously
• duty
• unduteous

Translations

References

• The Oxford English Dictionary

English

Alternative forms

• respec'ful

Etymology

respect +? -ful

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???sp?ktf?l/
• Hyphenation: re?spect?ful

Adjective

respectful (comparative more respectful, superlative most respectful)

1. Marked or characterized by respect
   • 1907, Marshall Broomhall (Editor), The Chinese Empire. A General & Missionary Survey/The Province of Kansu

     On the whole, indifference rather than open hostility has been the attitude of the people towards the Gospel, but since 1900 there has been a more eager and respectful attention to the things taught.

Antonyms

• contemptuous
• disdainful
• disrespectful

Related terms

• respectfully
• respectfulness

Translations

See also

• respective
• respectable