Meaning of respectable | Babel Free
[ɹɪˈspɛk.tə.bl̩]Definitions
A person who is respectable.
Equivalents
العربية
محترم
Български
приемлив
Català
respectable
Dansk
respektabel
Esperanto
respektinda
Español
respetable
Gaeilge
oiriúnach
Galego
respectable
Italiano
rispettabile
日本語
尊ぶべき
Latina
reverendus
Română
respectabil
తెలుగు
మర్యాదైన
ไทย
อริย
Examples
“They forced their way into the meetings called by the respectables; and the respectables disappeared. It was of their own respectable good pleasure that they withdrew.”
“The tensions between the "respectables" and the "gay spoilers"”
“The “respectables”, then, impute to themselves an absence of such character blemishes, or stated in more positive terms, an allegiance to American mainstream morality.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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