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self-respecting

[ US /ˌsɛɫfɹɪˈspɛktɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having or showing self-esteem

How To Use self-respecting In A Sentence

  • No self-respecting shopkeeper would touch the defeated currency, instead rattling off a long list of what was acceptable, everything from Dutch guilders and Indian rupees to francs, pounds, and the rare American dollars. A Covert Affair
  • So far as any self-respecting mechanic was concerned, he knew nothing.
  • Some pitiable excuses were pleaded, and in a great many instances it was said that lack of boots and clothing had compelled self-respecting parents to keep their offspring at home.
  • Any self-respecting 17-year-old vegetarian would have flounced away in disgust, but instead my response marked the first flicker that my veggie years may be short-lived.
  • The balance between treble and bass is just right and there's no doubting this is a top-notch system that any self-respecting audiophile would be happy to own.
  • The clamorous ticktock, ticktock of his watch would have put any self-respecting alarm clock to shame. THE LONELY SEA
  • And like any self-respecting vanguard, this one started under very lowly circumstances.
  • Ranging from scarlet to carnelian to a kind of raspberry-magenta blend, they would have induced psychosis in any self-respecting interior designer. Richard (RJ) Eskow: Debate on a Strange Red Planet
  • Yet no self-respecting third-party candidate runs for election simply to destroy one big party and elevate the other.
  • No self-respecting actor would appear in a porn movie.
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