disrespect

PreciousJonesHe has been disrespectful to the king.

This one is correct.To show disrespect to/for someone.Not "of".

I think of can also be used...

PreciousJones He has been disrespectful of the king. OrHe has been disrespectful to the king.Are both in use?Thank you!

Yes, both are in use.

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I think you misunderstood the use of "for/to and of".

If YOU show disrespect ,it's to/for someone.
If SOMEONE is showing direspect to someone else.,use for; (I heard about disrespect of Bob to his mom,i

No, I did not misunderstand. I checked the frequencies of both phrases (disrespectful of/to) in the American Corpus, and found both of them (of, to) to be cited. Here is an example:

... they are perceived as disrespectful of authority.

That being said, if you refer to an individual person (eg. Barack Obama) and not the office (authority, king), there is a difference.

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When I said " you misunderstood",I referred to PreciousJohns saying that both are true.
So both of them are correct ,right ?.
If I want to say that this person is showing disrespect,may I say "of" too ?as shown in the example above.

Here are some different examples of using the two phrases:

They were disrespectful of authority. (They broke all the laws.)
They were disrespectful to the president when he visited. (They threw their shoes at him.) I might also use "of the president" in this sentence.

That was very disrespectful of them! (Another person commented on the people who threw their shoes at him. T