Dictionary: DIS – DISZ

► DIS adj. disconnected; hence, broken, not working → 1925 colloq.
n. 1. discipline → 1945  World War II Amer. sl.
n. 2. Death while In the Saddle, or Death while engaged In Sexual intercourse → 1979 US sl.
n. 3. failure to show respect; abuse, disparagement; an expression of scorn or contempt, an insult → 1986 sl., orig. US, esp. African-American
vb. 1. to show disrespect, to disparage → 1982 US sl.
vb. 2. to release, to discharge, as from prison → 1990 US sl.
vb. 3. to insult in a competitive, quasi-friendly spirit, esp. in a competitive rap battle → 2000 US sl.
► DISABLE adj. unable; incapable; impotent → 1500
► DISABLEBODIED adj. not able-bodied, not strong or active → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISABLED adj. unable to do something because of illness or incapacity → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DISABLEMENT n. the imposition of a legal disability; also, a penalty, a disqualification → 1485
n. a disabling; a disability → 1597
► DISABLIST adj. discriminating or prejudiced against disabled people → 1984
► DISABRIDGE vb. to reverse the abridgement of; to extend, to expand → 1605 obs.
► DISABUNDANCE vb. to deprive, to inconvenience, to discommode → 1942 Amer. dial.
► DISABUSE n. disturbance → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to abuse, to misuse → 1607 Sc. obs..
vb. 2. to mar, to spoil → 1607 Sc. obs.
► DISACCEPT vb. to refuse to accept; to decline → 1647 obs.
► DISACCEPTABLE adj. unacceptable → 1653 obs. 
► DISACCOMMODATE vb. to cause to become less well accommodated; to inconvenience, to incommode → 1586
► DISACCORD vb. to disagree, to quarrel → 1500
► DISACKLY adv. exactly → 1874 Eng. dial.
► DISACTLY adv. exactly → 1740 Eng. dial.
► DISANFRENLY adj. unfriendly → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISANNUL vb. 1. to disarrange, to inconvenience, to interfere with, to injure → 1857 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to abolish, to destroy, to do away with, to remove → 1892 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to countermand; to refute → 1892 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to forbid, to hinder, to refuse → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISAPPOINT adj. disappointed → 1928 Amer. dial.
n. disappointment → 1922 Amer. dial.
vb. to reject in love or marriage → 1857 Amer. dial.
► DISASSIST vb. to do the reverse of assisting; to hinder, to obstruct → 1669 obs.
► DISASTER n. disgust → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to injure seriously → 1812 Sc.
vb. 2. to disgust → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► DISAUTHENTIC adj. 1. not authoritative; not entitled to respect → 1591 obs.
adj. 2. not true or genuine; hence, not worthy of acceptance or belief; inauthentic → 1960
► DISBAND n. a discarded playing card → 1970 Amer. dial.
vb. to discard a playing card → 1970 Amer. dial.
► DISBEHAVE vb. to misbehave, to behave badly → 1900 Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DISBELIKED adj. disliked, unpopular → 1885 Eng. dial.
► DISBOAST vb. to disburse → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISBOST vb. to disburse → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISBOSTMENT n. disbursement → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISBURST vb. to disburse → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISBUST n. an uproar, a broil → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► DISCABOOBULATION n. disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity → 1986 Amer. dial.
► DISCERNING OF DAY n. daybreak; the first appearance of day → 1952 Amer. dial.
► DISCHARGE vb. to forbid, to prohibit, to charge not to do → 1631 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DISCIPLE n. a fellow; a chap → 1848 Ireland 
► DISCIPLINATE vb. to discipline, to train, to teach → 1586 obs.
► DISCLANDER n. 1.  malicious speech bringing opprobrium upon anyone; slander → 1300 obs.
n. 2. reproach or reprobation called forth by what is considered shameful or wrong; public disgrace or opprobrium; scandal → 1390 obs.
vb. 1. to speak evil of, so as to expose to opprobrium; to slander; to calumniate → 1290 obs.
vb. 2. to bring into public disgrace or opprobrium; to bring scandal upon → 1385 obs.
► DISCO DANCER n. cancer → 20C Aust. sl.
► DISCOMBOBBERATE vb. to confuse, to bewilder → 1838 US sl.
► DISCOMBOBERATE vb. to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert → 1840 Amer. dial.
► DISCOMBOBBLE vb. to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DISCOMBOBOLATE vb. to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert → 1943 Amer. dial.
► DISCOMBOBOLATION n. disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity → 1911 Amer. dial.
► DISCOMBOBRACATE vb. to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert → 1834 Amer. dial.
► DISCOMBOBULATE vb. to confuse, to bewilder → 1916 sl., orig. & chiefly US 
► DISCOMBOBULATION n. disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity → 1839 Amer. dial.
► DISCOMBOOBELATE vb. to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DISCOMBOOBERATE vb. to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert → 1943 Amer. dial.
► DISCOMBOOBLE vb. to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DISCOMBOOMERATE vb. to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DISCOMBULATE vb. to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DISCOMFISH vb. to defeat, to overthrow → 1825 Sc. 
► DISCOMFIT vb. to inconvenience, to bother → 1913 Amer. dial.
► DISCOMFRONTLE vb. to disarrange, to discompose → 1900 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► DISCOMFUFFLE vb. to cause inconvenience, to trouble → 1900 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► DISCOMGOLLIFUSTICATED adj. bewildered; confused; disconcerted, discomforted, embarrassed → 1916 Amer. dial.
► DISCOMMEND vb. to speak of dissuasively → 1533 
► DISCOMMODABLE adj. disagreeable, annoying → 1579 obs.
► DISCONBOBBERATE vb. to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DISCONSOLATORY adj. disheartening, saddening → 1823 Sc. 
► DISCONVENIENCE n. an inconvenience → 1825 Sc. 
vb.  to inconvenience; to be put to discomfort → 1825 Sc. 
► DISCONVENIENT adj. inconvenient → 1825 Sc. 
► DISCOPHILE ► DISKOPHILE n. a zealous collector of phonograph records → 1991 (Bk.)
► DISCOPHILY ►  DISKOPHILY n. the zealous study and collection of phonograph records → 1991 (Bk.)
► DISCORDFUL adj. full of discord; quarrelsome, contentious → 1596 obs.
► DISCORDOUS adj. full of discord; disagreeing, quarrelsome → 1597
► DISCOURSE n. bad language, obscenity, swearing → 1889 Eng. dial. 
► DISCOURSER n. a speaker, an orator, a lecturer → 1564 
► DISCOURSY adj. conversable → 1825 Sc. 
► DISCREPATE vb. 1. to differ; to be discrepant → 1590 obs.
vb. 2. to discriminate or make a distinction; to distinguish from someone or something else → 1828
► DISCRIMINOUS adj. hazardous, dangerous, perilous, full of jeopardy → 1666 obs.
► DISCUMBOBERATE vb. to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert → 1916 Amer. dial.
► DISCUMFUDDLED adj. very much bewildered, or shaken; confused, disconcerted → 1911 Amer. dial.
► DISCUMGALLIGUMFRICATED adj. very greatly astonished but pleased → 1916 Amer. dial.
► DISCURSE vb. to discuss → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DISCUTABLE adj. capable of being discussed; open to discussion → 1868
► DISDOING adj. not thriving → 1825 Sc. 
► DISE n. loot, plunder; effects that can readily be disposed of in the market as new  goods; ‘merchandise’ → 1914 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► DISEASE n. annoyance, discomfort, inconvenience, unpleasantness → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISEASED adj. deceased → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISELL ► DISLE ► DISSEL n. the thistle → 1816 Eng. dial. 
► DISENABLED adj. disabled → 1974 Amer. dial.
► DISENCOURAGE vb. to discourage → 1903 Amer. dial.
► DISERT adj. able or fluent in speech; eloquent, well-spoken → 1425 obs.
► DISERTITUDE n. eloquence, fluency → 1656 obs.
► DISFORMED adj. deformed → 1825 Sc. 
► DISFURNISH vb. to deprive, to inconvenience, to discommode → 1886 Amer. dial.
► DISGRACIVE adj. tending to disgrace or reproach; disgraceful, shameful → 1602 obs.
► DISGRUBBLE vb. to disgruntle, to put into a sulky dissatisfaction or ill humour, to make discontented → 1689 obs.
► DISGUISE vb. to intoxicate; to make dead drunk → k1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DISGUISED adj. intoxicated with alcohol → 1607 euphemism
► DISGUST vb. to detest, to be disgusted by → 1913 Amer. dial. 
► DISH int. damn, dash → 20C US colloq. 
n. 1. an attractive man or woman; usually refers to a woman → 1921 Brit. & US sl. 
n. 2. the seat of a saddle → 1961 Amer. dial. 
vb. 1. to push violently, or butt with the horns → 1822 Sc. 
vb. 2. to rain heavily, to pour with rain → 1825 Sc. 
vb. 3. to cheat or deceive → L19 Amer. dial. 
vb. 4. to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl.  (Bk.)
vb. 5. to speak, to say → 1943 sl.
vb. 6. to engage in gossip; to dish out gossip → M20 US homosexual sl. 
► DISHABILLE n. disorder, untidiness, state of confusion → 1853 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
► DISHABILLES n. working dress, a labourer’s clothes → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISH AND SPOON n. everything, the whole lot → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISHAUNT vb. to leave, to go away from; to cease to frequent → 1721 Sc. obs. 
► DISH-CALM adj. perfectly calm → 1976 Amer. dial. 
► DISHCLOTH n. a lackey; someone or something of little value or importance → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DISH-CLOUT n. a dirty slattern → L18 sl.
► DISH-DOWN n. a sudden reverse of fortune; a disappointment; humiliation → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISHEARKEN vb. to dishearten → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISHEARTEN vb. to abate or cancel a man’s sexual arousal → 20C  sl. 
► DISHEARTSOME adj. disheartening, saddening → 1825 Sc. 
► DISHED adj. 1. fuddled, overcome with fatigue or drink → 1826 Eng. dial. 
adj. 2. dead → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DISHED FACE n. a face which appears slightly concave → 1878 Amer. dial.
► DISHED NOSE n. a flat or concave nose → 1966 Amer. dial.
► DISHEIGHTEN vb. to disparage; to disgrace → 1790 Eng. dial. obs. 
► DISHER n. one who makes wooden bowls or dishes → 1886 Eng. dial. obs. 
► DISHER OF DIAMOND DIRT n. a baseball sports-writer → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DISH FACE n. a face which appears slightly concave → 1898 Amer. dial.
► DISH-FACED adj. having a slightly concave face → 1883 Amer. dial.
► DISH-FACE NOSE n. a flat or concave nose → 1966 Amer. dial.
► DISH GRAVY n. meat drippings served as gravy → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DISHINS n. a beating, a drubbing → 1825 Sc. 
► DISH IT OUT vb. to fight with forceful hitting → 1930 sl., orig. US
► DISH-LADLE n. a tadpole → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISHMAN n. one who hawks or goes about selling crockery → 1887 Sc.
► DISH NOSE n. a flat or concave nose → 1950 Amer. dial.
► DISH OF RAILS n. a lecture or scolding, esp. from a married woman to her husband → L18 sl.
► A DISH OF TEA n. a cup of tea → 1897 Sc. 
► A DISH OF TONGUES n. a scolding → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISHORT n. 1. a disappointment, a mischief, injury → 1825 Sc. 
n. 2. a deficiency, loss → 1843 Sc. & Ireland
► DISH-PAN NOSE n. a flat or concave nose → 1966 Amer. dial.
► DISH QUEEN n. a homosexual male who delights in spreading rumours and gossiping → M20 US homosexual usage 
► DISHRAG n. a lackey; someone or something of little value or importance → 1906 Amer. dial.
► DISH SAFE n. a piece of furniture with a flat top for keeping tablecloths, dishes, etc. → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DISH SCRATCHER n. a scouring pad → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DISH THE GAB vb. to talk, to converse → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DISH THE HASH vb. to talk, to converse → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DISHWASHY adj. of coffee: weak, dilute → 1969 Amer. dial.
► DISHWATER n. a very weak beverage, esp. coffee, tea, or beer → 1942 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DISHWATER DIARRHEA n. an imaginary disease afflicting reluctant dishwashers → 1969 Amer. dial.
► DISH-WHEELED adj. knock-kneed; said of a man or an animal → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DISHY adj. sexy; sexually attractive → 1961 colloq.
► DISHYBILL n. a state of disorder; dishevelment → 1920 Amer. dial.
► DISHYBILLY  adj. 1. in a state of undress → 20C US
adj. 2. dishevelled → 1920 Amer. dial.
n. 1. a state of undress or careless dress; ‘deshabille’ → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
n. 2. a state of disorder; dishevelment → 1920 Amer. dial.
► DISIMPROVE vb. to deteriorate, to grow worse → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISINFECT n. disinfectant → 1941 Amer. dial.
► DISJASKED adj. 1. broken down, dilapidated, worn out, exhausted → 1816 Sc. 
adj. 2. dejected, downcast, forlorn → 1836 Sc. 
► DISJECTED adj. dejected → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISJUNE n. the first meal of the day, breakfast → 1491 arch., chiefly Sc.
vb. to breakfast → 1536 Sc. obs. 
► DISKNOWLEDGE vb. to be ignorant of, not to know; to deny, to disown → 1888 Eng. dial. 
► DISLIKEN vb. to make unlike, to disguise; to dissemble → 1616 obs. 
► DISLIPPENED adj. disappointed → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISLOAD vb. to unload → 1796 Sc. obs. 
► DISLOCK vb. to dislocate, to put out of joint → 1830 Sc. 
► DISMALS n. 1. a melancholy mood; the blues, gloom, low spirits → 1777 Eng. & Amer. dial. 
n. 2. work clothes → 1963 Amer. dial. 
► DISMARRY vb. to free from the bonds of marriage; to annul the marriage of; to divorce → 1525 obs.
► DISMAY vb. to go wrong → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISMINISHED adj. diminished → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISMISS vb. 1. to leave → M19 US sl.
vb. 2. to end a relationship → 1980 US students’ sl.
► DISMISS WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE vb. to assassinate someone → 1972 US espionage sl.
► DISMOLLISH vb. to demolish, to destroy, to break → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISNEYFIED adj. sickeningly, sentimentally happy → 1970 African-American sl.
► DISNEYLAND n. a prison known for its liberal regime → 20C US criminals’ sl.
► DISNEYLAND EAST n. the US Air Force Academy → 1969 US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
► DISOBEISANT adj. not submissive, disobedient → 1381 obs.
n. a rebel; a disobedient person → 1542 obs.
► DISOBEY THE POPE vb. to masturbate → 1980 sl.
► DISORDERLY adj. intoxicated with alcohol → 20C US sl.
n. a prostitute → 19C Brit. sl.
► DISORDERLY-HOUSE n. a brothel → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► DISPARABLE adj. unlike; unequalled → 1413 obs.
► DISPARKLE vb. to sparkle forth → 1648 obs.
► DISPATCHER(S) n. a form of false dice, on which the pips are arranged in wrong numbers; a ‘high dispatcher’ cannot throw less than 2, while a ‘low dispatcher’ cannot throw higher than 3 → L18 sl.
► DISPATCHFUL adj. speedy, expeditious, quick, hasty → 1642 obs.
adv. speedily, quickly, in haste → 1725 obs.
► DISPATCH ONE’S CARGO vb. to defecate → E20 Brit. sl.
► DISPEACE n. disagreement, dissension, disquiet → 1825 Sc., obs.
► DISPENDIOUS adj. 1. causing loss or injury; hurtful, injurious → 1557 obs.
adj. 2. costly, expensive; lavish, extravagant, sumptuous → 1727
► DISPERLITE adj. impolite, rude → 1883 Amer. dial.
► DISPLIMENT n. an uncomplimentary speech → 1868 
► DISQUANTITY vb. 1. to lessen in quantity, to diminish → 1605
vb. 2. to deprive of metrical quantity → 1866
► DISRECOGNIZE vb. 1. to recognize → 1937 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to discount, to ignore → 1974 Amer. dial.
► DISRECOLLECT vb. to forget, to fail to remember → 1940 Amer. dial.
► DISREGARDLESS adj./adv. regardless → 1917 Amer. dial.
► DISREGUSTING adj. disgusting → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DISREMEMBER vb. to forget, to be unable to remember → 1815
► DISS vb. 1. to show disrespect, to disparage → 1982 US sl.
vb. 2. to release, to discharge, as from prison → 1990 US sl.
vb. 3. to insult in a competitive, quasi-friendly spirit, esp. in a competitive rap battle ý 2000 US sl.
► DISSENTIATE vb. to throw into a state of dissent or discord → 1627 obs.
► DISSENTIOUS adj. 1. given to strife, dissension, or disagreement; discordant, quarrelsome, contentious, factious → 1560 rare
adj. 2. inclined to differ or dissent in religious or ecclesiastical matters → 1568 obs.
► DISSIDY n. disagreement, difference, disharmony → 1657 obs.
► DISSIGHT n. an unsightly object; a blemish, disfigurement → 1876 Eng. dial.
► DISSIN’ adj. treating a person with disrespect → 20C teen & high school sl.
► DISSLE n. 1. a slight shower of rain, a drizzle → 1727 Sc.
n. 2. an attack → 1825 Sc.
vb. 1. to run, to move → 1825 Sc.
vb. 2. to drizzle, to rain slightly → 1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DISSOLVER n. a revolver → 1910 Aust. sl.
► DISSUASIVE n. a dissuasive speech → 1629 
► DISTANCE n. an extent of time  → 1939 Amer. dial.
► DISTANT adj. distantly related → 1969 Amer. dial.
n. a distance → 1938 Amer. dial.
► DISTANTIAL adj. 1. distant, remote → 1648
adj. 2. differing, diverse → 1656 obs.
adj. 3. relating to distance → 1721
► DISTERR vb. to banish from one’s country; to exile → 1645 obs.
► DISTILLER n. 1. one who is easily vexed and betrays his chagrin → 1898 Aust. convicts’ sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. one who cannot take a joke → L19 Aust.
► DISTILLERY STIFF n. a drunken tramp; a hobo-drunkard → 20C US sl.
► DISTINCT vb. to distinguish → 1982 Amer. dial.
► DISTINGUISHED adj. special, distinctive, characteristic → 1736 obs.
► DISTRACTION n. subtraction → 1733 Eng. dial. obs.
► DISTRACTIOUS adj. abounding in or fraught with distractions, distracting → 1667 obs.
► DISTRESS vb. of a gang: to carry out a robbery of a collection of people, as on the underground → 1980 Black British sl.
► THE DISTRICT n. the Storyville area of New Orleans, centre of the city’s jazz community → 1940 African-American & jazz sl.
► DISTRICT ATTORNEY n. a stew made of whatever is available → 1944 Amer. dial.
► DISTROUBLANCE n. disturbance, molestation → 1400 obs.
► DISTROUBLE n. disturbance, trouble, molestation → 1483 obs.
vb. to trouble greatly; to hinder; to disturb; to perplex → 1369 obs.
► DISTURBANCE n. alcohol → L19 US sl.
► DISTURBANT adj.causing disturbance; disturbing, turbulent → 1617
n. one who disturbs or interferes with peace or quiet; one who causes tumult or disorder → 1865
► DISTURBMENT n. a disturbance → 1916 Amer. dial.
► DISTURVE vb. to disturb, to interrupt → 1893 Eng. dial.
► DISVENTUROUS adj. unfortunate, disastrous → 1742 obs.
► DISWORTH vb. to deprive of worth; to render worthless or unworthy; to degrade, to disparage → 1627 obs.