DISBAND – verbs
– CASH † to disband, to dismiss …1564
– CASHIER † to discharge, to disband troops …1598 military usage
– CASS † to discharge, to dismiss; to disband, to cashier …1550 obs. exc. Sc.
– CASSATE † to discharge, to dismiss; to disband, to cashier …1744
– SKAIL † to break up an assembly, school, etc. by dismissal; to disband an army; to disperse …a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
DISBELIEF – adverbs
– TO THE NAY-WARD * towards denial or disbelief …1611
disbelief – nouns
– DIFFIDELITY †* disbelief, unbelief …1659
disbelief – interjections/phrases
– AYE, DOOGIE AYE! used for expressing disbelief in whatever you have just been told …1988 Sc. sl.
– AYE, HAWKEYE! used for expressing disbelief in whatever you have just been told …1988 Sc. sl.
– AYE, HOOCH-AYE! used for expressing disbelief in whatever you have just been told …1988 Sc. sl.
– AYE, POPEYE! used for expressing disbelief in whatever you have just been told …1988 Sc. sl.
– AYE, THAT EYE! used for expressing disbelief in whatever you have just been told …1988 Sc. sl.
– BALLOCKS! an expression of surprise or disbelief …20C
– BREAK IT DOWN! an expression of disbelief …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– CAT’S FOOT! an exclamation of disbelief, contempt, dissent, or disapproval …1877 Amer. dial.
– CAT’S HIND FOOT! an exclamation of disbelief, contempt, dissent, or disapproval …1939 Amer. dial.
– COME ON! an exclamation of disbelief, disapproval, etc. …1603
– COO! an exclamation of surprise, disbelief, amazement, or astonishment … c1890 colloq.
– COO-ER! used for expressing surprise, astonishment, disbelief or wonderment …1911 UK sl.
– COOL! used for expressing astonishment, disbelief or wonderment …1911 UK sl.
– DAWG! an expression of approval or surprise and disbelief …1980s US students’ & teen sl.
– FOOEY! an exclamation expressing contempt, distaste, or disbelief …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– GNERTS! an exclamation of disbelief …20C sl.
– GO TO REPPS! an exclamation of contempt or disbelief …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– GO ‘WAY! an expression of disbelief …1922 Amer. dial.
– GO ‘WAY FROM HERE! an expression of disbelief …1965 Amer. dial.
– IF MY AUNT HAD WHEELS SHE’D BE A TROLLEY CAR! used to express disbelief or derision …1932 Amer. dial.
– I’LL EAT MY HAT a statement of utter disbelief …L18
– IN A PIG’S EAR used as a derisive retort expressing emphatic disbelief, rejection, or denial …1968 colloq.
– IN A PIG’S EYE used as a derisive retort expressing emphatic disbelief, rejection, or denial …1847 colloq.
– KAE! an exclamation of disbelief, contempt, or abhorrence …1828 Sc.
– KAIGH! an exclamation of disbelief, contempt, or abhorrence …1828 Sc.
– KAY! an exclamation of disbelief, contempt, or abhorrence …1828 Sc.
– KISS MY ARSE! an exclamation of disbelief …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– LIKE BUGGERY! used to express disagreement or disbelief …1937
– LORDLUMMY! an exclamation of surprise, shock, disbelief …L19
– LOR LUMME! an exclamation of surprise, shock, disbelief …L19
– MULE SHIT! a mild oath, used to express surprise or disbelief …1920s US
– MUSHA! an expression of surprise or disbelief …Irish
– MY ASS! a vulgar oath and exclamation; an expression of complete disbelief …20C US sl.
– MY AUNT FANNY! used to express disbelief or derision …1945 Amer. sl.
– MY ELBOW! an exclamation of surprise or disbelief …20C NZ sl.
– MY EYE! expresses surprise, disbelief, or denial …1826
– MY FOOT! exclamation expressing disbelief, usually contemptuous
– MY NECK! an exclamation of surprise or disbelief …L19 Irish
– MY OLD BOOTS! an exclamation of disbelief, surprise, or amazement …L19
– NERTS! an exclamation of disbelief, contempt or derision; nuts! nonsense! …1922 US sl.
– NO SHIT! expressing astonishment, disbelief, etc.
– NO WAY! expresses disbelief at that which has just been said …1968 US sl.
– NURTS! an exclamation of disbelief …20C sl.
– NUTS! used to express disgust, disbelief, rejection, anger, etc. …1910 Amer. sl.
– O WINIFRED! an exclamation of disbelief …B1900
– PACKETS! exclamation of disbelief …L19 sl.
– POWWAW! expression of disbelief or contempt …archaic
– PRUT! † an exclamation of contempt, disbelief, etc. …c1300
– PSHAW! * an exclamation of disgust, impatience, disbelief, etc.
– PULL THE OTHER ONE an expression of disbelief, esp. with reference to pulling a person’s leg …colloq.
– PULL THE OTHER ONE IT’S GOT BELLS ON IT an expression of disbelief, esp. with reference to pulling a person’s leg …colloq.
– QUARE MAN M’DA! exclamation of disbelief …20C Ulster sl.
– RASPBERRIES! used to express disbelief or defiance; nonsense! …1910s US sl.
– SAVE IT FOR SWEENEY! a dismissive exclamation of disbelief at a far-fetched statement …20C US sl.
– SAYS WHICH? an expression of mock disbelief; what did you say? are you telling the truth? …20C US sl.
– SAYS YOU! exclamation of contempt and disbelief, dismissing as beneath argument the previous speaker’s words …M19 sl.
– SAY WHAT? an expression of mock disbelief; what did you say? are you telling the truth? …1968 US sl.
– SAY WHICH? an expression of mock disbelief; what did you say? are you telling the truth? …1931 US sl.
– SEZ YOU! exclamation of contempt and disbelief, dismissing as beneath argument the previous speaker’s words …M19 sl.
– SHUCKINS! an expression of annoyance, irritation, contempt, or disbelief …1893 Amer. dial.
– SHUT UP! a general exclamation of disbelief; you can’t fool me! forget it! don’t make me laugh! …1980s sl.
– TELL IT TO SWEENEY! a dismissive exclamation of disbelief at a far-fetched statement …20C US sl.
– WALK ON! a term of dismissal, disbelief, or contempt …1970s US college sl.
– WHAT THE BLUE BLAZES! used to express astonishment or disbelief …1911 Amer. dial.
– YE GODS AND LITTLE FISHES expressing amazement, disbelief, surprise, etc. …1888
– YOUR AUNT MINNIE! used to express disbelief or derision …1953 Amer. sl.
– YOUR AUNT MITTY! used to express disbelief or derision …1928 Amer. sl.
DISBELIEVE – verbs
– MISBELIEVE to disbelieve, to doubt …1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MISDOUBT to disbelieve, to distrust, to regard with suspicion …1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– UNBELIEVE to disbelieve …1547
DISBELIEVED – adjectives
– UNBELIEVED not believed, disbelieved …1603
DISBURSE – verbs
– DEBURSE † to pay out, to disburse …1529 Sc.
– DISBOAST to disburse …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DISBOST to disburse …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DISBURST to disburse …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– PAY ON THE STUMP to disburse readily and promptly …Bk1904 sl.
DISBURSEMENT – nouns
– DEBURSEMENT † disbursement …1637-50 Sc.
– DEBURSING † disbursement …1598 Sc.
– DISBOSTMENT disbursement …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DISCARD – verbs
– ASHCAN to throw in an ashcan; to discard, to throw away, to get rid of …1938 Amer. sl.
– BACK-NUMBER to treat as a ‘back number’; to set aside as useless; to discard …1924 colloq.
– CASHIER to discard, to get rid off, to banish a thing …1603
– CAST TO THE DOGS † to send to destruction or ruin; to throw out, to discard as worthless …1556
– CHUCK AWAY to discard …Bk1999
– CONSIGN TO THE ASHCAN to dispose of, to get rid of, to discard to forget about …1906
– DECART † to discard …a1572 Sc.
– DECK to discard, to cast out …1781 Eng. dial.
– DITCH of people and objects: to throw away, to dispense with, to abandon, to discard, to jilt …1899 sl.
– DUST to bring to ruin, to defeat, to kill; to discard, to get rid of …1938 sl., orig. US
– DUST OFF to bring to ruin; to defeat, to kill; to discard, to get rid of …1938 sl., orig. US
– MAKE AWAY WITH to throw away or discard as useless …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NEGLECT †* to leave out, to omit, to discard …1603
– SEND TO THE DOGS to send to destruction or ruin; to throw out, to discard as worthless …1556
– SHITCAN to throw away; to discard; to reject as worthless …sl.
– SHOOT OUT to throw away, to discard …2000 Amer. dial.
– SHOOT THE HAT to discard, to get rid of …1877 sl.
DISCARDED – adjectives
– JUNKED discarded, abandoned; scrapped …1915
discarded – nouns
– MONGO any discarded object that is retrieved …1980s US sl.
– OFFCAST something discarded …1854 Amer. dial.
– PLUNDER disused or discarded articles that are kept around; junk …1843 Amer. dial.
– WAIF-AND-STRAY homeless vagrants; flotsam and jetsam, useless or discarded objects; strayed cattle of unknown ownership …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
discarded – verbs
– GO TO THE ASHCAN to be discarded or forgotten about …1942
DISCERN – verbs
– DECERN † to discern; to distinguish or separate by their differences …a1535
– DEEM † to judge between things; to distinguish, to discern …1530
– OFGET †* to perceive, to discern …c1205
– VENT † to discover or discern …1611
DISCERNING – adjectives
– LONG-HEADED discerning, shrewd, foresighted …1806 Amer. dial.
– SKILLWISE † intelligent, discerning, clever …a1300
– SUBTILE discriminating, discerning; characterized by sagacity …1474
– SUNDRY †* that separates; dividing; discriminating, discerning …1564
discerning – verbs
– SEE THROUGH A BRICK WALL to be unusually discerning; to have extraordinary insight …Bk1999 Idioms Fergusson 1999
DISCERNMENT – nouns
– DECERNMENT † decision; discernment, discrimination …1586
DISCHARGE – adjectives
– ABSOLVATORY pardoning, forgiving; belonging to a discharge or acquittal …Bk1611
discharge – nouns
– KICK, THE discharge, dismissal …1885 sl.
– QUITMENT an acquittance; a discharge; a receipt …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– QUITTANCE discharge, of a debt, etc.; receipt, payment …1778 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SMALL TICKET a dishonourable discharge from the Navy …Amer. World War I sl.
discharge – verbs
– ACQUITTANCE †* to give an acquittance or discharge; to discharge …1464
– AX(E) to dismiss or discharge; to drop, to cancel, to reject …1922 sl.
– BAG to dismiss; to discharge from employment …1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BENCH to discharge …1917 US sl.
– CAN to get rid of, to expel, to discharge, to eject, to jilt, to dismiss; to discharge from employment …1905 Amer. sl.
– CASHIER † to discharge, to disband troops …1598 military usage
– CASS † to discharge, to dismiss; to disband, to cashier …1550 obs. exc. Sc.
– CASSATE † to discharge, to dismiss; to disband, to cashier …1744
– DECASS †* to discharge, to dismiss, to cashier …1579
– DIS(S) to release, to discharge, as from prison …1990 US sl.
– GET ONE’S QUITTANCE to receive one’s release or discharge …1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GET THE KICK to be dismissed or discharged …1844 sl.
– GRASS † to discharge or suspend a person from work for a time, as for misbehaviour …1882 Eng. dial.
– KICK to dismiss, to discharge; to reject a suitor …1860 US sl.
– OFF vb. to discharge; to reject; hence, to eliminate, to stop …1908 US sl., chiefly Black usage
– QUITTANCE †* to give a discharge …1502
– SACK to dismiss or discharge a person from his employment or office …1841 sl.
– VENT † to discharge, eject, cast, or pour out (liquid, smoke, etc.); to carry off or away; to drain in this way …1587
DISCHARGED – adjectives
– DEHORNED denied or deprived of position or authority; demoted or discharged …1945 Amer. dial.
– KICKED dishonourably discharged …Amer. World War I sl.
– OUT ON ONE’S EAR discharged, ejected or dismissed ignominiously …1919 Amer. sl.
discharged – verbs
– GET THE RUN to be discharged …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
DISCIPLE – person
– LERER †* a learner; a disciple …c1440
– SUER † a follower, a disciple …c1380
DISCIPLINARIAN – person
– ASS-BREAKER a demanding, contentious, harassing, or otherwise vexatious individual; a cruel taskmaster or a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman …1961 Amer. sl.
– ASS-KICKER a person who habitually employs physical violence as a form of coercion; a tough disciplinarian; a bully …1967 Amer. sl.
– BALLBREAKER a demanding, contentious, harassing, annoying, or otherwise vexatious person; a cruel taskmaster; a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman …1942 US sl.
– BALLBUSTER a demanding, contentious, harassing, annoying, or otherwise vexatious person; a cruel taskmaster; a strict disciplinarian; a nagging or domineering woman …c1944 US sl.
– HAWKINS a severe disciplinarian …Bk1909 sl.
– HORSE a strict or tyrannical officer; a strict disciplinarian …1840 Amer. sl., esp. nautical usage
– MARTINET a military or naval officer who is a stickler for strictness of discipline; hence, a rigid disciplinarian …1779
– NUTCRACKER a stern person; a strict disciplinarian, esp. a woman who crushes a man’s spirit …1977 US sl.
– NUTCRUSHER a hard man or woman; a strict disciplinarian …1999 Brit. sl.
– RAMROD a boss, a superintendent, a foreman, a person in charge, esp. one who is a rigid disciplinarian …1880 Amer. dial.
– RAMRODDER a boss, a superintendent, a foreman, a person in charge, esp. one who is a rigid disciplinarian …1970 Amer. dial.
– ROD a manager or leader, usually a tough person or harsh disciplinarian …L19 sl.
disciplinarian – verbs
– RAMROD to boss, to manage, esp. in a strictly disciplined way; to be a strict disciplinarian or taskmaster …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
DISCIPLINE – adjectives
– AWE-BOUND, AWEBUND † under restraint or discipline so as to be orderly, obedient; bound by authority; held in check or submissiveness by awe or fear mingled with reverence or respect …1631 obs. or Eng. dial.
– JAMMED subject to discipline …1910s sl.
– UNDER THE YARD † under the rule, control, or discipline of …c1386
discipline – nouns
– BULL unnecessary or routine talks or ceremonial; excessive discipline or spit-and-polish …1941 Brit. services’ sl.
– BULLSHIT unnecessary or routine talks or ceremonial; excessive discipline or spit-and-polish …1930 Brit. services’ sl.
– CASTIGATION † chastisement, corrective punishment or discipline, correction, chastening …c1397
– CHICKEN an excessive show of authority; unnecessary discipline or regimentation, in either military or civilian life meaningless, petty discipline …1940s sl., orig. US military
– CHICKENSHIT meaningless, petty discipline …1940s sl., orig. US military
– DIS discipline …World War II Amer. sl.
– OVERHAUL to scold, reprimand or discipline …1942 Amer. dial.
– ROD OF IRON severe discipline …1577
discipline – verbs
– DISCIPLINATE † to discipline, to train, to teach …a1586
– LINE OUT to reprimand, to discipline, to punish …1927 Amer. dial.
– PUT (ONE) THROUGH A COURSE OF SPROUTS to subject to hard work; to make one do certain hard things; to subject to hard discipline …19C Amer. dial.
– TARGE † to keep in order or under discipline …1814 Sc.
– TIGHT † to train, to discipline …a1000
DISCIPLINED – adjectives
– AWE-BOUND † under restraint or discipline so as to be orderly, obedient; bound by authority; held in check or submissiveness by awe or fear mingled with reverence or respect …1631 obs. or Eng. dial.
– REGIMENTED excessively disciplined or ordered
– SUBACT † subdued, reduced; brought under control or discipline …1432-50
DISC JOCKEY – person
– a person who conducts a program featuring recorded music (and, later, informal conversation on a radio station or at a discotheque) …1941
– BUTTON JOCK – a console operator, as at a discotheque …1983 Amer. sl.
– DISC JOCK – a disc jockey …1952 US sl.
– DJ – a disc jockey …1950 US colloq.
– GABBER – a radio commentator or DJ …1940s US sl.
– JOCK – a disc jockey …1960s Amer. sl.
– PLATTER PUSHER – a radio disc jockey …1973 US sl.
– RADIO JOCK – a radio presenter; a disc jockey working on radio …1970 colloq., orig. US
– RADIO JOCKEY – a radio presenter; a disc jockey working on radio …1948 colloq., orig. US
DISCLOSE – verbs
– ABARE † to make bare, to uncover, to disclose …1731
– ACCUSE * to betray, to disclose; hence, to reveal, to display, to show or make known …c1400
– BETRAISE † to reveal, to disclose incidentally …c1400
– BETRAISH † to reveal, to disclose incidentally …c1400
– BEWRAY † to reveal, divulge, disclose, declare, make known, show …c1405
– COUGH UP † to utter; to disclose …1393
– DECLOSE †* to disclose …a1400
– DECORTICATE to divest of what conceals, to expose, to disclose, to reveal …1660
– ECCENTRICATE †* to disclose …1708
– GIVE ONE A BACK-CAP to disclose or state something to one’s detriment; to run down …1883 US sl.
– INKLE to warn; to give notice; to hint at; to disclose …1340 Amer. thieves’ sl.
– LAY TO SIGHT † to reveal, to disclose …1563
– LET ON to disclose …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG to disclose a secret or a trick …c1750
– LET THE CAT OUT OF THE SACK to disclose a secret …1967 Amer. dial.
– NAKEN † to reveal or disclose …a1300
– OPEN † to lay bare or make manifest to the view; to reveal, to disclose, to declare, to make known …c900
– PATEFY † to reveal, show, declare, disclose; to make open or manifest …1533
– SPIT IT OUT to reveal, to confess, to disclose something …1855
– SPLIT to disclose, to reveal secrets …M19 sl.
– TIP ONE’S HAND to inadvertently disclose one’s intentions …1917 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– TIP ONE’S MITT to inadvertently disclose one’s intentions …1917 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– UNBOSOM to disclose, to reveal …1588
– UNBRACE to lay open; to disclose, to reveal …1607
– UNCLOSE to disclose, to make known, to reveal …a1300
– VENT † to disclose, to divulge, or let out a secret, etc. …1678
DISCLOSED – verbs
– EFFLORESCE to come to the surface, to become manifest; to be disclosed or revealed …1834
DISCLOSURE – nouns
– BEWRAYMENT † disclosure, a divulging …1864
– UNBOWELLING † disclosure; revelation …a1653
DISCO – nouns
– DANCE PARTY a disco …20C Aust. sl.
disco – person
– BUTTON JOCK a console operator, as at a discotheque …1983 Amer. sl.
DISCOLOUR – verbs
– BESMIRCH to soil, to discolour, as with smoke, soot, or mud …a1700
– DECOLORATE † to discolour, to stain …1623
– DECOLOUR † to discolour, to stain …c1618
– MAIL † to spot, to discolour, to stain …1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCAM to stain, to discolour; to bespatter …Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCAUM † to bespatter, to discolour …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
DISCOLOURED – adjectives
– HAW discoloured, livid, pale, wan …c1420 Sc.
– ILL-COLOURED discoloured …1900 Sc.
– REASTY rusty; discoloured; foul …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCAW’D faded, discoloured; worthless …1785 Sc.
– WALLOWED † withered, faded, discoloured …a1300
– WAN † to become dark, discoloured, or livid …c1000
DISCOMFIT – verbs
– ABAVE † to put to confusion, to discomfit; also, to be confounded …1303
– AFLEY † to dismay, to discomfit …c1774 Sc. obs.
– BASH † to destroy the confidence or self-possession of; to daunt, to dismay, to discomfit; to disconcert, to put out of countenance, to abash …c1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GET ONE’S ANGORA to irk, to annoy, to anger or exasperate someone; to discomfit or rattle one …1915 Amer. sl.
– GET ONE’S BACON to discomfit; to defeat …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– HAWK to jeer with intent to provoke; to exasperate; to discomfit, to daunt; to annoy, to tease; to embarrass …1928 Amer. dial.
– MISPUT to inconvenience; to discomfit …1942 Amer. dial.
– TAKE THE RUST OUT OF to discomfit, to deflate …M19 US sl.
DISCOMFITED – adjectives
– ABAIST † abashed; ashamed; discomfited; disconcerted …a1000
– ABAWED † abashed; astonished; surprised; disconcerted; discomfited; upset …a1450
– BE TAKEN BAD discomfited …1900s sl.
– BE TOOK BAD discomfited …1900s sl.
– CHEWED UP embarrassed, confused, discomfited, surprised; defeated, severely scolded …1843 Amer. dial.
– WAMBLE-CROPPED unhappy, discomfited, irritated; dissatisfied; offended …1836 Amer. dial.
– WITH ONE’S FEATHERS CUT † discomfited …1859 Amer. dial.
– WOMBLE-CROPPED unhappy, discomfited, irritated; dissatisfied; offended …1798 Amer. dial.
DISCOMFITING – adjectives
– OFF-PUTTING adj. distressing; unsettling; discomfiting …1828 US sl.
DISCOMFITURE – nouns
– BAFFLE † confusion, discomfiture, check …1628
– BASHMENT † confusion from surprise or sudden check; discomfiture, shame …c1325
– DISCABOOBULATION disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity …1986 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOBOLATION disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity …1911 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOBULATION disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity …1839 Amer. dial.
discomfiture – phrases
– BACK ON ONE’S HEELS into a state of discomfiture or astonishment
DISCOMFORT – adjectives
– ALL IN BUT ONE’S SHOESTRINGS characterized by a general feeling of discomfort …1968 Amer. dial.
– ALL OUT out of sorts; having a feeling of general discomfort …1967 Amer. dial.
– OUCHY unwell, feeling discomfort …1965 Amer. dial.
discomfort – nouns
– AGUE a general feeling of discomfort …1966 Amer. dial.
– ALL-INS general feelings of discomfort, illness, annoyance, or vexation …1967 Amer. dial.
– ALL-OVERISHNESS general feelings of discomfort, illness, annoyance, or vexation …1846 Amer. dial.
– ALL-OVERNESS general feelings of discomfort, illness, annoyance, or vexation …1969 Amer. dial.
– ALL-OVERS general feelings of discomfort, illness, annoyance, or vexation …1893 Amer. dial.
– BLACK DROPS, THE a state of mild physical discomfort; not actually sick, but feeling not quite right …1966 Amer. dial.
– DYSPHORIA a state or condition marked by feelings of unease or discomfort; dissatisfaction, restlessness, suffering …1842
– EEBIE-JEEBIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort …1923 Amer. dial.
– GROUTIES, THE a general feeling of discomfort or illness; bad feelings …1969 Amer. dial.
– GRUNTS a general feeling of discomfort or illness that isn’t any one place in particular …1970 Amer. dial.
– HEEBIE-JEEBERS, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort …1923 Amer. dial.
– HEEBIE-JEEBIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort …1923 Amer. dial.
– HEEBY JEEBYS, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort …1923 Amer. dial.
– HIBBIE-JEEBIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort …1923 Amer. dial.
– HIBBIE-JIBBIES, THE, HIBBY JIBBYS, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort …1923 Amer. dial.
– HIBBIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort …1923 Amer. dial.
– HIBBIES-JIBBIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort …1923 Amer. dial.
– HIBBY JIBBYS, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort …1923 Amer. dial.
– HIGH BIJEEBEES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort …1923 Amer. dial.
– ILL EASE discomfort, uneasiness …a1850
– ILL-FARE a state of need or discomfort …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– JIGGERS feelings of uneasiness, anxiety, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort, illness, or vexation …1966 Amer. dial.
– JIMJAMS feelings of uneasiness, anxiety, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort, illness, or vexation …1896 Amer. dial.
– MALEASE † absence of ease; uneasiness, discomfort; inconvenience, annoyance; disquiet; distress, trouble …a1300
– MISERIES a general feeling of discomfort or illness …1965 Amer. dial.
– UNCOMFORT discomfort …1805
– WEARY WILLIES, THE general feelings of physical discomfort or illness, esp. delirium tremens …1965 Amer. dial.
– WHIM-WHAMS general feelings of discomfort, illness, or vexation …1966 Amer. dial.
– WILLIES, THE feelings of physical discomfort or illness, esp. delirium tremens …1905 Amer. dial.
– WIM-WAMS general feelings of discomfort, illness, or vexation …1966 Amer. dial.
– WOOLLIES, THE general feelings of physical discomfort or illness …1965 Amer. dial.
discomfort – verbs
– CRACK HARDY to put up with discomfort; to grin and bear it …20C Aust. sl.
– FEEL LIKE THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER to have a general feeling of discomfort or illness …1966 Amer. dial.
– GUTS IT OUT to endure discomfort with fortitude
– INTERRUPT to annoy, to cause discomfort to, to disagree with; to interfere with, to attack, to pursue …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– RAKE to hurt, to upset, to cause discomfort to …1790 Sc.
DISCOMFORTED – adjectives
– DISCOMGOLLIFUSTICATED bewildered; confused; disconcerted, discomforted, embarrassed …1916 Amer. dial.
DISCOMFORTING – nouns
– BOOGER something distasteful, troublesome, or discomforting; something that is very difficult to do …1956 Amer. dial.
DISCOMMODE – verbs
– DISABUNDANCE to deprive, to inconvenience, to discommode …1942 Amer. dial.
– DISFURNISH to deprive, to inconvenience, to discommode …1886 Amer. dial.
DISCOMPOSE – verbs
– SHATTER to greatly upset or discompose
– YESTER † to disturb, to discompose …1825 Sc.
DISCOMPOSURE – nouns
– DISCABOOBULATION disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity …1986 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOBOLATION disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity …1911 Amer. dial.
– DISCOMBOBULATION disarray, discomposure, discomfiture; a state of upset, perplexity …1839 Amer. dial.
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