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Synonyms for dis


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dees
Phonetic Transcription : dis

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Définition of dis

Origin :
  • also diss, slang, by 1980, shortening of disrespect or dismiss, originally in U.S. Black English, popularized by hip hop. Related: Dissed; dissing. Earlier it was short for disconnected in the telephone sense and used figuratively in slang to mean "weak in the head" (1925).
  • As in bad-mouth : verb to denigrate
  • As in demean : verb humble, humiliate
  • As in denigrate : verb belittle, malign
  • As in deride : verb make fun of; insult
  • As in disparage : verb criticize; detract from
  • As in gibe : verb ridicule
  • As in heckle : verb jeer
Example sentences :
  • Who ob all dis congregation is gwine next to lie ded-e-de-dah?
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • An' he said, 'Lay right down on dis yer table,' an' I lay down.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • Now you take en look at it like dis—you look at it, and see ef I's right.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • A man's a man 'at dis what's richt, what's pleasin to the verra hert o' richt.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • Don't let dis guy find me crackin' his safe, so's I won't have to kill 'im.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • He say, ‘Brer Rabbit, what’s all dis fuss I hear in de woods?
  • Extract from : « Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit » by Joel Chandler Harris
  • We also made bread pills and soaked 'em in dis tea and swallowed 'em.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various
  • Washed and ironed for 30 years, and paid for dis home that way.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various
  • One time I met a bunch of 'em and one of 'em said, "Who is dis feller?"
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various
  • Yes, and well raised, too; never 'spected to come to dis yer!
  • Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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