dis
Pronunciation: (dēs), [key]
— pl. dis•ir
- lady; woman.
- female deity, esp. one promoting fertility: often used as a suffix on names: Freydis; Hjordis; Thordis.
dis
Pronunciation: (dis), [key]
— v., n. dissed, dis•sing,
—v.t.
- to show disrespect for; affront.
- to disparage; belittle.
—n.
- insult or disparagement; criticism.
Dis
Pronunciation: (dis), [key]
- a god of the underworld. Also calledCf.
dis-
- a Latin prefix meaning “apart,” “asunder,” “away,” “utterly,” or having a privative, negative, or reversing force (see-); used freely, esp. with these latter senses, as an English formative: disability; disaffirm; disbar; disbelief; discontent; dishearten; dislike; disown.
dis-
- var. of before s: dissyllable.
DIS
- The Disney Channel (a cable television channel).
dis.
- distance.
- distant.
- distribute.
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