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DISABILITY - DISCOVERY

DISABILITY - nouns
• UNABLENESS † the condition of being unable; inability, incapacity; disability ...c1380
 
DISABLE - verbs
• CROCK to become or cause to become weak or disabled ...sl., chiefly Brit.
• DAMN to hurt, to disable ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• INHABLE † to disable, to prevent, to disqualify ...1631 Sc.
• SCRAM to disable by disease or accident ...1777 Eng. dial.
• TIE UP to vanquish or disable in a contest ...1818 sl.
• UNABLE † to disable physically; to deprive of ability or power ...c1380
 
DISABLED - adjectives
• DISENABLED disabled ...1974 Amer. dial.
• GAM lame, crooked, deformed; disabled, injured, sore; of an eye: wavering, uncertain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAME lame, crippled, crooked, deformed; disabled, injured, sore; of an eye: wavering, uncertain ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAMMY lame; disabled through injury or pain; injured ...1879 Eng. dial. & sl.
• LAMPSED † lamed, disabled, injured ...1746 Eng. dial.
• LIMPY UP disabled ...1966 Bahamas sl.
 
DISABLED - nouns, person
• KAPPA a disabled person; hence, a general insult ...1990s UK juvenile sl.
• LIMPY-GO-FETCH. a disabled person ...1997 US sl.
• QUOZ a handicapped person; a disabled or deformed person ...1990s UK juvenile sl.
• QUOZZIE a handicapped person; a disabled or deformed person ...1990s UK juvenile sl.
• RASPBERRY NIPPLE a cripple, a disabled person ...1970s rhyming sl.
• VEGE (derogatory) a physically or mentally disabled child; a person reduced to a vegetative state ...1980s sl.
• VEGGIE (derogatory) a physically or mentally disabled child; a person reduced to a vegetative state ...1980s sl.
• VEGGY (derogatory) a physically or mentally disabled child; a person reduced to a vegetative state ...1980s sl.
• VEGIE (derogatory) a physically or mentally disabled child; a person reduced to a vegetative state ...1980s sl.
• VEGY (derogatory) a physically or mentally disabled child; a person reduced to a vegetative state ...1980s sl.
 
DISADVANTAGE - adjectives
• DAMAGEOUS † fraught with damage, hurtful, injurious; causing loss or disadvantage ...c1386
• IN A CROSS in trouble; at a disadvantage ...1954 US sl.
• ON THE BACK FOOT in a defensive position; at a disadvantage ...colloq
• UNDER THE COSH in trouble, at a disadvantage ...1950s sl.
• UNDER THE HAMMER in trouble, at a disadvantage ...1950s sl.
• UNDER THE LAND at a disadvantage ...1821 US sl.
• UNDER THE WHIP at a disadvantage ...1900s Aust. sl.
 
DISADVANTAGE - nouns
• AMPLISH a disadvantage ...1833 Irish sl.
• AMPLUSH a disadvantage, state of unreadiness ...1843 Ireland
• DAMAGE † a disadvantage, inconvenience, trouble ...1398
• DENIAL a disadvantage, detriment, hindrance; loss, injury; a disappointment ...1895 Eng. dial.
• MONKEY ON ONE'S BACK a burden or great disadvantage; a source of emotional pressure ...1959 Amer. colloq.
• ODD NUMBER a mistake, an error of judgement, a disadvantage ...1897 Eng. dial.
• UNBIHEVE † disadvantage, detriment ...c1200
• UNBIHOOF † disadvantage, detriment ...c1205
• UNFRAME † disadvantage, loss ...c1250
• UNFREME † disadvantage, loss ...a1200
• UNNEOD † disadvantage, loss ...c1205
• WORSE END OF THE STAFF the disadvantage ...c1530 colloq.
 
DISADVANTAGE - verbs
• AMPLISH to place at a disadvantage ...1833 Irish sl.
• AMPLUSH to place at a disadvantage; to reduce to a dilemma, to confuse in argument ...1848 Sc. & Ireland
• BAT A STICKY WICKET to be at or have a disadvantage ...Brit. sl.
• CAUGHT HOLDING ONE'S DICK to be caught in an embarrassing or generally disadvantageous situation ...20C US sl.
• FADE to put at a disadvantage, to cause problems for someone ...L19 US sl.
• HARP AGAINST A PERSON to insinuate to his disadvantage ...1781 Eng. dial.
• HAVE GOT SOMEONE FADED to have someone at a disadvantage ...c1940 Can. sl.
• HAVE SOMEONE FADED to have someone at a disadvantage ...L19 US sl.
• HAVE UNDER THE COSH to have at a disadvantage ...1950s sl.
• POSSESS THE DEAD-WOOD to have one at a disadvantage, or the like ...1872 US sl.
• RAISE ONE DOWNSTAIRS to get a disadvantage instead of an advantage ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
DISADVANTAGEOUS - adjectives
• UNADVANTAGEABLE † not advantageous or profitable, disadvantageous ...1603
• UNBIHEVE † disadvantageous, unprofitable ...c1200 obs.
 
DISADVANTAGEOUS - phrases
• CAUGHT IN THE WEWOKA SWITCH utterly lost; in an untenable, dangerous, or disadvantageous position ...1951 Amer. dial.
 
DISAFFECTED - adjectives
• ILL-AFFECTED not well disposed towards some person or thing; unfriendly, disaffected ...1596
• MALCONTENT discontented, dissatisfied; inclined to rebellion or mutiny; restless and disaffected ...1586
 
DISAGREE - verbs
• AGREE LIKE HARP AND HARROW † not to agree at all (the things being utterly different, though their names alliterate) ...1563
• CAST OUT to disagree, to quarrel, to fall out ...1730 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DIFFER to quarrel, to wrangle; to disagree ...1849 Eng. dial.
• DISACCORD to disagree, to quarrel ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FRATCH to disagree, to quarrel, to dispute; to wrangle; to scold, to find fault with ...1714 chiefly Eng. dial.
• HAVE A RAG TO PICK to have a disagreement or dispute to settle ...1968 Amer. dial.
• INTERRUPT to annoy, to cause discomfort to, to disagree with; to interfere with, to attack, to pursue ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JAR to be at variance; to disagree ...1541
• LOCK HORNS to come into conflict, to disagree, to fight; to engage in an argument or quarrel with another ...1836 Amer. dial.
• NEIGHBOUR ILL to disagree, not to suit ...1820 Sc.
• NOT TO SET HORSES to disagree; to be incompatible ...1946 Amer. dial.
• QUART to quarrel, to disagree, to fall out ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCASH to quarrel, to squabble; to have a heated argument or disagreement ...1801 Sc.
• SCRABBLE to disagree; to quarrel ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• VARY † 1. to differ in opinion; to disagree; to dissent from another ...?1428
† 2. to disagree seriously, to discord or quarrel; to fall at variance ...c1440
 
DISAGREEABLE - adjectives
• ACCOMMODATIN' AS A HOG ON ICE extremely disagreeable or unobliging ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ALLAGRUGOUS discontented-looking, ill-natured, morose, disagreeable; grim, ghastly ...1742  Sc.
• ALL WET unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• APURT sulky, sullen, disagreeable ...1790 Eng. dial.
• AWFUL ugly, disagreeable ...1815 Amer. dial.
• BUMMING down; depressed; suffering from something disagreeable ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• CRUMBY unpleasant; disagreeable; contemptible, repulsive, disgusting  ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUSS-PROVOKING unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CUSS-WORTHY unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEAD ROTTEN unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DISCOMMODABLE †* disagreeable, annoying ...1579
• EVIL of persons: ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, unpleasant, contentious, obnoxious, hostile, neurotic, angry, obstinate ...OE
• FASTIDIOUS † that creates disgust; disagreeable, distasteful, unpleasant, wearisome ...1531
• FIERCE terrible, disagreeable in the extreme; extremely bad or severe ...1907 Amer. dial.
• FRAMPOLD † ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, peevish, fretful, fractious, quarrelsome ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GRINGLY producing a disagreeable or disgusting sensation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GUMMY unpleasant; disagreeable ...1922 Amer. sl.
• GUTTY dirty and disagreeable, esp. of a task ...c1950 sl. 
• HARD TO TAKE unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ICKY distasteful, nauseating, unpleasant, disagreeable, disgusting ...1929 US sl., chiefly teen usage
• IKY unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ILL-RELISHED of a person: disagreeable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• INJUCUND †* unpleasant, disagreeable ...1657
• KICKY disagreeable, contrary ...1930 Amer. dial.
• LAIRLY idle, lazy; disagreeable; low, base ...1781 Eng. dial.
• LAMENTABLE unpleasant, disagreeable ...Bk1902 N. Ireland
• LAYERLY idle, lazy; disagreeable; low, base ...1781 Eng. dial.
• LEERY bad-tempered, disagreeable, and cheeky ...20C sl.
• MAGGY cross-grained, disagreeable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MALPLEASANT † unpleasant, disagreeable ...c1532
• MEEYA unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MEOW unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MOULDY unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NASTY ill-tempered; disagreeable ...1874 colloq.
• NASTY-PASTY disagreeable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAUGHTY †* unpleasant, disagreeable ...1578
• NO PICNIC unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NOYOUS † causing annoyance; annoying, disagreeable, vexatious, troublesome, harmful, hurtful ...a1340
• ODIOSE †* deserving of hatred, hateful; causing or exciting hatred or repugnance; disagreeable, offensive, repulsive, odious ...1560
• OFFPUTTING disturbing or disagreeable ...1820
• OGNEL ugly, awkward, disagreeable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONCUS of people: upset, out of sorts, disagreeable ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• ONGKUS of people: upset, out of sorts, disagreeable ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• ONKISS of people: upset, out of sorts, disagreeable ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• ONKUS of people: upset, out of sorts, disagreeable ...1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
• PERNICKETTY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERNICKETY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERNICKITY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable ...1834 Amer. dial.
• PERSNICKERTY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable, obstinate ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PERSNICKETY disagreeable, cranky, crotchety; obstinate ...1905 Amer. dial.
• PEWY unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PHEWY unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PILLY unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RANCID nasty, disagreeable, odious ...1883
• RATTY unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ROTTEN unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SNORTY ill-tempered, disagreeable, captious, irritable, bad-tempered ...B1900 colloq.
• SNUFFY annoyed, displeased, ready to take offense, touchy; sulky, angry, vexed, fault-finding; unpleasant, disagreeable ...1678
• STINKING unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STINKO unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UDDERWAYS contrary, disagreeable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UGH unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UGHY unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UGLY ill-tempered, sulky; angry, threatening; disagreeable ...1836 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• UNAGREEABLE * not agreeable or pleasing; not to one's liking or taste; disagreeable, uncongenial ...c1374
• UNBAIN † unfriendly, disagreeable; uncivil ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNBLITHE † of things: unpleasant, disagreeable ...c1320
• UNFEELSOME disagreeable, unpleasant ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• UNGAIN disagreeable; intractable, troublesome; unsteady, wild; stupid ...1895 Eng. dial.
• UNGODLY unpleasant; disagreeable; deplorable; appalling; awful ...1887
• UNGREEABLE disagreeable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VILD unpleasant, disagreeable, portending evil or mischief, disgusting, filthy ...1836 Sc.
• WET unpleasant; disagreeable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
DISAGREEABLE, DISAGREEABLENESS - nouns
• AWVISHNESS disagreeable behaviour, perversity ...1867 Eng. dial.
• BARBED-WIRE PIE something utterly disagreeable ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BUMMER a disagreeable thing ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• EAR-SORE † something disagreeable to the ear ...1594
• HAWVISHNESS disagreeable behaviour, perversity ...1867 Eng. dial.
• HEART-SCALD disagreeable sensation, disgust, aversion ...1629 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• ILLNESS † unpleasantness, disagreeableness; troublesomeness, hurtfulness; badness ...1595
• INJUCUNDITY * unpleasantness, disagreeableness ...1623
• MEDICINE anything disagreeable or bitter, as medicine ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NASTY KNOCK a disagreeable experience ...1886 sl.
• NASTY ONE a disagreeable experience ...19C sl.
• UGLINESS bad temper; disagreeableness ...1889 Eng. dial.
 
DISAGREEABLE - nouns, person
• BAIGLE a disagreeable, dirty person; an objectionable person; a sight, a fright ...1821 Sc.
• BEAGLE a disagreeable, dirty person; an objectionable person; a sight, a fright ...1821 Sc.
• BOCH an untidy or disagreeable woman ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BORE an unwelcome visitor, who makes himself obnoxious by his disagreeable manners ...1848 Amer. dial.
• BUMMER a disagreeable thing or person ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• BUNCH OF SNARLS a disagreeable man ...20C tailors' sl.
• CABBRACH a big, uncouth, greedy person; a person of disagreeable temper and manners ...1866 Sc.
• CABROCH a person of disagreeable temper and manners; a big, uncouth, greedy person ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CADGER a person of a disagreeable temper ...1866 Sc.
• COWSON a term of contempt, a son of a bitch; an unpleasant or disagreeable person  ...20C Brit. sl.
• CRAB-STICK a bad-tempered, morose person or child; a disagreeable, crabbed person ...1841
• FANG a lout, a scamp, a disagreeable person ...1871 Sc.
• FANGSHAL a lout, a scamp, a disagreeable person ...1916 Sc.
• FAUP a disagreeable person ...1866 Sc.
• GUTSFUL OF GRUNTS a disagreeable or unpleasant person ...c1910 Aust. sl.
• HORNET a disagreeable, cantankerous person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• JASPER a mean or disagreeable person; one who behaves unacceptably ...1966 Amer. dial.
• NEEP a person of disagreeable temper; an ugly person or thing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OIK someone considered to be a social inferior; a disagreeable youth ...1925 UK sl.
• OLD BAT a disagreeable, middle-aged or elderly woman; an unpleasant or despicable female; an unattractive or foolish old woman ...1886 UK sl.
• PIG'S ORPHAN an unpleasant disagreeable fellow ...1940s Royal Navy sl.
• QUADDLE a grumbler, a complainer of ill health; a disagreeable person ...1891 Eng. dial.
• QUILL-WHEEL a disagreeable person ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SCABBERT a strong-made person of somewhat stubborn, disagreeable temperament ...1866 Sc.
• SCAPES-O'-DEATH a term of derision for a sour, disagreeable person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAWBERT a strongly-made person of a stubborn, disagreeable temper ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRIMGER a person of disagreeable disposition and manners ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKY a disagreeable person; an enemy ...1860 sl.
• SLOB a disagreeable fellow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SLOUCH a disagreeable, careless fellow ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SMART IKE a mean or disagreeable person ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SPALPEEN a disagreeable, miserable, or contemptible person; a low, mean, or good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless person; a rogue, a rascal, a scamp ...1815 Irish
• UG an object of disgust; a bad or grotesque appearance; a person of disagreeable, disgusting manners ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
DISAGREEABLE - verbs
• CANTANKERATE to provoke to anger, to rile; to produce strife; to make or become cross-grained, ill-humoured or disagreeable ...1839 Amer.
• HAVE A CROW TO PLUCK WITH ANY ONE to have something disagreeable or awkward to settle with him; to have a matter of dispute, or something requiring explanation, to clear up; to have some fault to find with one ...c1460
• HAVE THE NEEDLE to be in a disagreeable mood, to be angry ...1874 Eng. dial.
 
DISAGREEABLY - adverbs
• APURT in a sulky manner; disagreeably ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
DISAGREEING - adjectives
• AT EARS at odds; in disagreement ...1968 Amer. dial.
• AT EDGE at odds ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BRIGOUS † quarrelsome, contentious; pertaining to strife or disagreement, disputable, factious ...1387
• DISCORDOUS † full of discord; disagreeing, quarrelsome ...1597-8
• DISSENTIOUS * given to strife, dissension, or disagreement; discordant, quarrelsome, contentious, factious ...1560
• VARIANT † dissentient, disagreeing ...1412-20
 
DISAGREEMENT - adjectives/adverbs
• AQUART in a state of disagreement; at cross purposes ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AT ENDS. at odds, in disagreement ...1970 Amer. dial.
• AT LOGGERHEADS in strong disagreement or conflict, at odds, engaged in bickerings or disputes ...1775 Amer. dial.
 
DISAGREEMENT - nouns
• AMBUSCADE a disagreement ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BIRD a point of contention or disagreement ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BITCH an argument or fight; a disagreement or quarrel ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BRANNIGAN a disagreement or fight ...1940 Amer. dial.
• BRONNIGAN a disagreement or fight ...1967 Amer. dial.
• CAFFLE an argument; a misunderstanding, a disagreement ...1889 Eng. dial.
• CHEW an argument, a quarrel, a disagreement ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CHEWING MATCH a heated argument, a quarrel, a disagreement ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CONTRETEMPS a disagreement, an argument, a dispute ...M20 colloq.
• DISSIDY †* disagreement, difference, disharmony ...1657
• EMBROGLIO a state of great confusion and entanglement; a complicated or difficult situation (esp. political or dramatic); a confused misunderstanding or disagreement ...1818
• FALLING-OUT a disagreement 
• FRATCH a disagreement, a quarrel, a dispute, a wrangle, brawl, a scolding match ...18C chiefly Eng. dial.
• IMBROGLIO a state of great confusion and entanglement; a complicated or difficult situation (esp. political or dramatic); a confused misunderstanding or disagreement ...1818
• JAR discord, want of harmony, disagreement; a divergence or conflict of opinions, etc. ...1548
• JIM BRANNIGAN a disagreement or fight ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MISAGREEMENT a disagreement, a quarrel ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TEARDOWN a violent quarrel or disagreement ...1941 Amer. dial.
• TIFF a slight or petty quarrel; a temporary ill-humoured disagreement ...1754
• TIFT a slight fit of ill-humour or offendedness; a petty quarrel or disagreement ...1751 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNACCORDANCE † disagreement ...c1449
• VARIAMENT † a disagreement or difference ...1491
 
DISAGREEMENT - verbs
• HAVE A GOOSE TO PICK to have a disagreement or dispute to settle ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
DISAGREEMENT - interjections
• HOW YOU DO TALK! exclamation of disapproval or disagreement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SICK AND WRONG! used for conveying a strong disagreement or disapproval ...1989 US sl.
 
DISAPPEAR - verbs
• BRIGHTON PIER to disappear ...1998 UK rhyming sl.
• BROOM to disappear quickly...L18 sl.
• BROOM IT to disappear quickly...L18 sl.
• DO A FADE-OUT to disappear, to depart ...1910s Amer. sl.
• DO A GUY to slip away ...L19 sl.
• DUCK to retire; to leave; to flee; to disappear ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• EELIE to disappear, to vanish from sight gradually ...1818 Sc.
• EELY to disappear, to vanish; to disappear one by one as a company does that disperses imperceptibly ...1832 Sc.
• ELLIE to disappear, to vanish from sight gradually ...1818 Sc.
• ELY to disappear, to vanish; to disappear one by one as a company does that disperses imperceptibly ...1818 Sc.
• EVANISH to disappear, to vanish ...1725 Sc.
• EVAPULATE to evaporate; to disappear ...1945 Amer. dial.
• FADE to depart; to disappear; to run away; to leave; to vanish ...1848 sl.
• FADE AWAY to leave a place; to depart in haste; to disappear ...1900 Amer. dial.
• FADE OUT to leave a place; to depart in haste; to disappear ...1900 Amer. dial.
• FALL OFF THE MAP to disappear from view and attention; to drop out of sight ...1980s Amer. sl.
• LAMMAS to run, to go off in a hurry, to disappear quickly ...1866 Eng. dial.
• MEISLE to waste imperceptibly; to disappear gradually; to expend in a trifling manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MIZZLE to abscond; to run away; to clear out, to disappear; to go, to walk ...1781
• PULL A FADE-OUT to disappear, to depart, to escape, to vanish ...1910s Amer. sl.
• PULL A VANISHING ACT to disappear ...1923 Amer. sl.
• QUENCH † to come to an end, to perish, to disappear ...c1305
• QUIRM to disappear quickly and mysteriously ...Bk1905 Sc.
• SANT to disappear, to vanish, esp. in a sudden or mysterious manner; to be lost ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SAUNT to disappear, to vanish, esp. in a sudden or mysterious manner; to be lost ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCALE to run away; to depart hurriedly or furtively; to disappear of one's own motion ...20C sl.
• SCALE OFF to run away; to depart hurriedly or furtively; to disappear of one's own motion; to leave surreptitiously or speedily ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• TO-GO † to go in difference directions; to be divided, separate; to disappear ...c1000
• VADE † to pass away, to disappear, to vanish; to decay or perish ...1495
• VAMOS to make a hasty departure, to run away hurriedly, to go away, to leave, to disappear ...1834 Amer. sl.
• VAMP to vanish; to disappear; to travel ...20C US sl.
• WALK of objects: to disappear, presumed borrowed or stolen ...1898 UK sl.
• YEALIE † to disappear gradually ...Bk1905 Sc.
 
DISAPPEARANCE - nouns
• ABSQUATULATION a sudden disappearance or absconding ...1847 Amer. sl.
• FADE a disappearance, departure or escape ...1942 Amer. sl.
• FADE-OUT a disappearance, departure, or escape ...1918 Amer. sl.
 
DISAPPOINT - nouns, person
• FAIL one that fails or disappoints ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
 
DISAPPOINT - verbs
• BALK to disappoint ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BEGECK † to befool; to disappoint; to gull; to deceive; to jilt ...a1513 obs. exc. Sc.
• BEGUILE † to cheat hopes, expectations, aims, or a person in them; to trick; to disappoint, to deprive of, to foil ...1483 obs. exc. Sc.
• BEGUNK to cheat; to jilt; to play a trick; to disappoint ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BETRAY † to cheat, to disappoint ...1588
• BILK to cheat, to refuse to pay; to frustrate, to disappoint ...1820 Eng. sl.
• BLONK to disappoint ...19C Eng. dial.
• BREAK to disappoint, to deny, to refuse ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAST DOWN to deject in spirits, to disappoint, to dispirit ...1382
• FLUMMOX to back out, to back out of a promise; to disappoint; to opt out of a round of betting ...M19 sl.
• FLUMMUX to back out, to back out of a promise; to disappoint; to opt out of a round of betting ...M19 sl.
• GIP to disappoint ...1928 Amer. sl.
• GYP to disappoint ...1928 Amer. sl.
• GYPSY to disappoint ...1928 Amer. sl.
• JIP to disappoint ...1928 Amer. sl.
• KILL SOMEONE'S BUZZ to depress someone; to destroy someone's enjoyment or pleasure; to disappoint someone ...1980s sl.
• MUMP to disappoint ...E18 sl.
• STICK UP to deceive, to cheat, to disappoint ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• STOMP SOMEONE'S BUZZ to depress someone; to destroy someone's enjoyment or pleasure; to disappoint someone ...1980s sl.
• THROW to hinder; to disarrange; to disappoint; to defeat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
DISAPPOINTED - adjectives
• ALL OUT disappointed ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEGUNKED disappointed, cheated ...Bk1898 Sc. & N. Ireland
• BLAE disappointed ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BURNED disappointed; humiliated; put down ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• CHOKED annoyed and disappointed ...1950 sl.
• CHUFFED displeased, disgruntled; annoyed and disappointed ...1960 Brit. sl.
• DISAPPOINT disappointed ...1928 Amer. dial.
• DOWN ON annoyed with; disappointed in; holding a negative opinion of ...M19
• GUTTED extremely shocked, upset, or disappointed ...1960s sl.
• HACKED angry, irritated; annoyed and disappointed ...1892 sl., orig. US
• HACKED OFF very angry, irritated, confused; annoyed and disappointed ...1892 sl., orig. US
• MIFFED annoyed and disappointed; upset ...1811 sl.
• OUTDONE put out, perplexed, exasperated, displeased; disappointed, overcome, beaten, humiliated, embarrassed ...1816 Amer. dial.
• OUTED disappointed ...1903 Amer. dial.
• PIPPED annoyed and disappointed ...1914 sl.
• PISSED very angry; annoyed and disappointed ...1971 sl.
• PISSED-OFF very angry; annoyed and disappointed ...1946 sl.
• QUAMPED subdued, disappointed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SADLY-BEGONE woebegone, disappointed ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SICK annoyed and disappointed ...1853 sl.
• SICK AS A PARROT annoyed and disappointed ...1979 Brit. sl.
• SIMPLY THROWING UP BUCKETS very vexed or disappointed ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• TEED OFF annoyed and disappointed ...1955 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
 
DISAPPOINTED - verbs
• HANG ONE'S LIP to sulk or pout; to act annoyed or disappointed ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S MEAT DO ONE NO GOOD to be discontented or churlish; to be vexed, disappointed, to humiliated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SEE THE ELEPHANT to see what there is to see; to experience something to the end; to become jaded or disappointed ...1844 Amer. dial.
• SHOOT ONE'S GRANDMOTHER to make a great mistake; to be disappointed; to think you have discovered what was well known before ...1855 Amer.
 
DISAPPOINTED - phrases
• DONT' MAKE A BAHN-NAHN a request not to be let down or disappointed ...1900s US Black sl.
• MEAL CAME HOME SHORT FROM THE MILLER, THE expectations were disappointed ...1890 Sc.
 
DISAPPOINTING - adjectives
• FAKE bad, disappointing, negative ...1990s US campus sl.
• FALLACIOUS that causes disappointment; mocking expectation, delusive ...1667
• FRUSTRATORY resulting in disappointment; disappointing ...1490 obs.
• SALTLESS disappointing ...1820 Sc.
 
DISAPPOINTING, DISAPPOINTMENT - nouns
• ASS-BREAKER that which is bitterly trying or unpleasant, esp. an agonizing or arduous task, experience, etc.; a bitter disappointment ...1961 Amer. sl.
• BALK the failure of an expectation; a disappointment ...1733
• BALLBREAKER that which is bitterly trying or unpleasant, esp. an agonizing or difficult task, experience, etc.; a bitter disappointment ...1942 US sl.
• BALLBUSTER that which is bitterly trying or unpleasant, esp. an agonizing or difficult task, experience, etc.; a bitter disappointment ...1942 US sl.
• BALL-CRUSHER that which is bitterly trying or unpleasant, esp. an agonizing or difficult task, experience, etc.; a bitter disappointment ...1970 US sl.
• BAULK a disappointment ...1733
• BEGECK † a cheating disappointment; a trick ...c1600 obs. exc. Sc.
• BEGEEK † a cheating disappointment ...c1600 obs. exc. Sc.
• BEGINK a disappointment, misfortune ...1725 Sc.
• BEGONK a trick, a disappointment, misfortune ...1725 Eng. dial.
• BEGUILE a deception, a trick; disappointment ...1637 Sc.
• BEGUNK a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception; a disappointment, misfortune ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAMP a disappointment; a rebuff ...1714 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAMP RAG a disappointment; a blighted hop ...1940s Amer. sl.
• DASHING disappointment ...1813 Eng. dial.
• DEADBEAT a fraudulent or worthless item; also, a deception or disappointment ...1866 Amer. sl.
• DENIAL a disadvantage, detriment, hindrance; loss, injury; a disappointment ...1895 Eng. dial.
• DISAPPOINT disappointment ...1922 Amer. dial.
• GUTSER a disappointment; a let-down; a misfortune ...1910s Aust. sl.
• GUTZER a disappointment; a let-down; a misfortune ...1910s Aust. sl.
• GYP an unfair action; a bitter disappointment ...1914 Amer. sl.
• KICK IN THE ASS shocking or disappointing news ...M20 US colloq.
• KING'S ELEVATOR an extreme put-down, disappointment, or affront ...M20 US sl.
• LAME SCENE a disappointing, boring event, typically a tedious party ...1960s US Black sl.
• LEMON a disappointment, anything worthless or fraudulent, esp. a poor quality drug purchase ...1910s sl.
• LEMONER a disappointment; something depressing ...1970s Irish sl.
• LICKING a reversal or disappointment; defeat or setback ... c1800 colloq.
• LOSER a handicap; an obstacle, a disappointment ...c1920 sl.
• NACKET a disappointment, rebuke, etc. ...1801 Sc.
• NAILS a disappointment; a failure ...1981 Hawaii juvenile usage
• PISSER a disappointing experience ...1960s Amer. sl.
• ROYAL SCREW an extreme putdown, disappointment, or affront ...20C US sl.
• ROYAL SHAFT an extreme putdown, disappointment, or affront ...20C US sl.
• SELL a cheat; a practical joke; something that disappoints expectations ...1838 sl.
• SICKENER anything depressing, disappointing, or frustrating; a sad outcome ...19C sl.
• SICKNER anything depressing, disappointing, or frustrating ...19C sl.
• SUCK a deception; a disappointing event or result ...1856 sl.
• SUCK-IN a deception; a disappointing event or result; cheat, a trick ...1856 sl.
• TURKEY an inferior or unsuccessful film or theatrical production; hence, anything disappointing or of inferior value ...1927 US sl.
 
DISAPPOINTING - nouns, person
• DEADLEG a feeble, lazy, or disappointing person ...1950s Brit. sl.
 
DISAPPOINTING - phrases
• IT'S NO CATCH it's very hard work, very disappointing, unpleasant, dangerous ...19C sl.
 
DISAPPOINTMENT - verbs
• BURST ONE'S BOILER to come to grief, to bring to grief; to suffer disappointment, misfortune or other trouble ...1824 US
 
DISAPPOINTMENT - interjections
• ACH! an exclamation of impatience, disappointment, contempt, etc ...1871 Sc.
• AUGH! an exclamation of impatience, disappointment, contempt, etc ...1871 Sc.
• BALLS! an expression of disappointment, disgust, or resignation; utter nonsense! rubbish! ...1857 US sl.
• CHA! used for registering impatience, disdain, or disappointment ...1827 Jamaica
• CHO! used for registering impatience, disdain, or disappointment ...1827 Jamaica
• DABBISH IT! an exclamation of surprise or disappointment ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DAMN! a profane imprecation; an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, annoyance, frustration, etc. ...1589
• DAMN IT! an exclamation of disappointment, annoyance, irritation, frustration, etc. ...1589 UK
• DANG! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. ...1821
• DANG IT! damn! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. ...L18 euphemism
• DARN! damn!; an exclamation of disappointment, annoyance, irritation, frustration, etc. ...1781
• DARN IT! an exclamation of disappointment, annoyance, irritation, frustration, etc. ...1781
• DERN! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. ...1780s euphemism
• DERN IT! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. ...1780s
• DURN! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. ...1780s
• DURN IT! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. ...1780s
• GOOD GRIEF! used as an all-purpose expression of surprise, anger, disappointment, dismay ...1937 US sl.
• HELL'S BELLS AND LITTLE FISHES! used as an expression of vexation or disappointment ...1959 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S BELLS AND PANTHER TRACKS! used as an expression of vexation or disappointment ...1919 Amer. dial.
• HORSE APPLES! int. nonsense!; an exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. ...1933 US sl.
• HORSECRAP! nonsense!; an exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. ...1934 US sl.
• HORSE DOOKIE! nonsense!; an exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. ...1973 US sl.
• HORSEFEATHERS! nonsense!; an exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. ...1932 US sl.
• HORSE HOCKEY! nonsense!; an exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. ...1980 US sl.
• HORSE MANURE! nonsense!; an exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. ...1958 US sl.
• HORSE PUCKY! nonsense!; an exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. ...1975 US sl.
• HORSERADISH! nonsense!; an exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. ...1924 US sl.
• HORSES! exclamation expressing anger or disappointment ...1927-28 Amer. sl.
• HORSESHIT! nonsense!; exclamation of disgust, disappointment, etc. ...1934 US sl.
• NAY THEN! an exclamation of wonder, doubt, disappointment, sympathy, or remonstrance ...1790 Eng. dial.
• OH FUDGE! a mild expression of disappointment or frustration ...20C sl.
• SHUCKS! exclamation of disappointment, annoyance etc. ...US & Can. colloq.
 
DISAPPROVAL - adjectives
• COD expressing contempt or disapproval ...1960s sl.
• CODALINA expressing contempt or disapproval ...1960s sl.
• CODETTAREENARONE expressing contempt or disapproval ...1960s sl.
• CODETTE expressing contempt or disapproval ...1960s sl.
 
DISAPPROVAL - nouns
• BIRD, THE a show of disapproval by an audience, esp. in the form of hissing ...1884 sl., orig. theatrical usage
• OLD-FASHIONED LOOK a glance of quizzical disapproval ...1961 UK sl.
 
DISAPPROVAL, TERM OF DISAPPROVAL - nouns
• HOOA a term of general disapproval, applied to either sex ...1950s Aust. sl.
• HOOER a term of general disapproval, applied to either sex ...1950s Aust. sl.
• HOOR a term of general disapproval, applied to either sex ...1950s Aust. sl.
• HUA a term of general disapproval, applied to either sex ...1950s Aust. sl.
• HUER a term of general disapproval, applied to either sex ...1950s Aust. sl.
 
DISAPPROVAL - verbs
• CRY SHAME ON to express vigorous disapproval of
• CRY SHAME UPON to express vigorous disapproval of
 
DISAPPROVAL - interjections
• BITE THE BAG! used to express contempt or disapproval, and rejection; Go away! To hell with you! ...1952 Amer. 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
• EAT SHIT AND DIE! used as a powerful expression of dislike or disapproval ...1986 US sl.
• HARRUMPH! exclamation expressing disapproval ...M20
• HOW YOU DO TALK! exclamation of disapproval or disagreement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• KAE! † an exclamation of disapproval, contempt, or incredulity ...a1779 Scot
• KAY-KAY! † an exclamation of disapproval, contempt, or incredulity ...1828 Scot
• RATS! an exclamation of annoyance, despair, disgust, or disapproval ...1886 orig. US
• RUFTY-TUFTY † an expression of disapproval ...1606
• SICK AND WRONG! used for conveying a strong disagreement or disapproval ...1989 US sl.
• WOULDN'T IT! a exclamation indicating dismay, disapproval, disgust, etc. ...Aust. sl.
 
DISAPPROVAL - phrases
• NOT IN MY NAME a slogan of disavowal of prevailing attitudes ...1994 US
• NOT IN OUR NAME a slogan of disavowal of prevailing attitudes ...1994 US
 
DISAPPROVE - nouns, person
• WAG-POW a head-shaker, one who disapproves by shaking his head ...1926 Sc.
 
DISAPPROVE - verbs
• BECLEPE † to appeal against, to object to, to disapprove ...c1320
• GOOSE to express disapproval of a play, actor, etc. by hissing ...1838 theatrical sl.
• TAKE A DIM VIEW OF to disapprove of ...1941 colloq.
 
DISAPPROVING - adjectives
• OLD-FASHIONED of a look or glance: disapproving ...20C sl.
• PO-FACED characterized by or assuming an expressionless or impassive face; hence, humourless, disapproving ...c1900
• UNPLAUSIVE † not approving, disapproving ...1606.
 
DISAPPROVINGLY - adverbs
• SKEEF disapprovingly ...1969 S. Afr. sl.
 
DISARM - verbs
• DEARM †* to disarm ...1727
 
DISARRANGE - verbs
• BULLOX to throw into disorder or confusion; to mix up; to mess or disarrange things ...1949 Amer. dial.
• DECOMBOBLATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DECONCERT †* to disconcert, to disarrange, to disorder ...1715
• DISANNUL to disarrange, to inconvenience, to interfere with, to injure ...1857 Eng. dial.
• DISCOMBOBBLE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1840 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOBOLATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1943 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOBRACATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1834 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOBULATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1916 Amer. sl.
• DISCOMBOOBELATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOOBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1943 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOOBLE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOOMERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBULATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCONBOBBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCUMBOBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1916 Amer. dial.
• FERHOONSE to botch; to mix up, to disarrange ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HAMPER to injure; to disarrange; to throw out of gear ...1892 Eng. dial.
• MALAGAROUSE to dishevel, to disarrange, to knock about; to spoil ...1894 Sc.
• MALAGARUZE to dishevel, to disarrange, to knock about; to spoil ...1894 Sc.
• MALAGRUIZE to dishevel, to disarrange, to knock about; to spoil ...1894 Sc.
• MAMMOCK to disarrange, to tumble, to throw into confusion; to pull about, to mess, to make dirty; to worry ...1899 Eng. dial.
• MOMMOCK to disarrange, to tumble, to throw into confusion; to pull about, to mess, to make dirty; to worry ...1899 Eng. dial.
• MUMMOCK to disarrange, to tumble, to throw into confusion; to pull about, to mess, to make dirty; to worry ...1899 Eng. dial.
• MUSS to mess, to disarrange ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• NEVEL to handle or finger things awkwardly so as to soil or disarrange ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMFEEZLE to disarrange, to muddle ...1786 Sc.
• RAMFOOZLE to disarrange, to muddle ...1786 Sc.
• REEL-RALL to move or work in a confused manner; to disarrange; to walk in an aimless, disorderly fashion ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TAFFLE to handle roughly, to ruffle, to rumple, to disarrange ...1842 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEAR UP to mess up, to make untidy or disorderly, to muddle up, to disarrange ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TEW to shake, to toss; to keep in motion; to rumple, to disarrange; to tumble; to pull about ...1870 Eng. dial.
• THROW to hinder; to disarrange; to disappoint; to defeat ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIFFLE to disorder, to disarrange; to entangle; to ravel ...1811 chiefly Eng. dial.
• TIFLE to disorder, to disarrange; to entangle; to ravel ...1811 chiefly Eng. dial.
• UNFETTLE to disarrange, to disturb, to undo, to unsettle ...1889 Eng. dial.
 
DISARRANGED - adjectives
• AFLUNTERS in a state of disorder; disarranged ...1891 Eng. dial.
 
DISARRAY - adjectives
• ALL OVER THE PLACE LIKE A MADWOMAN'S CUSTARD in chaos, in utter disarray ...1953 Aust.
• ALL OVER THE PLACE LIKE A MADWOMAN'S KNITTING in chaos, in utter disarray ...1953 Aust.
• ALL OVER THE PLACE LIKE A MADWOMAN'S LUNCH-BOX in chaos, in utter disarray ...1953 Aust.
• ALL OVER THE PLACE LIKE A MADWOMAN'S SHIT in chaos, in utter disarray ...1953 Aust.
• ALL OVER THE SHOP confused, in disarray; everywhere ...1874 UK sl.
• MUCKED UP in disarray. confused; spoiled ...1996 US sl.
 
DISARRAY - adverbs
• CAT-WEST into disarray, confusion, or destruction ...1946 Amer. dial.
 
DISARRAY - nouns
• CADDLE disorder, disarray, confusion, disturbance ...1825 Eng. dial.
• DERAY uproar, merriment, noise, disorder, chaos, disarray; a noisy party ...1727 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• 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.
• KADDLE confusion, disorder, disarray, embarrassment ...1870 Eng. dial.
• MONKEY'S WEDDING a state of disorder or disarray ...1884 Amer. dial.
• MONKEY'S WEDDING BREAKFAST a state of disorder or disarray ...1884 Amer. dial.
 
DISASTER - adjectives
• MALEFIC productive of disaster or evil ...1652
 
DISASTER - nouns
• AATACLAPS a disaster, a calamity ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• ANGALUCK an accident, a disaster ...1866 Sc.
• BAD NEWS a dangerous or disastrous thing, situation, etc. ...1917 Amer. sl.
• BUSTIFICATION an explosion; a disaster; a quarrel ...1906 Amer. dial.
• BUTT-FUCK an instance of victimization; an unfortunate event; a disaster ...1986 US sl.
• DIMRACKER a disaster; a complete failure ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• EVIL HEAL † disaster, harm ...c1175 obs.
• EVIL HEALTH † bad luck, hurt, disaster ...c1477
• GLOCKEN a start from a fright; a sudden shock; an unexpected disaster ...1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• ILL YEAR † misfortune, disaster ...1598
• N.A.B.U. a complete disaster; an irreconcilable mess (Non-Adjusting Balls-Up) ...1940s sl., orig. US military
• S.A.B.U. a complete disaster (Self-Adjusting Balls-Up) ...1940s sl., orig. US military
• SINISTERED AREA in Quebec: a disaster area ...2001 Can. sl.
• T.A.B.U. a complete disaster (Typical Army Balls-Up) ...1940s sl., orig. US military
 
DISASTER - nouns, person
• CALAMITY HOWLER a person who predicts disaster; a prophet of doom ...1892 US sl.
• CALAMITY JANE a nagging woman; a pessimist; a worrier; a prophet of disaster ...1918 US sl.
• CALAMITY SHOUTER a person who predicts disaster; a prophet of doom ...1892 US sl.
 
DISASTER - verbs
• BUST ONE'S BALLS to meet with disaster ...1957 US sl.
 
DISASTER - phrases
• ANOTHER DOUBLE MUG IS BROKE said when a new misfortune or disaster has occurred ...19C Eng. dial.
 
DISASTROUS - adjectives
• CATASTROPHAL of the nature of a catastrophe; disastrous ...1842
• DISVENTUROUS † unfortunate, disastrous ...1742
 
DISASTROUS - nouns
• HORROR SHOW an occasion or experience that is embarrassing, disgusting, frightening, disastrous, or the like; anything unpleasant ...1959 Amer. sl.
 
DISASTROUS - nouns, person
• BAD NEWS a dangerous or disastrous person ...1917 Amer. sl.
 
DISASTROUS - verbs
• BUY THE FARM to get into a disastrous situation ...1961 Amer. sl.
 
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
• 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 campus & 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
• 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.
• 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 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
• 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
• DECART † to discard ...a1572 Sc.
• DECK to discard, to cast out ...1781 Eng. dial.  
• MAKE AWAY WITH to throw away or discard as useless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. 
• NEGLECT †* to leave out, to omit, to discard ...1603
• SHITCAN to throw away; to discard; to reject as worthless ...sl.
• SHOOT OUT to throw away, to discard ...2000 Amer. dial.
 
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.
 
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
 
DISCERNMENT - nouns
• DECERNMENT † decision; discernment, discrimination ...1586
 
DISCHARGE - adjectives
• ABSOLVATORY pardoning, forgiving; belonging to a discharge or acquittal ...Bk1611
 
DISCHARGE - nouns
• 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 to dismiss or discharge; to drop, to cancel, to reject ...1922 sl.
• AXE 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.
• 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 - nouns, person
• LERER †* a learner; a disciple ...c1440
• SUER † a follower, a disciple ...c1380
 
DISCIPLINARIAN - nouns, 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.
• 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
• AWEBOUND under restraint or discipline; submissive to authority ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• AWEBUND under restraint or discipline; submissive to authority ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• 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 - nouns, person
• JOCK a disc jockey ...1960s Amer. sl.
• PLATTER PUSHER a radio disc jockey ...1973 US sl.
 
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
• 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
• 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
• UNBOWELLING † disclosure; revelation ...a1653
 
DISCO - nouns
• DANCE PARTY a disco ...20C Aust. sl.
 
DISCO - nouns, 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
• 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.
• EEBIE-JEEBIES, THE feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort ...1923 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 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.
• 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.
 
DISCONCERT - verbs
• 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.
• BLUFF to faze, to disconcert someone; to totally embarrass somebody and throw him off balance ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DECOMBOBLATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DECONCERT †* to disconcert, to disarrange, to disorder ...1715
• DISCOMBOBBLE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1840 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOBOLATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1943 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOBRACATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1834 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOBULATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1916 Amer. sl.
• DISCOMBOOBELATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOOBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1943 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOOBLE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBOOMERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCOMBULATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCONBOBBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DISCUMBOBERATE to disarrange; to put out of order; to confuse, to perplex, to disconcert ...1916 Amer. dial.
• FACE DOWN to disconcert in a direct confrontation ...1530
• FAZE to surprise, to disconcert ...1830 US sl.
• GET ONE'S TAG to whip or chastise one; to disconcert or reprove severely ...1908 Amer. dial.
• HACK to embarrass, to annoy, to disconcert, to tease ...1908 Amer. dial.
• PUT OFF to disconcert ...20C sl.
• PUT SOMEONE'S NOSE OUT OF JOINT to annoy; to upset the plans of; to inconvenience; to disconcert ...1576 UK
 
DISCONCERTED - adjectives
• ALAMORT bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL BROKEN UP bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ALL FUSSED UP bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAMBLUSTERCATED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.  
• BASHED † abashed, disconcerted, dismayed ...c1440
• BROKEN UP bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUMFOOZLED bewildered, perplexed, confused, disconcerted, mixed up ...1912 Amer. dial.
• BUMFUZZLED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...1914  Amer. dial.
• COMFLOGISTICATED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONFLABBERATED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONFLABBERGASTED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONFLUMMOXED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONFUSBUSCATED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONFUSBUSTICATED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CONFUSTICATED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DISCOMGOLLIFUSTICATED bewildered; confused; disconcerted, discomforted, embarrassed ...1916 Amer. dial.
• DISCUMFUDDLED very much bewildered, or shaken; confused, disconcerted ...1911 Amer. dial.
• DUMB-FOGGED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUMBFOUNDERED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUMBWILDERED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EUCHRED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAZED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FEEZED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLABBERGASTED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUMMIXED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUMMOXED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUMMUXED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUSTERATED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUSTERATED UP bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUSTICATED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUSTRATED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLUSTRATED UP bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FUSSED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FUSSED UP bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FUSTICATED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GALLIED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HACKED dispirited; tired or disconcerted, exhausted...1882 Amer. dial.
• IN A HOP bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A RATTLE bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IN A STEW bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JINGLED bewildered; confused; muddled; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON THE RAZZLE-DAZZLE bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PHASED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PHAZED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUEER-TAKEN taken aback, surprised, disconcerted ...1858 Sc.
• RATTLED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RAZZLE-DAZZLED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPIFFLICATED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPIFLICATED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STRUCK DUMBWILDERED bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNBLANKED † not disconcerted or silenced ...1570
• UP IN THE AIR bewildered; confused; disconcerted ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
DISCONCERTED - nouns, person
• ALYO a person not easily disconcerted ...Amer. sl.
 
DISCONNECTED - adjectives
• ABJUNCT †* disjoined, disconnected, severed ...1610
• ABJUNCTIVE * of a disconnected or isolated character; exceptional ...1832
 
DISCONSOLATE - adjectives
• DUNG disconsolate, dejected ...Bk1900 Sc.
 
DISCONTENT - nouns
• HEARTBURN rankling jealousy, discontent, or enmity ...1621
• HEARTBURNING jealousy, resentment, discontent; enmity ...1824 Amer. dial.
• TATTER a rage; a long-continued condition of grumbling discontent ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
DISCONTENT - verbs
• HEARTBURN to be affected with jealousy or discontent ...1824 Amer. dial.
 
DISCONTENTED - adjectives
• ALLAGRUGOUS discontented-looking, ill-natured, morose, disagreeable; grim, ghastly ...1742  Sc.
• BEERIN querulous, discontented ...Bk1898 Sc.
• HANKERSOME uneasy, discontented, envious ...1880 Eng. dial.
• ILL-CONTENT discontented, displeased
• ILL-CONTENTED discontented, displeased ...1582
• MALCONTENT discontented, dissatisfied; inclined to rebellion or mutiny; restless and disaffected ...1586
• MALCONTENTED † discontented, dissatisfied ...c1586
• MALEGRUGROUS grim, ghastly; discontented-looking ...1742 Sc.
• MALLAGRUGOUS grim, ghastly; discontented-looking ...1742 Sc.
• MAWKY whimsical, capricious, changeable; peevish, discontented; proud, conceited ...1854 Eng. dial.
• SQUINNY discontented-looking ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TANGLESOME discontented; obstinate; fretful ...1823 Eng. dial.
• TATTER scolding, cross, peevish, ill-tempered, grumblingly discontented ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNCONTENTED discontented ...1890 Eng. dial.
 
DISCONTENTED - nouns
• MALCONTENT † the state of being discontented ...1591
 
DISCONTENTED - nouns, person
• CAGE RATTLER a person not content with the humdrum or conventional ...1970s Amer. sl.
• GROUCH a bad-tempered or discontented person ...1900 sl.
• GRUMBLE-BELLY a peevish, discontented person; a confirmed grumbler ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GRUMBLETONIAN a constant grumbler, esp. as regards the 'state of the country'; a discontented person; a scolder ...c1710 colloq.
• GRUMP a bad-tempered, surly, or discontented person ...1900 sl.
• HAKE a greedy, grasping discontented person; a miser; a pertinacious asker or beggar; a covetous person ...1855
• MALCONTENT a discontented or dissatisfied person ...1581
• NARGIE a grumbling, discontented person ...1963 Sc.
• SMELLFUNGUS a discontented person; a grumbler; a faultfinder ...1807-8
• SORE-HEAD a bad-tempered or discontented person ...1848 sl., chiefly Amer.
 
DISCONTENTED - verbs
• DISGRUBBLE †* to disgruntle, to put into a sulky dissatisfaction or ill humour, to make discontented ...1689
• GRUMBLE IN THE GIZZARD to be annoyed, but to keep one's feelings to oneself; to be secretly displeased; to complain and be dissatisfied or discontented; to murmur or repine ...1785 Eng. dial.
• HAVE ONE'S MEAT DO ONE NO GOOD to be discontented or churlish; to be vexed, disappointed, to humiliated ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HEART-BURN † to render jealous or grudging; to make discontented, to dissatisfy ...c1540 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• NARR to be discontented or peevish; to fret ...1825 Sc.
 
DISCONTENTED - phrases
• BLACK DOG HAS WALKED OVER HIM, A said of a sullen, discontented, or morose person ...1834
 
DISCONTINUANCE - nouns
• OBSOLETION * the act of becoming or condition of being obsolete; disuse, discontinuance ...1804
 
DISCONTINUE - verbs
• BAG to disregard, abandon, or be done with; to discontinue; to quit ...1968 Amer. sl.
• BAG UP to disregard, abandon, or be done with; to quit ...1968 Amer. sl.
• LEAVE DOWN * to discontinue, to let drop ...1548
• LET ALONE. to break off, to discontinue ...1884 Amer. dial.
 
DISCORD - adjectives
• AT JAR at discord; in a state of dissension or variance ...1552
• DISCORDFUL * full of discord; quarrelsome, contentious ...1596
• DISCORDOUS † full of discord; disagreeing, quarrelsome ...1597-8
 
DISCORD - nouns
• BATE † contention, strife, discord, argument ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CACOPHONY moral discord ...1831
• JAR discord manifested in strife or contention; variance, dissension, quarrelling ...1546
• VARIATION †* discord, variance, dissension ...c1485
 
DISCORD - nouns, person
• MAKEBATE one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife ...1529 arch.
• MAKE-DEBATE † one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife ...1741
• MAKE-STRIFE † one who or something which creates contention or discord; a breeder of strife ...1617
• SHIT-STIRRER a person who takes pleasure in causing trouble or discord sl.
 
DISCORD - verbs
• DISSENTIATE †* to throw into a state of dissent or discord ...1627
• VARY † to disagree seriously, to discord or quarrel; to fall at variance ...c1440
 
DISCORDANT - adjectives
• ABSONANT harsh, inharmonious; fig. discordant or abhorrent to reason, nature, etc; unreasonable,  unnatural ...1564
• CACOPHONIC discordant; harsh
• CALLITHUMPIAN noisy, boisterous, discordant ...1851 Amer. dial.
• DISSENTIOUS * given to strife, dissension, or disagreement; discordant, quarrelsome, contentious, factious ...1560
• JANGLY harsh-sounding, inharmonious, discordant ...a1800
• JARRING discordant, conflicting, clashing ...1661
 
DISCORDANT - nouns
• SCREED a loud, shrill, or discordant sound; the sound of scraping anything on a whetstone ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARL a loud, discordant sound; a bawl ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARM † a discordant, disagreeable sound or outcry; a scream, a yell ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
DISCORDANT - nouns, person
• SCRAIGHER one who screams, or makes a loud, discordant sound ...1824 Sc.
 
DISCORDANT - verbs
• YARL to utter a loud, discordant sound; to bawl ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARM † to utter a discordant or mournful cry; to shriek, to scream, to yell, to howl, to wail ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAWM to utter a loud, discordant sound; to shriek, to yell; to cry as a wild beast ...1890 Eng. dial.
 
DISCOUNT - nouns
• THROW-BACK the discount given on a purchase ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
DISCOUNT - verbs
• DISRECOGNIZE to discount, to ignore ...1974 Amer. dial.
 
DISCOURAGE - verbs
• BUM SOMEONE OUT to discourage someone ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• CHILL to become discouraged; to lose enthusiasm ...20C Amer. sl.
• DAFF to daunt, to stun, to discourage ...1677 Eng. dial.
• DAMP to deaden or restrain the ardour or energy of; to depress, to deject, to discourage, to check ...1548
• DEADHEAD to discourage ...2001 UK sl.
• DISENCOURAGE to discourage ...1903 Amer. dial.
• PUT A DAMPER ON to discourage; to dampen the enthusiasm of; to spoil another person's pleasure; to have a depressing effect on ...1748
 
DISCOURAGED - adjectives
• ABOUT PLAYED OUT of a person or a unit: demoralized and discouraged ...US Civil War usage
• BUMMED discouraged; depressed ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• BUMMED OUT discouraged; depressed ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• OUT OF HEART dispirited; discouraged; disheartened, downcast ...1586
 
DISCOURAGED - verbs
• HANG ONE'S EARS † to be cowed or discouraged ...1678
• LOOK DOWN ONE'S NOSE to look embarrassed or unhappy; to look chagrined, baffled, sorrowful, discouraged, or ashamed; to submit to someone ...1914 Amer. dial.
• RED-NOSE to be downcast or discouraged ...1911 Amer. dial.
 
DISCOURAGEMENT - nouns
• DAMP a check, discouragement ...1587
• DAUNT † the act of daunting; dispiriting; intimidation; discouragement; a check ...a1400 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DOWNSIDE a discouraging or negative aspect ...1977 Amer. sl.
• RED-NOSE discouragement, the blues ...1911 Amer. dial.
 
DISCOURSE - adjectives
• COLLOQUACIOUS given to colloquy, discourse, or conversation ...1837 humorous nonce word
 
DISCOURSE - adverbs
• LARGELY † of discourse: at great length; in full, fully ...1483
 
DISCOURSE - nouns
• BLUTHRIE frothy, incoherent, flatulent discourse ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CARP †* discourse; power of speech; carping speech, cavil ...c1325
• CONFABULATION a talking together; an easy, familiar talk, conversation, or discourse; a chat ...c1450
• GALIMATIAS speech that is so rapid, confused, or disguised as to be unintelligible; a dark, perplexed discourse; meaningless talk; nonsense, gibberish ...1653
• GEAR † discourse, doctrine, talk; also, in depreciatory sense, 'stuff', nonsense ...1415 obs. exc. arch.
• JAFFLE idle discourse of an indecent or malicious character ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LABERLETHIN a long, rambling discourse ...1864 Sc.
• LADRY † impure discourse ...1400s Sc.
• LAGAMACHIE a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• LAMGABBLICH a long rambling discourse; a rigmarole ...1954 Sc.
• LAMGAMASHY a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• LAMGAMMERIE a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• LARGENESS † lengthiness or prolixity of discourse or writing ...1561
• LESSON † subject of discourse ...c1330
• LOGAMOCHY a long-winded rambling story or discourse; a harangue, rigmarole ...1826 Sc.
• MATAEOLOGY a vain, useless, or unprofitable discourse; foolish words, nonsense ...1656
• MATEOLOGIE vain or unprofitable discourse, nonsense ...1656
• PALINODE a rambling discourse, esp. one calculated to deceive the listeners ...1869 Eng. dial.
• PARCILOQUY †* a sparing or niggardly speech or discourse; a speaking little; moderation in words ...1656
• RABBLE † a disorderly outpouring of words, or noises; a rigmarole; an incoherent discourse, nonsensical talk ...1808 obs. exc. Sc.
• RAGMAN a long discourse, rhapsody, rigmarole ...1506 Sc.
• RAMFEEZLEMENT † a babble of angry words, confused discourse; a violent quarrel ...1825 Sc.
• ROSE-PARLEY † pleasant conversation or discourse ...1582
• SCOOSE discourse, altercation, dispute, bad language ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SERMOCINATION † talk, conversation; a discourse, sermon; speech-making ...1514
• SILLABUB something unsubstantial and frothy; esp., floridly vapid discourse or writing ...1706
• SKIMBLE-SKAMBLE confused or worthless discourse; irregular talk; wild, rambling nonsense; rigmarole ...1619
• TALE † the act of telling, relating, or saying; discourse, conversation, talk ...c1000
• TALKATION a talking; a light discourse ...1800 nonce word
• TOLUTILOQUENCE †* a talking 'at a trot'; speech that moves briskly along; voluble discourse ...1656
• YEDDING † a song; a speech, a discourse; romance in verse ...c950
 
DISCOURSE - verbs
• GET FANKLED to lose the thread of a discourse ...1826 Sc.
• MILK OVER THE CAN to discourse pointlessly or beyond the mark ...1895 Eng. dial.
• NURN † to utter, say, to speak, to discourse ...a1300
• SCOOSE to discourse; to dispute, to use bad language ...1869 Eng. dial.
• SERMOCINATE * to talk; to hold a discourse; to make speeches ...1623
• SUMMER to consider or discuss a matter at great length; to be tediously long in discourse ...1822 Sc.
• TALE † to discourse, to talk, to chatter; to gossip; to tell tales ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YED † to sing, to recite, to talk, to discourse ...c888
 
DISCOURTEOUS - adjectives
• UNCHIVALRIC not courteously attentive to women, discourteous ...1851
 
DISCOURTEOUS - nouns, person
• KILL-COURTESY † a discourteous or rude person; a boorish person ...1590
 
DISCOURTEOUS - verbs
• BACK-SASS to speak impertinently or discourteously ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
DISCOURTESY - nouns
• UNCHIVALRY lack of courteous attention to women ...1858
 
DISCOVER - adjectives
• HEURISTIC serving to find out or discover something ...E19
 
DISCOVER - nouns
• HEURISM the educational process or principle of training pupils to discover things for themselves ...E20
 
DISCOVER - verbs
• ART to find out; to discover ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BEFIND † to find, to discover ...c1200
• DECIPHER † to find out, to discover, to detect ...1528
• DIG OUT to research and discover; to find and obtain ...1611 UK sl.
• DIG UP to research and discover; to find and obtain ...1611 UK sl.
• EXPISCATE to 'fish out'; to find out by scrutiny or inquiry; to search out; to discover by laborious investigation or strict examination ...c1611
• FADGE OUT to ascertain, to discover ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FIND UP to discover, to find out ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GET AN ANGLE ON to discover something useful about; to get a line on ...1974 Amer. sl.
• HIVE to discover; to catch ...Amer. World War I sl.
• JAUM to discover ...1821 thieves' sl.
• NOSE OUT to discover by searching ...1630 UK
• RAP TO to work out, to discover ...1920 US sl.
• SCOUR to discover, to find, to lay hands on ...1864 Sc.
• SCOVER to search; to discover; to ramble about ostentatiously ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• VENT † to discover or discern ...1611
 
DISCOVERED - verbs
• HAVE FOUND A MARE'S NEST to imagine that one has discovered something wonderful, which in fact has no existence ...a1619
 
DISCOVERY - nouns
• HARKENING † inquiry; discovery ...a1483
• HEARKENING † inquiry; discovery ...a1483
• MARE'S-NEST an illusory discovery, esp. one that is much vaunted and displays foolish credulity; a false discovery or illusion ...a1619
 
DISCOVERY - interjections
• SOHO! an exclamation announcing the discovery of something unexpected