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DISPARAGE - DISSUADE
DISPARAGE - nouns, person
• BADMOUTH one who disparages or maligns ...1967 US sl.
• BADMOUTHER one who disparages or maligns ...1967 US sl.
• LACKER † one who blames or disparages ...1496
• STEP-AND-FETCH-IT an appellation of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
DISPARAGE - verbs
• BACKCAP to attempt to thwart or ruin by defaming someone; to depreciate, disparage, or criticize meanly ...1887 Amer. sl.
• BACKCLAP to disparage ...1896 Amer. sl.
• BAD-MOUTH to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1941 sl., orig. US
• BASE to disparage or ridicule; to confront someone ...1970 Amer. Black usage
• BESPARAGE † to disparage ...1592
• DEBAUCH † to vilify, to damage in reputation; to depreciate, to disparage ...1601
• DECLINE † to undervalue, to disparage, to depreciate ...1509 obs.
• DECRY to cry out against; to disparage or condemn openly; to attack the credit or reputation of; to depreciate ...1641
• DEDIGNIFY † to deprive of dignity or worthiness; to disparage, to flout ...1654
• DEHONESTATE †* to dishonour, to disgrace, to disparage, to slander, to calumniate ...1663
• DIS(S) to show disrespect, to disparage ...1982 US sl.
• DISWORTH †* to deprive of worth; to render worthless or unworthy; to degrade, to disparage ...1627
• DO A NUMBER ON SOMEONE to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1975 US sl.
• DOWN to disparage; to criticize adversely ...1970 Amer. sl.
• DOWNMOUTH to derogate; to disparage ...1981 Amer. sl.
• DOWN ON to disparage; to criticize adversely ...1992 Amer. sl.
• DUMP ALL OVER SOMEONE to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize; to treat unfairly ...1966 sl., chiefly US
• DUMP ON SOMEONE to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize; to treat unfairly ...1966 sl., chiefly US
• GIVE ONE NED to berate or disparage someone...1897 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE OLD NED to berate or disparage someone...1970 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE PARTICULAR NED to berate or disparage someone...1897 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE THE VERY NED to berate or disparage someone...1897 Amer. dial.
• HARD-MOUTH to threaten or disparage ...1960 Trinidad and Tobago
• HAVE A GO AT to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1977 sl.
• HAVE A POP AT SOMEONE to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1922 Brit. sl.
• ILLIFY to slander, defame, vilify, abuse; to speak disparagingly of ...1862 Eng. dial.
• JAG to annoy, to irritate, to play tricks on; to disparage; to reject ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JAG OFF to annoy, to irritate, to play tricks on; to disparage; to reject ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LACK † to disparage, to depreciate, to slight ...1721 Sc.
• LACKEN †* to depreciate, to disparage ...1674
• LEAN ON to disparage or ridicule ...1960s US Black sl.
• OBTRACT † to detract from; to disparage, to decry, to slander ...1596
• OBTRECT † to detract from; to disparage, to decry, to slander ...1596
• PUT DOWN to disparage ...1950s Amer. sl.
• PUT THE BAD MOUTH ON to disparage; to malign ...1968 US sl.
• RAG ON SOMEONE to disparage; to strongly deprecate ...1980s Amer. students' sl.
• RANK to disdain, to disparage ...1930s US sl.
• RANK ON to disparage ...1950s Amer. sl.
• RAP to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1906 sl., orig. US
• ROAST to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1782 sl.
• RUBBISH to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1953 sl., orig. & chiefly Aust. & NZ
• SANDBAG to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1919 sl.. orig. & chiefly US
• SCOOT to reject with disdain, to flout, to disparage ...1827 Sc.
• SCREAM to insult or disparage someone; to speak in a derogatory manner about; to embarrass someone publicly ...1972 Amer. sl.
• SCREAM COLD ON to insult or disparage someone; to speak in a derogatory manner about; to embarrass someone publicly ...1980 Amer. sl.
• SCREAM ON to insult or disparage someone; to speak in a derogatory manner about; to embarrass someone publicly ...1970 Amer. sl.
• SLAG OFF to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1971 sl.
• SLAM to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1916 sl., orig. US
• SLATE to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1848 sl.
• SNIPE to disparage someone ...1980 US sl.
• SOAK to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1925 US sl.
• SUBSTRACT † to belittle, to disparage ...1728
• TAKE A POP AT SOMEONE to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1922 Brit. sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE TO THE CLEANERS to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1963 sl.
• TEAR SOMEONE DOWN to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1978 US sl.
• TEE OFF ON to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1955 US sl.
• THROW OFF ON to disparage, to ridicule, to make fun of, to revile, to cast aspersions on ...1887 Amer. dial.
• WALLIPEND to vilipend, to despise, to disparage, to abuse ...1847 Sc.
DISPARAGED - adjectives
• DECRIED cried down, disparaged openly ...1655
DISPARAGEMENT - nouns
• DECRIAL * open disparagement; depreciation ...1711
• LESSENING † a degradation, disparagement ...1428
• LYRICS profanity; disparagement ...1987 Trinidad and Tobago
• OBTRACTATION † detraction, disparagement, slander, calumny ...1563-83
• OBTRECTATION † detraction, disparagement, slander, calumny ...1563-83
DISPARAGEMENT, TERM OF DISPARAGEMENT - nouns
• BEAN a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BOX-ANKLED HOUND a term of disparagement ...1919 Amer. dial.
• BRICK a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CARL(E) a fellow of low birth or rude manners; a base fellow; a churl; later, a vague term of disparagement or contempt ...a1300 Sc. or arch.
• CHICKEN-HALIBUT a term of disparagement for a person, used to signify disgust ...1919 Amer. dial.
• CUR a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DEADHEAD a lazy, worthless person or animal; an idler, a loafer; a term of disparagement ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DOG a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GAISLING † a foolish, inexperienced person; a term of disparagement to a child ...1819 Sc.
• HOUND a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LAMES a term of contempt or disparagement; a term of address ...1950s US Black sl.
• LIME a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 college sl.
• LOLLYGAG a term of disparagement for a person ...1940 Amer. dial.
• MOOCH a beggar or shiftless character; hence, a term of disparagement ...1914 Amer. sl.
• MUSKRAT a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ONE-BRAIN a term of disparagement; a stupid person ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PECKERHEAD a disparaging term for a person; a thick-headed or stupid person; a jerk, an oaf; a despised man ...1955 Amer. dial.
• PECKERWOOD a disparaging term for a person; a thick-headed or stupid person ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PRUNE a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUINCE a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TYKE a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• YELLOW DOG a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• YEOMAN †* a term of disparagement ...c1440
DISPARAGEMENT - interjections
• AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU TOO! used ironically in response to a disparagement or an insult ...1976 UK sl.
DISPARAGING - adjectives
• DEROGATORIOUS † derogatory, disparaging, disrespectful ...c1555
• DETRACTORY tending to detract; defamatory by denial of desert; depreciatory, disparaging, derogatory, calumnious ...1585
• LESSENING † disparaging, degrading, lowering ...1674
• VILIPEND disparaging, abusive ...a1851 Sc.
DISPARAGING - nouns
• BAD MOUTH disparaging remarks; a maligning ...1960 US sl.
• LACK † disgrace, despite, reproach; the act of disparaging ...1710 Sc.
DISPARITY - nouns
• ODDS difference, inequality, disparity ...1713 Sc.
DISPASSIONATE - adjectives
• IMPASSIONATE * free from, or not governed by passion; calm, dispassionate ...1621
DISPATCH - nouns
• RID speed, progress, dispatch ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
DISPATCH - verbs
• WAIVE † to send or dispatch ...a1400-50
DISPEL - verbs
• TO-DRIVE † to drive asunder, to disperse, to scatter; to drive away, to dispel; to dissolve ...c950
DISPENSE (WITH) - verbs
• SKIP IT to forget it, to drop the subject; to dispense with something ...1934 US sl.
• VENT † to dispense, to distribute ...1616
DISPERSE - verbs
• ABGREGATE † to disperse, as it were to lead out of the flock ...1612
• BLANDER to scatter sparingly, to disperse in a scanty way ...19C Sc.
• RENDER † to separate; to disperse ...1826 Eng. dial.
• SCARKLE †* to scatter, disperse ...c1450
• SCALE 1. to dismiss, to disperse a gathering of people ...1681 Sc.
2. of a meeting, congregation, etc. of people: to disperse, to separate ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCALE-BREAK to scatter, to disperse ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCALE-SET to separate, to scatter, to disperse ...1897 Sc.
• SCALE THE BIKE to dismiss, to disperse a gathering of people ...1852
• SKAIL to scatter or disperse a thing or collection of things ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKAIR † to scatter, to disperse; to send out in various directions ...c1200
• SKALE of a meeting, congregation, etc. of people: to disperse, to separate ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKYLE 1. to dismiss, to disperse a gathering of people ...1681 Sc.
2. of a meeting, congregation, etc. of people: to disperse, to separate ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TO-DREVE † to drive asunder or apart; to disperse, to separate, to scatter ...a900
• TO-DRIVE † to drive asunder, to disperse, to scatter; to drive away, to dispel; to dissolve ...c950
• TO-FARE † to go asunder, to disperse ...a900
• TO-FERE † to go asunder, to disperse ...c1000
• TO-SKAIR † to scatter, to disperse ...c1200
DISPERSEDLY - adverbs
• SUNDERLY †* dispersedly, widely ...1541
DISPERSION - nouns
• EFFUSION † of persons: dispersion; rout; of things: confused downfall (poetic) ...a1400
• SCAIL a dispersion, scattering, distribution ...1864 Sc.
• SCALE a dispersion, scattering, distribution ...1864 Sc.
• SCALE-BREAK a sudden scattering or dispersion; the noise or commotion made by a dispersing crowd ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCALEMENT a scattering, dispersion ...1793 Sc.
• SCATTERMENT a scattering; a dispersion ...1895 Sc. & Ireland & Amer. dial.
• SKAIL a dispersal or separation; a scattering ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKAILAMINT a scattering, dispersion ...1793 Sc.
• SKAILING dismissal, dispersion ...c1450
DISPIRIT - verbs
• CAST DOWN to deject in spirits, to disappoint, to dispirit ...1382
• FAINTEN †* to make faint, to depress, to dispirit ...1612-15
• TAKE THE TUCK OUT OF to exhaust; to dispirit ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
DISPIRITED - adjectives
• ABJECTED † cast off, rejected, cast down, dispirited ...1633
• FEATHER-FALLEN crest-fallen, cast down in confidence, spirits, or courage; dispirited, disheartened, dejected; subdued in demeanour ...19C Eng. dial.
• HACKED dispirited; tired or disconcerted, exhausted...1882 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S SAUCER disinclined, dispirited, out of sorts ...M19 Aust. sl.
• OUT OF HEART dispirited; discouraged; disheartened, downcast ...1586
• QUEER AS DICK'S HATBAND out of sorts, dispirited, 'under the weather' ...L18 sl.
• SACKLESS dispirited, melancholy; moping ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
DISPIRITED - nouns
• MOPES, THE a fit of depression; a gloomy mood; a fit of being dispirited ...1954 Amer. dial.
DISPIRITED - verbs
• PEAK AND PINE to go about dispiritedly or listlessly ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SAG to become dispirited ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALP to grow weary; to become dispirited ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
DISPIRITEDLY - adverbs
• HEARTLESSLY † without spirit, dejectedly, gloomily ...1629
DISPIRITING - nouns
• DAUNT † the act of daunting; dispiriting; intimidation; discouragement; a check ...a1400 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
DISPLAY - adjectives
• PARADEFUL * full of display, ostentatious ...1755
DISPLAY - nouns
• BARNUMISM exaggerated advertising or display; boastful talk ...1862
• BLAW-OUT a good meal; a great display or feast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOW-OUT a great display; a festive occasion; a drinking bout ...1821 sl.
• BRAVITY fine show, display, finery ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DASH a display ...1816 Sc.
• DIKE display in dress ...1872 Amer. dial.
• FANTASTRY † fantastic display or show; ostentation, affectation ...1656
• FARE † display, pomp; commotion, uproar, fuss ...a1300
• FLASHERY inferior or vulgar elegance, dash, distinction, display ...Bk1893 sl.
• GAUD idle display; showy ceremony ...1800-24
• GAYNESS † gay appearance, brightness of colour, dressiness, display, pomp ...c1449
• GLITZ extravagant but superficial display or show-business glamour ...1977 sl., orig. US
• LAYOUT any form of display, as a showman's stall ...M19 sl.
• OFF-LAT a great display ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PARADA † pomp, show, display, ostentation ...1621
• PARADO † pomp, show, display, ostentation ...1621
• RAREE-SHOW a spectacular display ...1809
• SET-OUT a display, as of food, or dinnerware ...1899 Amer. dial.
• STYLING an exaggerated display of one's self and clothes, manner, or presence ...1950s US Black sl.
• VENDITATION † a boastful or ostentatious display ...1609
DISPLAY - verbs
• ACCUSE * to betray, to disclose; hence, to reveal, to display, to show or make known ...c1400
• CUT A DASH to make a display; to live conspicuously and extravagantly ...Bk1893 sl.
• CUT A FLASH to make a display; to live conspicuously and extravagantly ...Bk1893 sl.
• CUT A SPLURGE to make a display ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• CUT A SWATH to make a display ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• CUT IT FAT to make a display ...1836
• CUT TO THE BRAKES to display only the essential ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• DASH to make a show, to display, to show off ...1813 Sc.
• FEAT ONESELF FORTH † to display oneself ...a1400-50
• FLASH to display ostentatiously ...colloq.
• LAUNCH IT OUT † to flaunt, to make a display ...1622
• OSTENTATE * 1. to make a show of, to show off; to display ostentatiously or boastfully ...c1540
† 2. show, to display ...1630
• SET A SUNSHINING to expose to view, to display ...1601
• SKIN OUT to produce, to display ...c1895 US sl.
• SPORT to wear, display, carry, etc., esp. with ostentation; to show off ...colloq.
• UNBOWEL † to display or reveal ...1650 obs.
• VAUNT † to proclaim or display proudly ...1590
• VENDITATE † to set out as if for sale; to put forward or display in a favourable light or in a specious manner; to exhibit ostentatiously ...1600
DISPLAYED - adjectives
• OSTENTATE †* boasted, vaingloriously displayed ...1615
DISPLEASE - verbs
• MISQUEME † to displease, to dissatisfy, to offend ..,?c1395
• OFTHINK † to seem not good; to displease, to vex, to grieve ...c888
• UMBRAGE * to offend, to displease ...a1894
DISPLEASED - adjectives
• BEGRUMPLED displeased; affronted ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CHUFFED displeased, disgruntled; annoyed and disappointed ...1960 Brit. sl.
• DEAD CHUFFED displeased, disgruntled ...20C army sl.
• ILL-CONTENTED discontented, displeased ...1582
• ILL-SORTED badly suited; displeased, upset ...1815 Sc.
• OUTDONE put out, perplexed, exasperated, displeased; disappointed, overcome, beaten, humiliated, embarrassed ...1816 Amer. dial.
• SNUFFY annoyed, displeased, ready to take offense, touchy; sulky, angry, vexed, fault-finding; unpleasant, disagreeable ...1678
• THRUNCH † solemnly dissatisfied; much displeased ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DISPLEASED - nouns, person
• BURR UP YOUR ASS a person with a displeased focus on something ...1960 US sl.
DISPLEASED - verbs
• GRAME † to be vexed or displeased; to fret; to anger, grieve, vex, annoy ...c1320
• 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.
DISPLEASING - adjectives
• GROSS disgusting, sickening; hence, unpleasant, unfortunate; displeasing, nasty ...1959 student sl.
• GROTTY ugly, dirty, or offensive; displeasing; disgusting; grotesque, shocking ...1964 Amer. sl.
• GRUESOME very unpleasant, unattractive or displeasing ...1932 Amer. sl.
• ICKY sticky, cloying; unpleasant, displeasing; uncomfortable ...1929 Amer. dial.
• ISHY sticky, cloying; unpleasant, displeasing; uncomfortable ...1950 Amer. dial.
• OFFENCEFUL causing offence or displeasure; wrong; sinful; criminal ...1603 rare or obs.
• UNLIKE bad, displeasing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNLIKELY bad, displeasing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DISPLEASURE - adverbs
• HEAVILY † with sorrow, grief, displeasure, or anger; grievously ...c1000 obs. or arch.
• HEAVY † with displeasure or anger ...c1380
DISPLEASURE - nouns
• BABOUNE a pouting expression; a look of displeasure ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DEDIGNATION † displeasure, anger ...1538
• GELLIE a roar or cry expressive of displeasure ...1827 Sc.
• HEAVINESS † enraged feeling, displeasure, anger ...c1386
• OFFENSION † hurt, injury, damage; displeasure, annoyance; what is offensive or causes disgust; wrong-doing, misdeed; fault ...c1374
• OFTHINKING † displeasure, vexation, disgust, grief, sorrow ...a1225
• UMBRAGE displeasure, annoyance, offense, resentment ...1724
DISPLEASURE - verbs
• SHAKE ONE'S EARS † to show contempt or displeasure ...1583
DISPOSABLE - adjectives
• EXPOSABLE disposable ...1968 Amer. dial.
DISPOSE, DISPOSE OF - verbs
• AFAITE † to affect, to influence, to incline, to dispose, in any way ...c1230
• BESTOW to put away carefully, to dispose of; to bury ...1787 Eng. dial.
• BIN to dispose of ...1991 Brit. sl.
• CAN to dispose of as garbage; hence, to cancel a project or the like ...1930 Amer. sl.
• GET SHUT OF to get rid of; to dispose of ...1827 Amer. dial.
• MAKE SHORT METER OF to dispose or rid of quickly ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SACK to dispose of something ...2001 UK sl.
• TAKE DOWN to destroy, to dispose of ...L19 sl.
• UNLOAD to drop, to dispose of, to get rid of ...M19 sl.
DISPOSED - adjectives
• AFFECT † disposed, inclined ...c1400
• AFFECTIONATE † mentally disposed, inclined ...1533
• AFFECTIONATED † inclined or disposed ...1578
• AFFECTIONED disposed, inclined in any way ...c1555 arch.
• BETHOUGHT † of a person: minded, disposed; chiefly in combination with well-, ill-, etc. ...c1205
DISPOSED - verbs
• INCLINATE to incline to, to be disposed to ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MIND to wish, to have a mind to; to feel inclined or disposed to ...1792 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DISPOSITION - adjectives
• ROCKY of the heart or disposition: hard, unfeeling, unyielding ...L16
DISPOSITION - nouns
• AFFECT † disposition, temper, natural tendency ...1541
• AFFECTION † state of mind generally, mental tendency; disposition ...1540
• BAD NAIL, A a bad disposition ...Bk1902 Sc.
• EDGE principle, disposition ...1895 Eng. dial.
• ENGINE intellect, genius, mental capacity; disposition, character ...1631 Sc.
• FACULTY † a personal quality; disposition ...c1565
• FARRAND manner, custom, appearance; disposition, nature ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GUDE NAIL † a good disposition or 'streak' in one's nature ...1866 Sc.
• GUID NAIL, A a good disposition ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HEART † disposition, temperament, character ...a1225
• MEAD mood, disposition; bearing, courage ...1724 Sc.
• MEED mood, disposition; bearing, courage ...1724 Sc.
• MEID mood, disposition; bearing, courage ...1724 Sc.
• RACE †* natural or inherited disposition ...1603
• TEETH † temper, disposition; spirit, mettle ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEMPER-PIN disposition, temper ...1864 Sc.
• TETH † temper, disposition; spirit, mettle ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VIAND mood, disposition; temper ...Bk1905 Sc.
DISPOSITION - verbs
• OFFER † to incline, to tend in some direction; to have an inclination or disposition to ...1639
DISPROPORTIONATE - adjectives
• UNCOMMENSURATE † disproportionate ...1676
DISPROPORTIONED - adjectives
• UNGAIN clumsy, inactive, ungainly; inexperienced, unhandy, unskilful; loutish; disproportioned, ill-shaped ...1790 Eng. dial.
DISPRAISE - verbs
• LACK to dispraise, to slight, to undervalue; to malign, to calumniate ...1715 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DISPROVE - verbs
• NEGATIVE to disprove; to show to be false ...1790
• OPPUGN to assail or oppose actively by speech, writing, action, or influence of any kind; to call in question, to disprove a statement, belief, etc. ...1529
• OPPUGNATE † to assail or oppose actively by speech, writing, action, or influence of any kind; to call in question, to disprove a statement, belief, etc. ...1749
• TAKE OFF † to do away with, to disprove, to confute ...1630
• UNBUBBLE † to disprove, to refute ...a1640
DISPUTABLE - adjectives
• BRIGOUS † quarrelsome, contentious; pertaining to strife or disagreement, disputable, factious ...1387
• OPINABLE † that is a matter of opinion; not certain, disputable, conjectural ...1456
• OPINIONABLE †* that is a matter of opinion, disputable, uncertain; ...1615-20
• QUARRELLABLE † capable of being called in question; disputable ...a1600
• STRIVABLE †* open to dispute, disputable ...c1456
DISPUTANT - nouns, person
• CANGLER a wrangler; a quarrelsome disputant ...1730 Sc.
• JANGLER a noisy disputant ...1884
• OB-AND-SOLLER † a scholastic or subtle disputant ...1678 nonce word
DISPUTATION, DISPUTE - nouns
• ALLEGATION a dispute, a quarrel ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARGLE an argument, a dispute ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARGUE argument, assertion; dispute, contention, quarrel ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ARGUFICATION an argument, a dispute, contention ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARGUFYMENT an argument, a dispute ...1892 Ireland
• ARGUTATION † over-refinement in arguing; subtle disputation; cavilling, cavil, quibble ...1641
• BARNEY a disturbance, dispute, altercation, an argument, a row ...1888 Eng. dial.
• BOBBERY a noise, disturbance, tumult; a fuss, row, uproar; a squabble, quarrel, dispute, altercation ...1816 Eng. dial. & sl.
• BONE OF CONTENTION a subject of dispute
• BONE TO PICK WITH SOMEONE, A a dispute or problem to resolve with someone
• BRABBLE † a quibble, a captious objection or dispute ...1581
• CABAL a violent dispute ...1827 Sc.
• CABBLAN dispute, quarrelling ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CABBLE a violent dispute ...1866 Sc.
• CADDLE worry, trouble, bother, dispute, fuss ...1856 Eng. dial.
• CAG an argument; a dispute; gossip ...L18 sl.
• CONCERTATION † contention, strife, dispute, controversy, argument ...1509
• CONTRETEMPS a disagreement, an argument, a dispute ...M20 colloq.
• CURRIE-WURRIE a violent dispute ...1821 Sc.
• DACKER † a struggle; a noisy, wrangling dispute ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEBATEMENT † debate, controversy, discussion, deliberation, disputation, argument ...1536
• DECERTATION † contention, strife, contest; dispute ...1635
• DIFFERING-BOUT a wordy dispute or quarrel ...1889 Eng. dial.
• ERISTIC the art of disputation ...1866
• FLARE a row; a dispute ...Bk1893 colloq.
• FRATCH a disagreement, a quarrel, a dispute, a wrangle, brawl, a scolding match ...18C chiefly Eng. dial.
• GAINSAY † a matter of dispute; a moot question ...1599
• HAGGLE a mild dispute; the process of bargaining ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAGGLING a dispute, an argument; a prolonged bargaining ...1888 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEAT † a quarrel, an angry dispute ...1570
• HELL A-HOOTING trouble, turmoil, a row or dispute ...1972 Amer. dial.
• HELL-A-POPPING a tremendous row or dispute ...1890 Amer. sl.
• HELL A-WHOOPING trouble, turmoil, a row or dispute ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JAR a dissension, a dispute, a quarrel; a petty broil ...1583
• JARL a quarrel, a dispute ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KABBIE-LABBY an altercation, wrangle, argument, dispute; confused talk ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KADDLE worry, trouble, dispute, fuss ...1856 Eng. dial.
• KAGG an argument, a dispute; a row ...1916 nautical sl.
• KNOCK-DOWN a vicious fight in which one participant is knocked unconscious; thus, an acrimonious but non-violent dispute ...E19 sl., orig. US
• KNOCK-DOWN AND DRAG-OUT a vicious fight in which one participant is knocked unconscious; thus, an acrimonious but non-violent dispute ...E19 sl., orig. US
• NAFF frivolous talk or prattle; an angry dispute about a trifle ...Bk1903 Sc.
• OB AND SOL † scholastic or subtle disputation ...1588
• OBS AND SOLS any subtle disputation ...1621 colloq.
• PARL an argument; a wordy way; a controversy, dispute ...1896 Eng. dial.
• PARLE an argument; a wordy way; a controversy, dispute ...1896 Eng. dial.
• PICK-QUARREL † an occasion of quarrel; a cause of dispute ...1611
• PRIBBLE-PRABBLE petty disputation; paltry discussion; vain chatter ...1615 chiefly Eng. dial.
• RABBLE a wrangle, quarrel, dispute ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAG a disturbance; a noisy dispute; a scolding ...1825 Sc.
• RAGGLE a wrangle, a dispute, an argument ...1866 Sc.
• RHUBARB a noisy dispute or row; an argument on the field of play in baseball ...1943 US sl.
• SCASH a quarrel, a dispute, a brawl ...1768 Sc.
• SCOG a quarrel, a dispute ...1874 Eng. dial.
• SCOOSE discourse, altercation, dispute, bad language ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRATTLE a struggle for existence; a dispute, a disturbance ...1878 Eng. dial.
• SCROG a quarrel, a dispute ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHOWDOWN a meeting between two opposing people or parties to settle their disputes; a meeting between two antagonists ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SOLS AND OBS. any subtle disputation ...1621 colloq.
• SPUTE a dispute, contention ...1886 Eng. dial.
• TERSE † a dispute, a debate ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THREAP an argument, a discussion; a dispute; a quarrel ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREAPING-DO a contention, quarrel, dispute ...1899 Eng. dial.
• TICKSIE a quarrel, a dispute ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TILT an encounter, combat, or contest; a debate, a public dispute, a discussion; often applied in the 17th & 18 centuries to a duel ...1567
• TOIL † verbal contention, dispute, controversy, argument ...a1300
• VELITATION * a wordy skirmish or encounter; a controversy, a debate, an argument, a dispute not carried to extremes ...1607
• WRINGLE-WRANGLE * controversial argument; wordy disputation ...1882
• YOKE a dispute; a quarrel ...Bk1905 Sc.
DISPUTATION - nouns, person
• ERISTIC one given to disputation; a controversialist ...1659
DISPUTATIOUS - adjectives
• RALLY noisy, quarrelsome, disputatious, as one in drink ...1708 Sc.
• TOILOUS †* contentious, disputatious, wrangling, argumentative ...c1430
DISPUTATIVE, DISPUTING - adjectives
• ALTERCATIVE † characterized by disputing or wrangling ...M18
• ARGISOME contentious, inclined to argue or dispute ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CURRIE-WURRIE violently disputing ...19C Sc.
• ERISTIC of or pertaining to controversy or disputation; disposed to controversy; captious ...1637
• IN THE RAGS in trouble or disgrace; in a dispute ...c1860 sl.
• RACKLESOME quarrelsome, disputative ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
DISPUTE - adjectives
• AT LOGGERHEADS in strong disagreement or conflict, at odds, engaged in bickerings or disputes ...1775 Amer. dial.
• ON of a fight or dispute: begun in earnest ...1945 Aust. sl.
DISPUTE - nouns, person
• REDDER one who endeavours to settle a dispute or to part combatants ...1631 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REDSMAN one who endeavours to settle a dispute or to part combatants ...Bk1904 Sc.
DISPUTE - verbs
• ALLEGATE to argue, to dispute ...1892 Ireland
• ARGIE-BARGIE to argue, to bandy words, to dispute; to contend ...1885 Sc.
• ARGLE to argue, to dispute; to contend; esp. in making a bargain ...1886 Eng. dial.
• ARGLE-BARGLE to argue, quarrel, cavil, dispute, contend; to haggle, to bandy words ...1727 chiefly Eng. dial. and Sc.
• ARGOL-BARGOL to bandy words; to cavil; to dispute ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ARGUE THE TOSS to dispute noisily and long ...20C
• ARGUFY to argue, dispute, wrangle; to debate a point or topic ...1800 colloq.
• ARGUY-BARGUY to argue, to bandy words, to dispute ...1885 Sc.
• BANTER DOWN to get the better of in a dispute of any kind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BRABBLE † to dispute captiously or obstinately; to cavil or quibble ...c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CABAL to quarrel, to dispute, to find fault with ...1866 Sc.
• CABBLE to dispute violently, to quarrel, to wrangle ...1866 Sc.
• CAMMEL to argue, to dispute ...1923 Sc.
• CANGLE to dispute acrimoniously; to wrangle ...1619 Sc.
• CONTROVERSE † to make the subject of controversy, to discuss, to debate; to enter into controversy, to dispute with ...1602
• CURRIE-WURRIE to dispute violently ...19C Sc.
• DEAL THE BANK to settle a dispute; to come to an understanding ...B1900 Sc.
• DEBATE to contest, to dispute; to contend or fight for; to carry on a fight or quarrel ...c1489 arch.
• DIGLADIATE † to 'cross swords'; to fight, to contend, to quarrel; to dispute violently ...a1656
• ELENCHIZE †* to make use of the elenchus (a logical refutation); to dispute, argue, refute ...1631
• FRAPLE † to dispute, to wrangle, to bluster ...a1595
• FRATCH to disagree, to quarrel, to dispute; to wrangle; to scold, to find fault with ...1714 chiefly Eng. dial.
• GABAL † to quarrel, to dispute ...a1843 Sc.
• GO AT A THING HAMMER AND TONGS to dispute or do violently ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HACKLE to look angry or indignant; to grumble, to dispute ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAG(G) to haggle, to dispute, to argue ...1892 Eng. dial.
• HAGGLE to dispute; to cavil; to argue; esp., to dispute the terms of a bargain ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANNY † to dispute, to argue ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• 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 A GOOSE TO PICK to have a disagreement or dispute to settle ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HAVE A RAG TO PICK to have a disagreement or dispute to settle ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HAVE IT to dispute ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• JAFFOCK to argue, to dispute ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JANGLE to speak angrily, harshly, or discordantly; to grumble, to murmur, to contend, to dispute, to wrangle, to squabble ...a1300 arch.
• JAR to quarrel; to argue, to dispute, to bicker, to wrangle ...1550
• JARL † to snarl, to quarrel, to dispute; to jeer, to jest ...1580 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JAVEL to wrangle, to dispute, to quarrel ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KABBIE-LABBY to argue, to dispute, to wrangle ...1898 Sc.
• KAGG an argument; a dispute ...L18 sl.
• RAG to wrangle over a subject. to argue, to dispute ...1889 Eng. dial. & sl.
• RAGGLE to argue, to wrangle, to dispute, to bicker, to banter ...1866 Sc.
• SANN † to argue, to dispute, to discuss ...c1200
• SCOG to argue, to dispute, to quarrel, to scold, to make ironical jokes ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOOSE to discourse; to dispute, to use bad language ...1869 Eng. dial.
• SCRAFFLE to quarrel, to wrangle, to dispute ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKRAFFLE to quarrel, to wrangle, to dispute ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SPUTE † to dispute; to contend in disputation ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TANT to argue or dispute in a captious, quarrelsome manner; to rage ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TANTER to quarrel; to argue, to dispute in a captious manner; to rage ...Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TERSE † to dispute, to contend ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THREAP to argue, to dispute; to wrangle, to quarrel, to contend ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROW to thwart, to oppose; to dispute, to contradict, to argue; to provoke, to anger ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TOIL † to contend in a lawsuit or an argument; to dispute, to argue; also, to contend in battle; to fight, to struggle ...c1330
• TOLY † to dispute, to argue; to contend or plead in a lawsuit ...c1440
• UMPERLODGE to contradict, to bicker, to dispute ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YOKE to attack; to grip, to seize; to tackle; to meddle with; to fight; to engage in, to dispute ...1775 Sc.
DISPUTE - phrases
• WITH THE GLOVES OFF of a dispute, argument, etc.: conducted mercilessly and in earnest, with no reservations ...colloq.
DISPUTED - adjectives
• BATABLE † debatable, disputed ...1453
DISPUTING - adjectives
• CADDLING quarrelsome, disputing ...1853 Eng. dial.
• JARRING quarrelling, disputing, wrangling ...1628
DISPUTING - nouns
• ARGUFYING disputing, arguing ...1873 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• JARRING quarrelling, disputing, wrangling ...1574
• THREAPING-FIT a fit of arguing or disputing ...1857 Eng. dial.
DISQUALIFY - verbs
• INHABLE † to disable, to prevent, to disqualify ...1631 Sc.
• PASS OUT to disqualify ...1900s Aust. sl.
DISQUIET - nouns
• MALEASE † absence of ease; uneasiness, discomfort; inconvenience, annoyance; disquiet; distress, trouble ...a1300
• WANRUFE †* disquiet, unrest ...c1480 Sc.
DISQUIET - verbs
• HOLD ONE IN TAMTARY to keep one in suspense; to tease or exasperate by delay; to vex or disquiet one ...1710 Sc.
DISQUIETING - adjectives
• OORIE of things: uncanny, filled with foreboding, strange and disquieting ...1877 Sc.
DISQUIETUDE - nouns
• UNREST a person or thing that causes disquietude ...1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNSAUCHT † trouble, disquietude ...Bk1905 Sc.
DISREGARD - nouns
• GO-BY avoidance, disregard ...1855 Amer. dial.
• IGNORATION the act of ignoring or treating as unknown; disregarding; the fact of being ignored ...1865
DISREGARD - 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.
• BELAY to stop, to wait; to cancel, to disregard ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE THE GO-BY to avoid, to disregard, to neglect ...1855 Amer. dial.
• LOOK OVER to disregard, to forgive, to overlook ...1887 Amer. dial.
• SIT † to disregard, to neglect, to pay no heed or attention to ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAIVE † to treat with neglect, to ignore, to disregard, to overlook; to let pass an opportunity ...c1400
DISREPAIR - adjectives
• RAMSHACK run-down, in disrepair ...1941 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKELDY dilapidated, in a state of disrepair, run-down ...1911 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLED dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair, rickety, tumbledown ...1675
• RAMSHACKLETY dilapidated, in a state of disrepair, run-down ...1905 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLY rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair ...1857
DISREPUTABLE - adjectives
• CASS-CASS untidy, disreputable, inferior, low-class ...20C W. Indies
• DEBUGGERABLE disreputable, unpleasant ...1930s sl.
• GNATTY-TAIL unkempt and disreputable ...1948 Amer. dial.
• GRUNDY dirty, shabby, grimy, filthy, disgusting; disreputable, unpleasant ...1966 Amer. sl.
• GRUNGY dirty, shabby, grimy, filthy, disgusting; disreputable, unpleasant ...1966 Amer. sl.
• HINGUM-TRINGUM worthless and somewhat disreputable; said of persons and things ...B1900 Sc.
• OFFAL worthless, disreputable, vile, contemptible ...c1605 now chiefly Eng. dial.
• OFFALD inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile ...1750 Eng. dial.
• OFFALLY inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALOUS inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile ...1857 Eng. dial.
• OFFALY. inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAFF disreputable, vulgar, low ...1823
• RAFFISH disreputable, vulgar; worthless; low; of bad character ...1801
• RAGG-ARSED of people: disreputable, seedy, run-down ...L19 sl.
• RAGG-ASSED of people: disreputable, seedy, run-down ...L19 sl.
• RAGGED-ARSE disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGED-ARSED disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ARSE disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ARSED disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ASS of people: disreputable, seedy, run-down ...L19 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ASSED of people: disreputable, seedy, run-down ...L19 sl.
• RAGGY-ARSE disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGY-ARSED disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAKE-SHAMED † disreputable, disgraceful ...1635
• RANDY disorderly, disreputable, given to drink ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOORY-LOOKING disreputable-looking ...1833 Sc.
• SCOURY mean in conduct; niggardly; idle; disreputable ...1721 Sc.
• SCOURY-LOOKING. disreputable-looking ...1833 Sc.
• SCOWRIE mean in conduct; niggardly; idle; disreputable ...1721 Sc.
• SKID-ROAD disreputable ...Amer. sl.
• TARRANT mean, disreputable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TINKERLY clumsy, bungling, unskilful; of poor quality; mean, low, disreputable ...1586
• TORE DOWN dissolute, disreputable, unruly, wild, violent ...1891 Amer. dial.
• TORN DOWN dissolute, disreputable, unruly, wild, violent ...1836 Amer. dial.
• WAFF disreputable, wild, worthless; immoral ...1788 Sc.
• WAFFISH disreputable; immoral ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WAFF-LIKE shabby-looking; having a suspicious or disreputable appearance; feeble, of little account ...1808 Sc.
• WAFF-LOOKING of a disreputable, suspicious appearance ...1828 Sc.
• WARBY unprepossessing in appearance or disposition, unkempt, disreputable, decrepit ...1920s Aust. sl.
DISREPUTABLE - nouns
• GRUNGEHOLE a filthy or disreputable place ...1986 Amer. sl.
• HELL'S BOTTOM a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HALF-ACRE a small, remote, disreputable or otherwise undesirable place; a low-class barroom or dive ...1874 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HOLLER a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HOLLOW a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S POINT a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELLTOWN a rundown or disreputable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAGAMUFFINERY the disreputable classes of society; depraved actions or conduct ...1831
• RAGAMUFFINRY the disreputable classes of society; depraved actions or conduct ...1831
• RAG-TAG the ragged disreputable portion of the community; the rabble; a member of the rabble ...1879
• RAG-TAG AND BOBTAIL the ragged disreputable portion of the community; the rabble; also, the whole lot ...1820
• SCUFFLETOWN a nickname for a poor or disreputable town or district ...1941 Amer. dial.
DISREPUTABLE - nouns, person
• AUNTIE'S RUIN a disreputable, untrustworthy, seedy man ...1900s sl.
• BADMASH one following evil courses; a bad, wicked, or disreputable fellow; a villainous man; a rascal, a scoundrel ...1843 Anglo-Indian
• BAGGAGE a woman of bad character; a worthless, good-for-nothing woman; a woman of disreputable or immoral life, a strumpet; a prostitute; an opprobrious epithet applied to women and children ...1596
• BONA-ROBA † a prostitute or disreputable woman ...L16 now rare or obs.
• CAGMAG a term of opprobrium applied to persons; a loose character; a disreputable old woman; a simpleton, a noodle ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAGMENT disreputable persons ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CASE an unusual, queer, or peculiar person; a character; a disreputable person; a difficult fellow ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CAWLIE a term of contempt for a man; a disreputable fellow ...1789 Sc.
• HELLPUKE a shady or disreputable person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HILDING a disreputable slut, a wanton...1592 arch.
• LOREL † a worthless person; a dissolute person; a low, disreputable fellow; a rogue, a scoundrel ...1362
• NE'ER-BE-GOOD a ne'er-do-well; a good-for-nothing, disreputable, or worthless person ...1675
• NE'ER-DO-GOOD a ne'er-do-well; a good-for-nothing, disreputable, or worthless person ...1814
• NE'ER-DO-WELL one who never does, and is never likely to do, well; a good-for-nothing, worthless, disreputable person ...1737
• OLD COCKER an old man, usually a disreputable one ...1940s sl., orig. US
• OLD NIGGER a disreputable, down-at-heel person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• PIKEY a Gypsy or member of a travelling people; more generally, a lower-class person regarded as coarse or disreputable (now regarded as offensive) ...M19 End. dial & sl.
• POLECAT a despicable, contemptible or deceitful person; a disreputable person; a sneaky person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• QUANDONG a disreputable figure, living on their wits ...1930s Aust. sl.
• RACKATAG a worthless, disreputable fellow ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAGABASH an idle, worthless, or disreputable fellow; a low rascal; an idle vagabond; a scoundrel; a ragamuffin ...1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGAMUFF †* a ragged, dirty, disreputable man or boy ...1591
• RAGG-ARSE a disreputable, seedy, run-down person ...1930s sl.
• RAGGED-ARSE a disreputable, seedy, run-down person ...1930s sl.
• RAGGEDY-ARSE a disreputable, seedy, run-down person ...1930s sl.
• RAGGEDY-PANTS a disreputable, seedy, run-down person ...1930s sl.
• RAGS a cheap prostitute; a low-class harlot; any low and disreputable person ...1935 US sl.
• RIFF-RAFF a low, disreputable person; the rabble, the mob ...1836 Sc. & Eng. dial. & sl.
• RODNEY an idler; a loafer; a casual worker; a disreputable character ...M19 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• SCADGAN a tramp; a disreputable-looking fellow ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALAWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 sl., orig. US
• SCALLAWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 Amer. dial.
• SCALLOWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 sl., orig. US
• SCALLYWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 orig. US
• SCARAMOUCH a disreputable fellow; a rascal, a scamp; a term of contempt ...1676
• SCOURY a mean, disreputable person; a blackguard ...1721 Sc.
• SCOWRIE a mean, disreputable person; a blackguard ...1721 Sc.
• SHABAROON † a mean-spirited person; a disreputable person; an ill-dressed, shabby fellow; a ragamuffin ...a1700 sl.
• SKALAWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 sl., orig. US
• SKATE a disreputable White male, from a working-class background, whose behaviour is uncouth, hedonistic, and irresponsible ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• SMAIK a disreputable or worthless person; a villain ...LME Sc. arch.
• WARB a disreputable or slovenly person ...1933 Aust. sl.
• WAUB a disreputable or slovenly person ...1933 Aust. sl.
• WORB a disreputable or slovenly person ...1933 Aust. sl.
DISREPUTABLE - verbs
• HELL AROUND to live a life of disreputable pleasure ...1897 sl.
• RAGAMUFFINIZE to render disreputable ...1832
DIREPUTE - verbs
• GO TO THE PACK to go to pieces; to lose a leading position; to deteriorate; to fall into disrepute ... 1919 Aust. & NZ colloq.
DISRESPECT - nouns
• SCAN scorn, disrespect ...1877 Eng. dial.
DISRESPECT - verbs
• DECONSIDER * to treat with too little consideration, to disrespect ...1881
• DIS(S) to show disrespect, to disparage ...1982 US sl.
DISRESPECTED - nouns, person
• UDDER a despised, disrespected or foolish woman ...2001 UK sl.
DISRESPECTFUL - adjectives
• DEROGANT † derogatory, disrespectful ...c1620
• DEROGATORIOUS † derogatory, disparaging, disrespectful ...c1555
• DISSIN' treating a person with disrespect ...20C teen & high school sl.
• IN-YOUR-FACE aggressively challenging; confrontational; defiant; disrespectful; disdainful; provocative; unashamed ...1978 Amer. sl.
• . LIPPY impudent, rude, pert, disrespectful, talkative ...1875 sl.
DISRESPECTFUL - nouns, person
• BORE a rude or disrespectful man who is fond of being with women and tries to attract their attention ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FEIST a child that is disrespectful to its elders ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FIST a child that is disrespectful to its elders ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FYST a child that is disrespectful to its elders ...1930 Amer. dial.
• MADAM a disrespectful young woman or girl; an impudent (young) woman ...1802 sl.
DISRESPECTFUL - verbs
• MAKE ONE'S EYES PASS SOMEBODY to speak disrespectfully to one who ought to be treated respectfully ...20C W. Indies sl.
• PASS FOR GRASS to be treated disrespectfully; to be someone who does not matter ...20C W. Indies sl.
• TAKE ONE'S EYES PASS SOMEBODY to speak disrespectfully to one who ought to be treated respectfully ...20C W. Indies sl.
DISRUPT - verbs
• WRENCH to disrupt or upset someone ...1976 US sl.
DISRUPTION - adjectives
• CATACLASMIC pert. to a violent disruption ...1888
DISRUPTION - nouns
• CATACLASM a break or disruption ...1829
DISRUPTIVE - nouns
• HEADFUCKER a disorienting or disruptive person, situation, or object ...M20 US sl.
DISRUPTIVE - nouns, person
• HEADFUCKER a disorienting or disruptive person, situation, or object ...M20 US sl.
• PEACEBREAKER a disruptive person; a troublemaker ...1873 Amer. dial.
• PEACE DISTURBER a disruptive person; a troublemaker ...1965 Amer. dial.
DISSATISFACTION - nouns
• BAD SATISFACTION † dissatisfaction, dissatisfying result ...1656
• THRUM a senseless, foolish whim; a fit of ill-humour or dissatisfaction ...Bk1905 Sc.
DISSATISFACTION - verbs
• THROW THE MOUTH to complain; to express dissatisfaction ...1826 Sc.
DISSATISFACTION - interjections
• FUFF! an exclamation expressive of dissatisfaction or contempt, pooh! ...1780 Sc.
• GOOD LACK! † expressing dissatisfaction, regret, surprise, etc. ...M17
• UMPH! expressive of hesitation, doubt, or dissatisfaction ...a1568
DISSATISFIED - adjectives
• ILL-SORTED dissatisfied ...1815 Sc.
• MALCONTENT discontented, dissatisfied; inclined to rebellion or mutiny; restless and disaffected ...1586
• MALCONTENTED † discontented, dissatisfied ...c1586
• PORKY dissatisfied ...1920s US sl.
• THRUNCH † solemnly dissatisfied; much displeased ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAMBLE-CROPPED unhappy, discomfited, irritated; dissatisfied; offended ...1836 Amer. dial.
• WOMBLE-CROPPED unhappy, discomfited, irritated; dissatisfied; offended ...1798 Amer. dial.
DISSATISFIED - nouns, person
• MALCONTENT a discontented or dissatisfied person ...1581
DISSATISFIED - verbs
• 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.
• MAUNGE to be in a despondent, complaining mood; to be dissatisfied ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DISSATISFY - verbs
• HEART-BURN † to render jealous or grudging; to make discontented, to dissatisfy ...c1540 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• MISQUEME † to displease, to dissatisfy, to offend ..,?c1395
DISSECTION - nouns
• MEATERS a dissection class; dissection as part of a medical course ...c1910 Brit. medical students' usage
DISSECTION - nouns, person
• NIGHT DOCTOR a person (or demonic figure) thought to kill people, esp. Blacks, usually to obtain bodies for dissection ...1893 Amer. dial.
DISSEMBLE - verbs
• CANIFFLE to dissemble; to flatter ...1746 Eng. dial.
• DAUB † to put on a false show; to dissemble so as to give a favourable impression to pay court with flattery ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DISLIKEN † to make unlike, to disguise; to dissemble ...1611
• MITHE † to conceal, dissemble (as feelings, etc.) ...c888
DISSENSION - adjectives
• AT JAR at discord; in a state of dissension or variance ...1552
• DISSENTIOUS * given to strife, dissension, or disagreement; discordant, quarrelsome, contentious, factious ...1560
• FACTIONARY † taking part in a quarrel or dissension; active as a partisan ...1607
DISSENSION - nouns
• BROILERY †* dissension; strife; disturbance, disorder ...1521
• DEBATE strife, contention, dissension, quarrelling, wrangling; a quarrel ...a1300 arch.
• JAR 1. discord manifested in strife or contention; variance, dissension, quarrelling ...1546
2. a dissension, a dispute, a quarrel; a petty broil ...1583
• UNFRITH † dissension, strife ...c1205
• UNISIBBE † dissension, strife ...c1205
• VARIATION †* discord, variance, dissension ...c1485
• VARIETY † dissension, division ...1546
DISSENSION - nouns, person
• RAISER one who causes dissension ...1570 Sc.
DISSENSION - verbs
• STARKLE † to cause dissension, to make a stir ...1544
DISSENT - nouns
• KENTISH FIRE a prolonged and ordered salvo or volley of applause, or demonstration of impatience or dissent ...1834
DISSENT - verbs
• DISSENTIATE †* to throw into a state of dissent or discord ...1627
• NAY † to express dissent or contradiction ...c1325
• VARY † to differ in opinion; to disagree; to dissent from another ...?1428
DISSENT - interjections
• 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.
DISSENTER - nouns
• PANTILE-HOUSE a dissenter's meeting house ...L18
• PANTILE-SHOP a dissenter's meeting house ...L18
DISSENTER - nouns, person
• AUTEM PRICKEAR a dissenter; a Puritan ...E18 sl.
• FERNINSTER one who habitually dissents ...1935 Amer. dial.
• PANTILE a religious dissenter ...1785
• PANTILER a religious dissenter ...1785
• RANTER a Primitive Methodist; a Dissenter ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DISSENTIENT - adjectives
• VARIANT † dissentient, disagreeing ...1412-20
DISSENTIENT - nouns, person
• DECLINATOR † one who declines or refuses; a dissentient ...1606
DISSENTING - adjectives
• PANTILE dissenting, nonconformist ...1785
DISSERTATION - nouns
• SCREED a dissertation; a long harangue; a document, a letter; a poetical effusion; a long list or catalogue; a lie, a fabrication ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIEVE a lengthy, familiar conversation; a learned dissertation ...Bk1904 Sc.
DISSERVICE - nouns
• NAUGHTY a physical injury; hence, a disservice ...1984 Brit. sl.
DISSEVER - verbs
• DECEPER † to dissever, to separate ...1547
DISSIMILAR - adjectives
• UNANSWERABLE † wanting in correspondence or agreement; discrepant, dissimilar ...1611
DISSIMILARITY - nouns
• IMPARITY † the quality of being unlike; difference in nature or character; dissimilarity ...1608
DISSIPATE - verbs
• DEBAUCH † to dissipate, to spend prodigally, to squander ...1632
• MAMMOCK to squander, to dissipate, to waste; to leave carelessly about ...1870 Eng. dial.
• MOMMOCK to squander, to dissipate, to waste; to leave carelessly about ...1870 Eng. dial.
DISSIPATED - adjectives
• FAST dissipated ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• GAY of loose or immoral life; sexually loose, dissipated, licentious ...1637
• IMBECILE †* made away with, squandered, or dissipated ...a1677
• OORIE having a debauched or dissipated look ..a1838 Sc.
• RAFFY drunken; dissipated; wild ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKETTY worthless, unsteady, dissipated ...1841 Eng. dial.
• RANDY disorderly, disreputable, given to drink; boisterous, riotous, dissipated; wild, unruly, unmanageable ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RED-HOT wild, dissipated ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SPORTY dissipated, fast ...1885 informal
DISSIPATED - nouns, person
• CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE a debauchee, a dissipated man ...L19 sl.
• CRAMBAZZLE a worn-out, dissipated old man; an old man exhausted more by vicious indulgences or habits than by age ...19C Eng. dial.
• FAGGOT a general term of abuse, usually of women or children; a shrewish, bad-tempered, or offensive woman; an old or dissipated woman ...1591
• FAGOT a term of contempt for a woman, esp. an old or dissipated woman ...L16 Brit.
• GALLIARD a gay, lively youth or young man; a dissipated man ...1802 Sc.
• HARD CASE a reckless scapegrace; an unregenerate loafer; a dissipated person, or any wicked person ...1859 Amer. dial.
• HAYBAG a woman, esp. a prostitute or a vagrant, who is fat and usually dissipated or dissolute ...1851 Amer. sl.
• HAYRACK a woman, esp. a prostitute or vagrant, who is fat and usually dissipated or dissolute ...1881 Amer. sl.
• RADICAL an impudent, idle, dissipated fellow; a rascal ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAKE a man of loose habits and immoral character; an idle dissipated man of fashion; a dissolute man ...1653
• RAMPS a reckless, dissipated person; a noisy, merry, boisterous fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTER † a noisy, riotous, dissipated fellow; a rake ...1654
• RAP-A-TAG a dissipated, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne'er-do-well ...1887 Eng. dial.
• RIDE-THE-MOON a wild, dissipated fellow ...1900 Eng. dial.
• WILD OATS † a dissipated or dissolute young fellow; a 'wild' young man ...a1564
• WRECK an exhausted or dissipated person; a human ruin ...1795
DISSIPATED - verbs
• GO TO PIGS AND WHISTLES to be ruined, to go to utter ruin; to be dissipated ...1786
• RAKE to live a dissolute or dissipated life ...1700
• RANK to lead a wildly dissipated life ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DISSIPATION - adjectives
• AT A LOUSE END in a state of thoughtless, uncontrolled dissipation ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• AT AN IDLE END in a state of thoughtless, uncontrolled dissipation ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DISSIPATION - nouns
• THROUGH-NIGHT a whole night of dissipation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DISSIPATION - verbs
• BANG THROUGH THE ELEPHANT to plumb the depths of dissipation ...19C sl.
DISSOCIATE - verbs
• UNBENEFIT to dissociate oneself from someone after a disagreement or an unpleasant occurrence ...1990s US teen sl.
DISSOLUTE - adjectives
• DEAD-GAME dissolute, ostentatious ...L19 US college sl.
• DEBOIST † debauched, dissolute ...1604
• GAMESOME forward, dissolute ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LIBERTINE free from moral, esp. sexual, restraint; dissolute; licentious
• LOOSE IN THE HEFT dissolute, dishonest, untrustworthy ...1895 Eng. dial.
• ORGIASTIC marked by extravagance, licentiousness, or dissolute revelry ...1698
• PALLIARD † knavish, dissolute ...1484
• PALLYARD † knavish, dissolute ...1484
• RAFFLIN(G) idle, worthless, dissolute, disorderly ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAKE-HELL profligate, dissolute, debauched ...1556
• RAKEHELLISH profligate, dissolute, debauched ...1824
• RAKEHELLY profligate, dissolute, debauched ...1579
• RAKELY †* profligate, dissolute, debauched ...1694
• RAKING profligate, dissolute, debauched, dissipated ...a1704
• RAKISH profligate, dissolute, debauched ...1706
• RAMMUCKY dissolute, wanton, depraved ...1893 Eng. dial.
• TORE DOWN dissolute, disreputable, unruly, wild, violent ...1891 Amer. dial.
• TORN DOWN dissolute, disreputable, unruly, wild, violent ...1836 Amer. dial.
DISSOLUTE - nouns
• WEEDMONKEYING seeking the company of dissolute women ...1938 Amer. dial.
• WHORE-SHOP a house or flat where behaviour is dissolute ...20C sl.
DISSOLUTE - nouns, person
• ARTICHOKE a dissolute, debauched old woman ...19C sl.
• BAT a disorderly or dissolute person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BIDDY a woman, often used disparagingly, esp. of an elderly, gossipy, or dissolute woman ...L18
• BUM a lazy and dissolute person; a habitual loafer or tramp ...1888 US colloq.
• FRANION † a gay reckless fellow; an idle, dissolute fellow; a loose, licentious person; a gallant, a paramour, a boon companion ...1571
• GAY GREEK * a boisterous or dissolute person...M16
• HACKSLAVER a dirty, slovenly fellow; an idle, dissolute, good-for-nothing man; a disgusting and silly fellow ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HAYBAG a woman, esp. a prostitute or a vagrant, who is fat and usually dissipated or dissolute ...1851 Amer. sl.
• HAYRACK a woman, esp. a prostitute or vagrant, who is fat and usually dissipated or dissolute ...1881 Amer. sl.
• HIGH-KICKER a dissolute person ...L19 US sl.
• LIBERTINE a dissolute person; a profligate
• LOREL † a worthless person; a dissolute person; a low, disreputable fellow; a rogue, a scoundrel ...1362
• MAD GREEK * a boisterous or dissolute person...M16
• MERRY GREEK * a boisterous or dissolute person...M16
• NAUGHTY-PACK † a wicked or dissolute man ...1549
• OLD BIDDY an elderly, gossipy, or dissolute woman; a fussy, mean or quarrelsome old woman ...1938 colloq.
• PALLART † a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee ...1484
• PALLIARD † a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee ...1484
• PALLYARD † a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee ...1484
• RACK a dissolute, unprincipled young man; a rake; a wag ...1724 Sc.
• RACKAPELT a man of dissolute habits; a scamp; a noisy person or animal ...Bk19C Eng.dial.
• RAFFALLY † idle, dissolute people ...Bk19C Eng.dial.
• RAKE a man of loose habits and immoral character; an idle dissipated man of fashion; a dissolute man ...1653
• RAKE-HELL a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...1554 now arch.
• RAKEHELLONIAN one of the 'sect' of rakehells; an utterly immoral or dissolute person ...a1704
• RAKEHELLY a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...a1762
• RAKEL † a rake-hell; a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...1622 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAKESHAME * a man of loose character; a base, rascally fellow; a lewd, debauched fellow; a vile, dissolute wretch; an uncouth and wicked boy ...1599
• RAMMACK a large raw-boned person who speaks and acts heedlessly; a ninny, a simpleton; a dissolute spendthrift; a false-hearted fellow; a backbiter; a double-dealer ...19C Sc.
• RANDAN * a riotous or disorderly person; a dissolute or debauched person ...a1809
• RANGER † a rake, a dissolute or debauched person ...1599
• RANNACK a dissolute spendthrift, a rake ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTIPOLE * a rude, romping boy or girl; a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person; a scold, a termagant, a shrew; a dissolute person ...a1700
• RAPPIS a dissolute person; a rascal ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SKANKER an untrustworthy, dissolute person ...1970s W. Indies sl.
• SLONK a lazy slinking fellow; an idle, dissolute person; an indolent, clownish fellow; a hanger-on ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WATER-WAGTAIL a promiscuous woman; a prostitute; occasionally, a dissolute man ...L16 sl.
• WEED MONKEY a dissolute woman, a girl of easy virtue, a slut ...1938 Amer. dial.
• WILD OATS † a dissipated or dissolute young fellow; a 'wild' young man ...a1564
• YAD a term of contempt for a woman, often one of slovenly or dissolute habits, or of a vicious nature ...1787 Sc.
• YADE a term of contempt for a woman, often one of slovenly or dissolute habits ...1787 Sc.
• YAUD a term of contempt for a woman, often one of slovenly or dissolute habits ...1787 Sc.
DISSOLUTE - verbs
• COME UPON THE RAKE to live in a rakish or dissolute manner ...18C sl.
• RAFFLE to lead a wild, dissolute life ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAKE to live a dissolute or dissipated life ...1700
• RANT to frolic, to romp; to be jovial, boisterous, uproariously gay or merry; to lead a gay or dissolute life; also, to sing or talk loudly ...1598
DISSOLUTENESS - nouns
• RAKEISM * debauchery, dissoluteness, profligacy ...1775
• RAKERY * rakish conduct; debauchery, dissoluteness, profligacy; social excitement ...1728
• RAKING playing the rake; dissolute living, dissoluteness, debauchery, profligacy ...1700
• RAKISHNESS debauchery, dissoluteness, profligacy ...1832
• RAMAGENESS † wantonness, debauchery, dissoluteness ...c1440
DISSOLUTION - nouns
• CATALYSIS †* dissolution, destruction, ruin ...1655
DISSOLVE - verbs
• MALTER to melt, to dissolve, to become pulverized ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OPEN † to dissolve, to decompose ...1727
• RESOLVE to dissolve ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAT ABROAD to break to pieces; to break up, to dissolve ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TO-DRIVE † to drive asunder, to disperse, to scatter; to drive away, to dispel; to dissolve ...c950
• TO-MELT † to melt away, to dissolve ...a1240
• UNBIND † to dissolve ...c1450
DISSUADE - verbs
• AFRO to dissuade ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BADMOUTH one who disparages or maligns ...1967 US sl.
• BADMOUTHER one who disparages or maligns ...1967 US sl.
• LACKER † one who blames or disparages ...1496
• STEP-AND-FETCH-IT an appellation of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
DISPARAGE - verbs
• BACKCAP to attempt to thwart or ruin by defaming someone; to depreciate, disparage, or criticize meanly ...1887 Amer. sl.
• BACKCLAP to disparage ...1896 Amer. sl.
• BAD-MOUTH to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1941 sl., orig. US
• BASE to disparage or ridicule; to confront someone ...1970 Amer. Black usage
• BESPARAGE † to disparage ...1592
• DEBAUCH † to vilify, to damage in reputation; to depreciate, to disparage ...1601
• DECLINE † to undervalue, to disparage, to depreciate ...1509 obs.
• DECRY to cry out against; to disparage or condemn openly; to attack the credit or reputation of; to depreciate ...1641
• DEDIGNIFY † to deprive of dignity or worthiness; to disparage, to flout ...1654
• DEHONESTATE †* to dishonour, to disgrace, to disparage, to slander, to calumniate ...1663
• DIS(S) to show disrespect, to disparage ...1982 US sl.
• DISWORTH †* to deprive of worth; to render worthless or unworthy; to degrade, to disparage ...1627
• DO A NUMBER ON SOMEONE to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1975 US sl.
• DOWN to disparage; to criticize adversely ...1970 Amer. sl.
• DOWNMOUTH to derogate; to disparage ...1981 Amer. sl.
• DOWN ON to disparage; to criticize adversely ...1992 Amer. sl.
• DUMP ALL OVER SOMEONE to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize; to treat unfairly ...1966 sl., chiefly US
• DUMP ON SOMEONE to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize; to treat unfairly ...1966 sl., chiefly US
• GIVE ONE NED to berate or disparage someone...1897 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE OLD NED to berate or disparage someone...1970 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE PARTICULAR NED to berate or disparage someone...1897 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE THE VERY NED to berate or disparage someone...1897 Amer. dial.
• HARD-MOUTH to threaten or disparage ...1960 Trinidad and Tobago
• HAVE A GO AT to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1977 sl.
• HAVE A POP AT SOMEONE to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1922 Brit. sl.
• ILLIFY to slander, defame, vilify, abuse; to speak disparagingly of ...1862 Eng. dial.
• JAG to annoy, to irritate, to play tricks on; to disparage; to reject ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JAG OFF to annoy, to irritate, to play tricks on; to disparage; to reject ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LACK † to disparage, to depreciate, to slight ...1721 Sc.
• LACKEN †* to depreciate, to disparage ...1674
• LEAN ON to disparage or ridicule ...1960s US Black sl.
• OBTRACT † to detract from; to disparage, to decry, to slander ...1596
• OBTRECT † to detract from; to disparage, to decry, to slander ...1596
• PUT DOWN to disparage ...1950s Amer. sl.
• PUT THE BAD MOUTH ON to disparage; to malign ...1968 US sl.
• RAG ON SOMEONE to disparage; to strongly deprecate ...1980s Amer. students' sl.
• RANK to disdain, to disparage ...1930s US sl.
• RANK ON to disparage ...1950s Amer. sl.
• RAP to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1906 sl., orig. US
• ROAST to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1782 sl.
• RUBBISH to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1953 sl., orig. & chiefly Aust. & NZ
• SANDBAG to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1919 sl.. orig. & chiefly US
• SCOOT to reject with disdain, to flout, to disparage ...1827 Sc.
• SCREAM to insult or disparage someone; to speak in a derogatory manner about; to embarrass someone publicly ...1972 Amer. sl.
• SCREAM COLD ON to insult or disparage someone; to speak in a derogatory manner about; to embarrass someone publicly ...1980 Amer. sl.
• SCREAM ON to insult or disparage someone; to speak in a derogatory manner about; to embarrass someone publicly ...1970 Amer. sl.
• SLAG OFF to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1971 sl.
• SLAM to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1916 sl., orig. US
• SLATE to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1848 sl.
• SNIPE to disparage someone ...1980 US sl.
• SOAK to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1925 US sl.
• SUBSTRACT † to belittle, to disparage ...1728
• TAKE A POP AT SOMEONE to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1922 Brit. sl.
• TAKE SOMEONE TO THE CLEANERS to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1963 sl.
• TEAR SOMEONE DOWN to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1978 US sl.
• TEE OFF ON to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize ...1955 US sl.
• THROW OFF ON to disparage, to ridicule, to make fun of, to revile, to cast aspersions on ...1887 Amer. dial.
• WALLIPEND to vilipend, to despise, to disparage, to abuse ...1847 Sc.
DISPARAGED - adjectives
• DECRIED cried down, disparaged openly ...1655
DISPARAGEMENT - nouns
• DECRIAL * open disparagement; depreciation ...1711
• LESSENING † a degradation, disparagement ...1428
• LYRICS profanity; disparagement ...1987 Trinidad and Tobago
• OBTRACTATION † detraction, disparagement, slander, calumny ...1563-83
• OBTRECTATION † detraction, disparagement, slander, calumny ...1563-83
DISPARAGEMENT, TERM OF DISPARAGEMENT - nouns
• BEAN a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BOX-ANKLED HOUND a term of disparagement ...1919 Amer. dial.
• BRICK a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CARL(E) a fellow of low birth or rude manners; a base fellow; a churl; later, a vague term of disparagement or contempt ...a1300 Sc. or arch.
• CHICKEN-HALIBUT a term of disparagement for a person, used to signify disgust ...1919 Amer. dial.
• CUR a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• DEADHEAD a lazy, worthless person or animal; an idler, a loafer; a term of disparagement ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DOG a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GAISLING † a foolish, inexperienced person; a term of disparagement to a child ...1819 Sc.
• HOUND a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LAMES a term of contempt or disparagement; a term of address ...1950s US Black sl.
• LIME a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 college sl.
• LOLLYGAG a term of disparagement for a person ...1940 Amer. dial.
• MOOCH a beggar or shiftless character; hence, a term of disparagement ...1914 Amer. sl.
• MUSKRAT a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• ONE-BRAIN a term of disparagement; a stupid person ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PECKERHEAD a disparaging term for a person; a thick-headed or stupid person; a jerk, an oaf; a despised man ...1955 Amer. dial.
• PECKERWOOD a disparaging term for a person; a thick-headed or stupid person ...1986 Amer. dial.
• PRUNE a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUINCE a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TYKE a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• YELLOW DOG a term of disparagement ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• YEOMAN †* a term of disparagement ...c1440
DISPARAGEMENT - interjections
• AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU TOO! used ironically in response to a disparagement or an insult ...1976 UK sl.
DISPARAGING - adjectives
• DEROGATORIOUS † derogatory, disparaging, disrespectful ...c1555
• DETRACTORY tending to detract; defamatory by denial of desert; depreciatory, disparaging, derogatory, calumnious ...1585
• LESSENING † disparaging, degrading, lowering ...1674
• VILIPEND disparaging, abusive ...a1851 Sc.
DISPARAGING - nouns
• BAD MOUTH disparaging remarks; a maligning ...1960 US sl.
• LACK † disgrace, despite, reproach; the act of disparaging ...1710 Sc.
DISPARITY - nouns
• ODDS difference, inequality, disparity ...1713 Sc.
DISPASSIONATE - adjectives
• IMPASSIONATE * free from, or not governed by passion; calm, dispassionate ...1621
DISPATCH - nouns
• RID speed, progress, dispatch ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
DISPATCH - verbs
• WAIVE † to send or dispatch ...a1400-50
DISPEL - verbs
• TO-DRIVE † to drive asunder, to disperse, to scatter; to drive away, to dispel; to dissolve ...c950
DISPENSE (WITH) - verbs
• SKIP IT to forget it, to drop the subject; to dispense with something ...1934 US sl.
• VENT † to dispense, to distribute ...1616
DISPERSE - verbs
• ABGREGATE † to disperse, as it were to lead out of the flock ...1612
• BLANDER to scatter sparingly, to disperse in a scanty way ...19C Sc.
• RENDER † to separate; to disperse ...1826 Eng. dial.
• SCARKLE †* to scatter, disperse ...c1450
• SCALE 1. to dismiss, to disperse a gathering of people ...1681 Sc.
2. of a meeting, congregation, etc. of people: to disperse, to separate ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCALE-BREAK to scatter, to disperse ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCALE-SET to separate, to scatter, to disperse ...1897 Sc.
• SCALE THE BIKE to dismiss, to disperse a gathering of people ...1852
• SKAIL to scatter or disperse a thing or collection of things ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKAIR † to scatter, to disperse; to send out in various directions ...c1200
• SKALE of a meeting, congregation, etc. of people: to disperse, to separate ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SKYLE 1. to dismiss, to disperse a gathering of people ...1681 Sc.
2. of a meeting, congregation, etc. of people: to disperse, to separate ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TO-DREVE † to drive asunder or apart; to disperse, to separate, to scatter ...a900
• TO-DRIVE † to drive asunder, to disperse, to scatter; to drive away, to dispel; to dissolve ...c950
• TO-FARE † to go asunder, to disperse ...a900
• TO-FERE † to go asunder, to disperse ...c1000
• TO-SKAIR † to scatter, to disperse ...c1200
DISPERSEDLY - adverbs
• SUNDERLY †* dispersedly, widely ...1541
DISPERSION - nouns
• EFFUSION † of persons: dispersion; rout; of things: confused downfall (poetic) ...a1400
• SCAIL a dispersion, scattering, distribution ...1864 Sc.
• SCALE a dispersion, scattering, distribution ...1864 Sc.
• SCALE-BREAK a sudden scattering or dispersion; the noise or commotion made by a dispersing crowd ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCALEMENT a scattering, dispersion ...1793 Sc.
• SCATTERMENT a scattering; a dispersion ...1895 Sc. & Ireland & Amer. dial.
• SKAIL a dispersal or separation; a scattering ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKAILAMINT a scattering, dispersion ...1793 Sc.
• SKAILING dismissal, dispersion ...c1450
DISPIRIT - verbs
• CAST DOWN to deject in spirits, to disappoint, to dispirit ...1382
• FAINTEN †* to make faint, to depress, to dispirit ...1612-15
• TAKE THE TUCK OUT OF to exhaust; to dispirit ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
DISPIRITED - adjectives
• ABJECTED † cast off, rejected, cast down, dispirited ...1633
• FEATHER-FALLEN crest-fallen, cast down in confidence, spirits, or courage; dispirited, disheartened, dejected; subdued in demeanour ...19C Eng. dial.
• HACKED dispirited; tired or disconcerted, exhausted...1882 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S SAUCER disinclined, dispirited, out of sorts ...M19 Aust. sl.
• OUT OF HEART dispirited; discouraged; disheartened, downcast ...1586
• QUEER AS DICK'S HATBAND out of sorts, dispirited, 'under the weather' ...L18 sl.
• SACKLESS dispirited, melancholy; moping ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
DISPIRITED - nouns
• MOPES, THE a fit of depression; a gloomy mood; a fit of being dispirited ...1954 Amer. dial.
DISPIRITED - verbs
• PEAK AND PINE to go about dispiritedly or listlessly ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SAG to become dispirited ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALP to grow weary; to become dispirited ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
DISPIRITEDLY - adverbs
• HEARTLESSLY † without spirit, dejectedly, gloomily ...1629
DISPIRITING - nouns
• DAUNT † the act of daunting; dispiriting; intimidation; discouragement; a check ...a1400 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
DISPLAY - adjectives
• PARADEFUL * full of display, ostentatious ...1755
DISPLAY - nouns
• BARNUMISM exaggerated advertising or display; boastful talk ...1862
• BLAW-OUT a good meal; a great display or feast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOW-OUT a great display; a festive occasion; a drinking bout ...1821 sl.
• BRAVITY fine show, display, finery ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DASH a display ...1816 Sc.
• DIKE display in dress ...1872 Amer. dial.
• FANTASTRY † fantastic display or show; ostentation, affectation ...1656
• FARE † display, pomp; commotion, uproar, fuss ...a1300
• FLASHERY inferior or vulgar elegance, dash, distinction, display ...Bk1893 sl.
• GAUD idle display; showy ceremony ...1800-24
• GAYNESS † gay appearance, brightness of colour, dressiness, display, pomp ...c1449
• GLITZ extravagant but superficial display or show-business glamour ...1977 sl., orig. US
• LAYOUT any form of display, as a showman's stall ...M19 sl.
• OFF-LAT a great display ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PARADA † pomp, show, display, ostentation ...1621
• PARADO † pomp, show, display, ostentation ...1621
• RAREE-SHOW a spectacular display ...1809
• SET-OUT a display, as of food, or dinnerware ...1899 Amer. dial.
• STYLING an exaggerated display of one's self and clothes, manner, or presence ...1950s US Black sl.
• VENDITATION † a boastful or ostentatious display ...1609
DISPLAY - verbs
• ACCUSE * to betray, to disclose; hence, to reveal, to display, to show or make known ...c1400
• CUT A DASH to make a display; to live conspicuously and extravagantly ...Bk1893 sl.
• CUT A FLASH to make a display; to live conspicuously and extravagantly ...Bk1893 sl.
• CUT A SPLURGE to make a display ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• CUT A SWATH to make a display ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• CUT IT FAT to make a display ...1836
• CUT TO THE BRAKES to display only the essential ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• DASH to make a show, to display, to show off ...1813 Sc.
• FEAT ONESELF FORTH † to display oneself ...a1400-50
• FLASH to display ostentatiously ...colloq.
• LAUNCH IT OUT † to flaunt, to make a display ...1622
• OSTENTATE * 1. to make a show of, to show off; to display ostentatiously or boastfully ...c1540
† 2. show, to display ...1630
• SET A SUNSHINING to expose to view, to display ...1601
• SKIN OUT to produce, to display ...c1895 US sl.
• SPORT to wear, display, carry, etc., esp. with ostentation; to show off ...colloq.
• UNBOWEL † to display or reveal ...1650 obs.
• VAUNT † to proclaim or display proudly ...1590
• VENDITATE † to set out as if for sale; to put forward or display in a favourable light or in a specious manner; to exhibit ostentatiously ...1600
DISPLAYED - adjectives
• OSTENTATE †* boasted, vaingloriously displayed ...1615
DISPLEASE - verbs
• MISQUEME † to displease, to dissatisfy, to offend ..,?c1395
• OFTHINK † to seem not good; to displease, to vex, to grieve ...c888
• UMBRAGE * to offend, to displease ...a1894
DISPLEASED - adjectives
• BEGRUMPLED displeased; affronted ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CHUFFED displeased, disgruntled; annoyed and disappointed ...1960 Brit. sl.
• DEAD CHUFFED displeased, disgruntled ...20C army sl.
• ILL-CONTENTED discontented, displeased ...1582
• ILL-SORTED badly suited; displeased, upset ...1815 Sc.
• OUTDONE put out, perplexed, exasperated, displeased; disappointed, overcome, beaten, humiliated, embarrassed ...1816 Amer. dial.
• SNUFFY annoyed, displeased, ready to take offense, touchy; sulky, angry, vexed, fault-finding; unpleasant, disagreeable ...1678
• THRUNCH † solemnly dissatisfied; much displeased ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DISPLEASED - nouns, person
• BURR UP YOUR ASS a person with a displeased focus on something ...1960 US sl.
DISPLEASED - verbs
• GRAME † to be vexed or displeased; to fret; to anger, grieve, vex, annoy ...c1320
• 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.
DISPLEASING - adjectives
• GROSS disgusting, sickening; hence, unpleasant, unfortunate; displeasing, nasty ...1959 student sl.
• GROTTY ugly, dirty, or offensive; displeasing; disgusting; grotesque, shocking ...1964 Amer. sl.
• GRUESOME very unpleasant, unattractive or displeasing ...1932 Amer. sl.
• ICKY sticky, cloying; unpleasant, displeasing; uncomfortable ...1929 Amer. dial.
• ISHY sticky, cloying; unpleasant, displeasing; uncomfortable ...1950 Amer. dial.
• OFFENCEFUL causing offence or displeasure; wrong; sinful; criminal ...1603 rare or obs.
• UNLIKE bad, displeasing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNLIKELY bad, displeasing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DISPLEASURE - adverbs
• HEAVILY † with sorrow, grief, displeasure, or anger; grievously ...c1000 obs. or arch.
• HEAVY † with displeasure or anger ...c1380
DISPLEASURE - nouns
• BABOUNE a pouting expression; a look of displeasure ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DEDIGNATION † displeasure, anger ...1538
• GELLIE a roar or cry expressive of displeasure ...1827 Sc.
• HEAVINESS † enraged feeling, displeasure, anger ...c1386
• OFFENSION † hurt, injury, damage; displeasure, annoyance; what is offensive or causes disgust; wrong-doing, misdeed; fault ...c1374
• OFTHINKING † displeasure, vexation, disgust, grief, sorrow ...a1225
• UMBRAGE displeasure, annoyance, offense, resentment ...1724
DISPLEASURE - verbs
• SHAKE ONE'S EARS † to show contempt or displeasure ...1583
DISPOSABLE - adjectives
• EXPOSABLE disposable ...1968 Amer. dial.
DISPOSE, DISPOSE OF - verbs
• AFAITE † to affect, to influence, to incline, to dispose, in any way ...c1230
• BESTOW to put away carefully, to dispose of; to bury ...1787 Eng. dial.
• BIN to dispose of ...1991 Brit. sl.
• CAN to dispose of as garbage; hence, to cancel a project or the like ...1930 Amer. sl.
• GET SHUT OF to get rid of; to dispose of ...1827 Amer. dial.
• MAKE SHORT METER OF to dispose or rid of quickly ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SACK to dispose of something ...2001 UK sl.
• TAKE DOWN to destroy, to dispose of ...L19 sl.
• UNLOAD to drop, to dispose of, to get rid of ...M19 sl.
DISPOSED - adjectives
• AFFECT † disposed, inclined ...c1400
• AFFECTIONATE † mentally disposed, inclined ...1533
• AFFECTIONATED † inclined or disposed ...1578
• AFFECTIONED disposed, inclined in any way ...c1555 arch.
• BETHOUGHT † of a person: minded, disposed; chiefly in combination with well-, ill-, etc. ...c1205
DISPOSED - verbs
• INCLINATE to incline to, to be disposed to ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MIND to wish, to have a mind to; to feel inclined or disposed to ...1792 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DISPOSITION - adjectives
• ROCKY of the heart or disposition: hard, unfeeling, unyielding ...L16
DISPOSITION - nouns
• AFFECT † disposition, temper, natural tendency ...1541
• AFFECTION † state of mind generally, mental tendency; disposition ...1540
• BAD NAIL, A a bad disposition ...Bk1902 Sc.
• EDGE principle, disposition ...1895 Eng. dial.
• ENGINE intellect, genius, mental capacity; disposition, character ...1631 Sc.
• FACULTY † a personal quality; disposition ...c1565
• FARRAND manner, custom, appearance; disposition, nature ...1790 Eng. dial.
• GUDE NAIL † a good disposition or 'streak' in one's nature ...1866 Sc.
• GUID NAIL, A a good disposition ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HEART † disposition, temperament, character ...a1225
• MEAD mood, disposition; bearing, courage ...1724 Sc.
• MEED mood, disposition; bearing, courage ...1724 Sc.
• MEID mood, disposition; bearing, courage ...1724 Sc.
• RACE †* natural or inherited disposition ...1603
• TEETH † temper, disposition; spirit, mettle ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEMPER-PIN disposition, temper ...1864 Sc.
• TETH † temper, disposition; spirit, mettle ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VIAND mood, disposition; temper ...Bk1905 Sc.
DISPOSITION - verbs
• OFFER † to incline, to tend in some direction; to have an inclination or disposition to ...1639
DISPROPORTIONATE - adjectives
• UNCOMMENSURATE † disproportionate ...1676
DISPROPORTIONED - adjectives
• UNGAIN clumsy, inactive, ungainly; inexperienced, unhandy, unskilful; loutish; disproportioned, ill-shaped ...1790 Eng. dial.
DISPRAISE - verbs
• LACK to dispraise, to slight, to undervalue; to malign, to calumniate ...1715 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DISPROVE - verbs
• NEGATIVE to disprove; to show to be false ...1790
• OPPUGN to assail or oppose actively by speech, writing, action, or influence of any kind; to call in question, to disprove a statement, belief, etc. ...1529
• OPPUGNATE † to assail or oppose actively by speech, writing, action, or influence of any kind; to call in question, to disprove a statement, belief, etc. ...1749
• TAKE OFF † to do away with, to disprove, to confute ...1630
• UNBUBBLE † to disprove, to refute ...a1640
DISPUTABLE - adjectives
• BRIGOUS † quarrelsome, contentious; pertaining to strife or disagreement, disputable, factious ...1387
• OPINABLE † that is a matter of opinion; not certain, disputable, conjectural ...1456
• OPINIONABLE †* that is a matter of opinion, disputable, uncertain; ...1615-20
• QUARRELLABLE † capable of being called in question; disputable ...a1600
• STRIVABLE †* open to dispute, disputable ...c1456
DISPUTANT - nouns, person
• CANGLER a wrangler; a quarrelsome disputant ...1730 Sc.
• JANGLER a noisy disputant ...1884
• OB-AND-SOLLER † a scholastic or subtle disputant ...1678 nonce word
DISPUTATION, DISPUTE - nouns
• ALLEGATION a dispute, a quarrel ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARGLE an argument, a dispute ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARGUE argument, assertion; dispute, contention, quarrel ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ARGUFICATION an argument, a dispute, contention ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ARGUFYMENT an argument, a dispute ...1892 Ireland
• ARGUTATION † over-refinement in arguing; subtle disputation; cavilling, cavil, quibble ...1641
• BARNEY a disturbance, dispute, altercation, an argument, a row ...1888 Eng. dial.
• BOBBERY a noise, disturbance, tumult; a fuss, row, uproar; a squabble, quarrel, dispute, altercation ...1816 Eng. dial. & sl.
• BONE OF CONTENTION a subject of dispute
• BONE TO PICK WITH SOMEONE, A a dispute or problem to resolve with someone
• BRABBLE † a quibble, a captious objection or dispute ...1581
• CABAL a violent dispute ...1827 Sc.
• CABBLAN dispute, quarrelling ...Bk1898 Sc.
• CABBLE a violent dispute ...1866 Sc.
• CADDLE worry, trouble, bother, dispute, fuss ...1856 Eng. dial.
• CAG an argument; a dispute; gossip ...L18 sl.
• CONCERTATION † contention, strife, dispute, controversy, argument ...1509
• CONTRETEMPS a disagreement, an argument, a dispute ...M20 colloq.
• CURRIE-WURRIE a violent dispute ...1821 Sc.
• DACKER † a struggle; a noisy, wrangling dispute ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEBATEMENT † debate, controversy, discussion, deliberation, disputation, argument ...1536
• DECERTATION † contention, strife, contest; dispute ...1635
• DIFFERING-BOUT a wordy dispute or quarrel ...1889 Eng. dial.
• ERISTIC the art of disputation ...1866
• FLARE a row; a dispute ...Bk1893 colloq.
• FRATCH a disagreement, a quarrel, a dispute, a wrangle, brawl, a scolding match ...18C chiefly Eng. dial.
• GAINSAY † a matter of dispute; a moot question ...1599
• HAGGLE a mild dispute; the process of bargaining ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAGGLING a dispute, an argument; a prolonged bargaining ...1888 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEAT † a quarrel, an angry dispute ...1570
• HELL A-HOOTING trouble, turmoil, a row or dispute ...1972 Amer. dial.
• HELL-A-POPPING a tremendous row or dispute ...1890 Amer. sl.
• HELL A-WHOOPING trouble, turmoil, a row or dispute ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JAR a dissension, a dispute, a quarrel; a petty broil ...1583
• JARL a quarrel, a dispute ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KABBIE-LABBY an altercation, wrangle, argument, dispute; confused talk ...Bk1902 Sc.
• KADDLE worry, trouble, dispute, fuss ...1856 Eng. dial.
• KAGG an argument, a dispute; a row ...1916 nautical sl.
• KNOCK-DOWN a vicious fight in which one participant is knocked unconscious; thus, an acrimonious but non-violent dispute ...E19 sl., orig. US
• KNOCK-DOWN AND DRAG-OUT a vicious fight in which one participant is knocked unconscious; thus, an acrimonious but non-violent dispute ...E19 sl., orig. US
• NAFF frivolous talk or prattle; an angry dispute about a trifle ...Bk1903 Sc.
• OB AND SOL † scholastic or subtle disputation ...1588
• OBS AND SOLS any subtle disputation ...1621 colloq.
• PARL an argument; a wordy way; a controversy, dispute ...1896 Eng. dial.
• PARLE an argument; a wordy way; a controversy, dispute ...1896 Eng. dial.
• PICK-QUARREL † an occasion of quarrel; a cause of dispute ...1611
• PRIBBLE-PRABBLE petty disputation; paltry discussion; vain chatter ...1615 chiefly Eng. dial.
• RABBLE a wrangle, quarrel, dispute ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAG a disturbance; a noisy dispute; a scolding ...1825 Sc.
• RAGGLE a wrangle, a dispute, an argument ...1866 Sc.
• RHUBARB a noisy dispute or row; an argument on the field of play in baseball ...1943 US sl.
• SCASH a quarrel, a dispute, a brawl ...1768 Sc.
• SCOG a quarrel, a dispute ...1874 Eng. dial.
• SCOOSE discourse, altercation, dispute, bad language ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRATTLE a struggle for existence; a dispute, a disturbance ...1878 Eng. dial.
• SCROG a quarrel, a dispute ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHOWDOWN a meeting between two opposing people or parties to settle their disputes; a meeting between two antagonists ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SOLS AND OBS. any subtle disputation ...1621 colloq.
• SPUTE a dispute, contention ...1886 Eng. dial.
• TERSE † a dispute, a debate ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THREAP an argument, a discussion; a dispute; a quarrel ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THREAPING-DO a contention, quarrel, dispute ...1899 Eng. dial.
• TICKSIE a quarrel, a dispute ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TILT an encounter, combat, or contest; a debate, a public dispute, a discussion; often applied in the 17th & 18 centuries to a duel ...1567
• TOIL † verbal contention, dispute, controversy, argument ...a1300
• VELITATION * a wordy skirmish or encounter; a controversy, a debate, an argument, a dispute not carried to extremes ...1607
• WRINGLE-WRANGLE * controversial argument; wordy disputation ...1882
• YOKE a dispute; a quarrel ...Bk1905 Sc.
DISPUTATION - nouns, person
• ERISTIC one given to disputation; a controversialist ...1659
DISPUTATIOUS - adjectives
• RALLY noisy, quarrelsome, disputatious, as one in drink ...1708 Sc.
• TOILOUS †* contentious, disputatious, wrangling, argumentative ...c1430
DISPUTATIVE, DISPUTING - adjectives
• ALTERCATIVE † characterized by disputing or wrangling ...M18
• ARGISOME contentious, inclined to argue or dispute ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CURRIE-WURRIE violently disputing ...19C Sc.
• ERISTIC of or pertaining to controversy or disputation; disposed to controversy; captious ...1637
• IN THE RAGS in trouble or disgrace; in a dispute ...c1860 sl.
• RACKLESOME quarrelsome, disputative ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
DISPUTE - adjectives
• AT LOGGERHEADS in strong disagreement or conflict, at odds, engaged in bickerings or disputes ...1775 Amer. dial.
• ON of a fight or dispute: begun in earnest ...1945 Aust. sl.
DISPUTE - nouns, person
• REDDER one who endeavours to settle a dispute or to part combatants ...1631 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• REDSMAN one who endeavours to settle a dispute or to part combatants ...Bk1904 Sc.
DISPUTE - verbs
• ALLEGATE to argue, to dispute ...1892 Ireland
• ARGIE-BARGIE to argue, to bandy words, to dispute; to contend ...1885 Sc.
• ARGLE to argue, to dispute; to contend; esp. in making a bargain ...1886 Eng. dial.
• ARGLE-BARGLE to argue, quarrel, cavil, dispute, contend; to haggle, to bandy words ...1727 chiefly Eng. dial. and Sc.
• ARGOL-BARGOL to bandy words; to cavil; to dispute ...Bk1911 Sc.
• ARGUE THE TOSS to dispute noisily and long ...20C
• ARGUFY to argue, dispute, wrangle; to debate a point or topic ...1800 colloq.
• ARGUY-BARGUY to argue, to bandy words, to dispute ...1885 Sc.
• BANTER DOWN to get the better of in a dispute of any kind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BRABBLE † to dispute captiously or obstinately; to cavil or quibble ...c1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• CABAL to quarrel, to dispute, to find fault with ...1866 Sc.
• CABBLE to dispute violently, to quarrel, to wrangle ...1866 Sc.
• CAMMEL to argue, to dispute ...1923 Sc.
• CANGLE to dispute acrimoniously; to wrangle ...1619 Sc.
• CONTROVERSE † to make the subject of controversy, to discuss, to debate; to enter into controversy, to dispute with ...1602
• CURRIE-WURRIE to dispute violently ...19C Sc.
• DEAL THE BANK to settle a dispute; to come to an understanding ...B1900 Sc.
• DEBATE to contest, to dispute; to contend or fight for; to carry on a fight or quarrel ...c1489 arch.
• DIGLADIATE † to 'cross swords'; to fight, to contend, to quarrel; to dispute violently ...a1656
• ELENCHIZE †* to make use of the elenchus (a logical refutation); to dispute, argue, refute ...1631
• FRAPLE † to dispute, to wrangle, to bluster ...a1595
• FRATCH to disagree, to quarrel, to dispute; to wrangle; to scold, to find fault with ...1714 chiefly Eng. dial.
• GABAL † to quarrel, to dispute ...a1843 Sc.
• GO AT A THING HAMMER AND TONGS to dispute or do violently ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HACKLE to look angry or indignant; to grumble, to dispute ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAG(G) to haggle, to dispute, to argue ...1892 Eng. dial.
• HAGGLE to dispute; to cavil; to argue; esp., to dispute the terms of a bargain ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANNY † to dispute, to argue ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• 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 A GOOSE TO PICK to have a disagreement or dispute to settle ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HAVE A RAG TO PICK to have a disagreement or dispute to settle ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HAVE IT to dispute ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• JAFFOCK to argue, to dispute ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• JANGLE to speak angrily, harshly, or discordantly; to grumble, to murmur, to contend, to dispute, to wrangle, to squabble ...a1300 arch.
• JAR to quarrel; to argue, to dispute, to bicker, to wrangle ...1550
• JARL † to snarl, to quarrel, to dispute; to jeer, to jest ...1580 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JAVEL to wrangle, to dispute, to quarrel ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• KABBIE-LABBY to argue, to dispute, to wrangle ...1898 Sc.
• KAGG an argument; a dispute ...L18 sl.
• RAG to wrangle over a subject. to argue, to dispute ...1889 Eng. dial. & sl.
• RAGGLE to argue, to wrangle, to dispute, to bicker, to banter ...1866 Sc.
• SANN † to argue, to dispute, to discuss ...c1200
• SCOG to argue, to dispute, to quarrel, to scold, to make ironical jokes ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOOSE to discourse; to dispute, to use bad language ...1869 Eng. dial.
• SCRAFFLE to quarrel, to wrangle, to dispute ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKRAFFLE to quarrel, to wrangle, to dispute ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SPUTE † to dispute; to contend in disputation ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TANT to argue or dispute in a captious, quarrelsome manner; to rage ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TANTER to quarrel; to argue, to dispute in a captious manner; to rage ...Bk1905 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• TERSE † to dispute, to contend ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THREAP to argue, to dispute; to wrangle, to quarrel, to contend ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROW to thwart, to oppose; to dispute, to contradict, to argue; to provoke, to anger ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TOIL † to contend in a lawsuit or an argument; to dispute, to argue; also, to contend in battle; to fight, to struggle ...c1330
• TOLY † to dispute, to argue; to contend or plead in a lawsuit ...c1440
• UMPERLODGE to contradict, to bicker, to dispute ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YOKE to attack; to grip, to seize; to tackle; to meddle with; to fight; to engage in, to dispute ...1775 Sc.
DISPUTE - phrases
• WITH THE GLOVES OFF of a dispute, argument, etc.: conducted mercilessly and in earnest, with no reservations ...colloq.
DISPUTED - adjectives
• BATABLE † debatable, disputed ...1453
DISPUTING - adjectives
• CADDLING quarrelsome, disputing ...1853 Eng. dial.
• JARRING quarrelling, disputing, wrangling ...1628
DISPUTING - nouns
• ARGUFYING disputing, arguing ...1873 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• JARRING quarrelling, disputing, wrangling ...1574
• THREAPING-FIT a fit of arguing or disputing ...1857 Eng. dial.
DISQUALIFY - verbs
• INHABLE † to disable, to prevent, to disqualify ...1631 Sc.
• PASS OUT to disqualify ...1900s Aust. sl.
DISQUIET - nouns
• MALEASE † absence of ease; uneasiness, discomfort; inconvenience, annoyance; disquiet; distress, trouble ...a1300
• WANRUFE †* disquiet, unrest ...c1480 Sc.
DISQUIET - verbs
• HOLD ONE IN TAMTARY to keep one in suspense; to tease or exasperate by delay; to vex or disquiet one ...1710 Sc.
DISQUIETING - adjectives
• OORIE of things: uncanny, filled with foreboding, strange and disquieting ...1877 Sc.
DISQUIETUDE - nouns
• UNREST a person or thing that causes disquietude ...1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNSAUCHT † trouble, disquietude ...Bk1905 Sc.
DISREGARD - nouns
• GO-BY avoidance, disregard ...1855 Amer. dial.
• IGNORATION the act of ignoring or treating as unknown; disregarding; the fact of being ignored ...1865
DISREGARD - 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.
• BELAY to stop, to wait; to cancel, to disregard ...1931 Amer. dial.
• GIVE ONE THE GO-BY to avoid, to disregard, to neglect ...1855 Amer. dial.
• LOOK OVER to disregard, to forgive, to overlook ...1887 Amer. dial.
• SIT † to disregard, to neglect, to pay no heed or attention to ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WAIVE † to treat with neglect, to ignore, to disregard, to overlook; to let pass an opportunity ...c1400
DISREPAIR - adjectives
• RAMSHACK run-down, in disrepair ...1941 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKELDY dilapidated, in a state of disrepair, run-down ...1911 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLED dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair, rickety, tumbledown ...1675
• RAMSHACKLETY dilapidated, in a state of disrepair, run-down ...1905 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLY rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair ...1857
DISREPUTABLE - adjectives
• CASS-CASS untidy, disreputable, inferior, low-class ...20C W. Indies
• DEBUGGERABLE disreputable, unpleasant ...1930s sl.
• GNATTY-TAIL unkempt and disreputable ...1948 Amer. dial.
• GRUNDY dirty, shabby, grimy, filthy, disgusting; disreputable, unpleasant ...1966 Amer. sl.
• GRUNGY dirty, shabby, grimy, filthy, disgusting; disreputable, unpleasant ...1966 Amer. sl.
• HINGUM-TRINGUM worthless and somewhat disreputable; said of persons and things ...B1900 Sc.
• OFFAL worthless, disreputable, vile, contemptible ...c1605 now chiefly Eng. dial.
• OFFALD inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile ...1750 Eng. dial.
• OFFALLY inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALOUS inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile ...1857 Eng. dial.
• OFFALY. inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAFF disreputable, vulgar, low ...1823
• RAFFISH disreputable, vulgar; worthless; low; of bad character ...1801
• RAGG-ARSED of people: disreputable, seedy, run-down ...L19 sl.
• RAGG-ASSED of people: disreputable, seedy, run-down ...L19 sl.
• RAGGED-ARSE disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGED-ARSED disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ARSE disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ARSED disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ASS of people: disreputable, seedy, run-down ...L19 sl.
• RAGGEDY-ASSED of people: disreputable, seedy, run-down ...L19 sl.
• RAGGY-ARSE disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAGGY-ARSED disreputable, ruined ...c1880 sl.
• RAKE-SHAMED † disreputable, disgraceful ...1635
• RANDY disorderly, disreputable, given to drink ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOORY-LOOKING disreputable-looking ...1833 Sc.
• SCOURY mean in conduct; niggardly; idle; disreputable ...1721 Sc.
• SCOURY-LOOKING. disreputable-looking ...1833 Sc.
• SCOWRIE mean in conduct; niggardly; idle; disreputable ...1721 Sc.
• SKID-ROAD disreputable ...Amer. sl.
• TARRANT mean, disreputable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TINKERLY clumsy, bungling, unskilful; of poor quality; mean, low, disreputable ...1586
• TORE DOWN dissolute, disreputable, unruly, wild, violent ...1891 Amer. dial.
• TORN DOWN dissolute, disreputable, unruly, wild, violent ...1836 Amer. dial.
• WAFF disreputable, wild, worthless; immoral ...1788 Sc.
• WAFFISH disreputable; immoral ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WAFF-LIKE shabby-looking; having a suspicious or disreputable appearance; feeble, of little account ...1808 Sc.
• WAFF-LOOKING of a disreputable, suspicious appearance ...1828 Sc.
• WARBY unprepossessing in appearance or disposition, unkempt, disreputable, decrepit ...1920s Aust. sl.
DISREPUTABLE - nouns
• GRUNGEHOLE a filthy or disreputable place ...1986 Amer. sl.
• HELL'S BOTTOM a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HALF-ACRE a small, remote, disreputable or otherwise undesirable place; a low-class barroom or dive ...1874 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HOLLER a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S HOLLOW a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELL'S POINT a remote, disreputable, or undesirable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HELLTOWN a rundown or disreputable place ...1966 Amer. dial.
• RAGAMUFFINERY the disreputable classes of society; depraved actions or conduct ...1831
• RAGAMUFFINRY the disreputable classes of society; depraved actions or conduct ...1831
• RAG-TAG the ragged disreputable portion of the community; the rabble; a member of the rabble ...1879
• RAG-TAG AND BOBTAIL the ragged disreputable portion of the community; the rabble; also, the whole lot ...1820
• SCUFFLETOWN a nickname for a poor or disreputable town or district ...1941 Amer. dial.
DISREPUTABLE - nouns, person
• AUNTIE'S RUIN a disreputable, untrustworthy, seedy man ...1900s sl.
• BADMASH one following evil courses; a bad, wicked, or disreputable fellow; a villainous man; a rascal, a scoundrel ...1843 Anglo-Indian
• BAGGAGE a woman of bad character; a worthless, good-for-nothing woman; a woman of disreputable or immoral life, a strumpet; a prostitute; an opprobrious epithet applied to women and children ...1596
• BONA-ROBA † a prostitute or disreputable woman ...L16 now rare or obs.
• CAGMAG a term of opprobrium applied to persons; a loose character; a disreputable old woman; a simpleton, a noodle ...19C Eng. dial.
• CAGMENT disreputable persons ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CASE an unusual, queer, or peculiar person; a character; a disreputable person; a difficult fellow ...1859 Amer. dial.
• CAWLIE a term of contempt for a man; a disreputable fellow ...1789 Sc.
• HELLPUKE a shady or disreputable person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HILDING a disreputable slut, a wanton...1592 arch.
• LOREL † a worthless person; a dissolute person; a low, disreputable fellow; a rogue, a scoundrel ...1362
• NE'ER-BE-GOOD a ne'er-do-well; a good-for-nothing, disreputable, or worthless person ...1675
• NE'ER-DO-GOOD a ne'er-do-well; a good-for-nothing, disreputable, or worthless person ...1814
• NE'ER-DO-WELL one who never does, and is never likely to do, well; a good-for-nothing, worthless, disreputable person ...1737
• OLD COCKER an old man, usually a disreputable one ...1940s sl., orig. US
• OLD NIGGER a disreputable, down-at-heel person ...1950s W. Indies sl.
• PIKEY a Gypsy or member of a travelling people; more generally, a lower-class person regarded as coarse or disreputable (now regarded as offensive) ...M19 End. dial & sl.
• POLECAT a despicable, contemptible or deceitful person; a disreputable person; a sneaky person ...1896 Amer. dial.
• QUANDONG a disreputable figure, living on their wits ...1930s Aust. sl.
• RACKATAG a worthless, disreputable fellow ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAGABASH an idle, worthless, or disreputable fellow; a low rascal; an idle vagabond; a scoundrel; a ragamuffin ...1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGAMUFF †* a ragged, dirty, disreputable man or boy ...1591
• RAGG-ARSE a disreputable, seedy, run-down person ...1930s sl.
• RAGGED-ARSE a disreputable, seedy, run-down person ...1930s sl.
• RAGGEDY-ARSE a disreputable, seedy, run-down person ...1930s sl.
• RAGGEDY-PANTS a disreputable, seedy, run-down person ...1930s sl.
• RAGS a cheap prostitute; a low-class harlot; any low and disreputable person ...1935 US sl.
• RIFF-RAFF a low, disreputable person; the rabble, the mob ...1836 Sc. & Eng. dial. & sl.
• RODNEY an idler; a loafer; a casual worker; a disreputable character ...M19 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• SCADGAN a tramp; a disreputable-looking fellow ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCALAWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 sl., orig. US
• SCALLAWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 Amer. dial.
• SCALLOWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 sl., orig. US
• SCALLYWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 orig. US
• SCARAMOUCH a disreputable fellow; a rascal, a scamp; a term of contempt ...1676
• SCOURY a mean, disreputable person; a blackguard ...1721 Sc.
• SCOWRIE a mean, disreputable person; a blackguard ...1721 Sc.
• SHABAROON † a mean-spirited person; a disreputable person; an ill-dressed, shabby fellow; a ragamuffin ...a1700 sl.
• SKALAWAG a ne'er-do-well; a disreputable person ...1848 sl., orig. US
• SKATE a disreputable White male, from a working-class background, whose behaviour is uncouth, hedonistic, and irresponsible ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• SMAIK a disreputable or worthless person; a villain ...LME Sc. arch.
• WARB a disreputable or slovenly person ...1933 Aust. sl.
• WAUB a disreputable or slovenly person ...1933 Aust. sl.
• WORB a disreputable or slovenly person ...1933 Aust. sl.
DISREPUTABLE - verbs
• HELL AROUND to live a life of disreputable pleasure ...1897 sl.
• RAGAMUFFINIZE to render disreputable ...1832
DIREPUTE - verbs
• GO TO THE PACK to go to pieces; to lose a leading position; to deteriorate; to fall into disrepute ... 1919 Aust. & NZ colloq.
DISRESPECT - nouns
• SCAN scorn, disrespect ...1877 Eng. dial.
DISRESPECT - verbs
• DECONSIDER * to treat with too little consideration, to disrespect ...1881
• DIS(S) to show disrespect, to disparage ...1982 US sl.
DISRESPECTED - nouns, person
• UDDER a despised, disrespected or foolish woman ...2001 UK sl.
DISRESPECTFUL - adjectives
• DEROGANT † derogatory, disrespectful ...c1620
• DEROGATORIOUS † derogatory, disparaging, disrespectful ...c1555
• DISSIN' treating a person with disrespect ...20C teen & high school sl.
• IN-YOUR-FACE aggressively challenging; confrontational; defiant; disrespectful; disdainful; provocative; unashamed ...1978 Amer. sl.
• . LIPPY impudent, rude, pert, disrespectful, talkative ...1875 sl.
DISRESPECTFUL - nouns, person
• BORE a rude or disrespectful man who is fond of being with women and tries to attract their attention ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FEIST a child that is disrespectful to its elders ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FIST a child that is disrespectful to its elders ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FYST a child that is disrespectful to its elders ...1930 Amer. dial.
• MADAM a disrespectful young woman or girl; an impudent (young) woman ...1802 sl.
DISRESPECTFUL - verbs
• MAKE ONE'S EYES PASS SOMEBODY to speak disrespectfully to one who ought to be treated respectfully ...20C W. Indies sl.
• PASS FOR GRASS to be treated disrespectfully; to be someone who does not matter ...20C W. Indies sl.
• TAKE ONE'S EYES PASS SOMEBODY to speak disrespectfully to one who ought to be treated respectfully ...20C W. Indies sl.
DISRUPT - verbs
• WRENCH to disrupt or upset someone ...1976 US sl.
DISRUPTION - adjectives
• CATACLASMIC pert. to a violent disruption ...1888
DISRUPTION - nouns
• CATACLASM a break or disruption ...1829
DISRUPTIVE - nouns
• HEADFUCKER a disorienting or disruptive person, situation, or object ...M20 US sl.
DISRUPTIVE - nouns, person
• HEADFUCKER a disorienting or disruptive person, situation, or object ...M20 US sl.
• PEACEBREAKER a disruptive person; a troublemaker ...1873 Amer. dial.
• PEACE DISTURBER a disruptive person; a troublemaker ...1965 Amer. dial.
DISSATISFACTION - nouns
• BAD SATISFACTION † dissatisfaction, dissatisfying result ...1656
• THRUM a senseless, foolish whim; a fit of ill-humour or dissatisfaction ...Bk1905 Sc.
DISSATISFACTION - verbs
• THROW THE MOUTH to complain; to express dissatisfaction ...1826 Sc.
DISSATISFACTION - interjections
• FUFF! an exclamation expressive of dissatisfaction or contempt, pooh! ...1780 Sc.
• GOOD LACK! † expressing dissatisfaction, regret, surprise, etc. ...M17
• UMPH! expressive of hesitation, doubt, or dissatisfaction ...a1568
DISSATISFIED - adjectives
• ILL-SORTED dissatisfied ...1815 Sc.
• MALCONTENT discontented, dissatisfied; inclined to rebellion or mutiny; restless and disaffected ...1586
• MALCONTENTED † discontented, dissatisfied ...c1586
• PORKY dissatisfied ...1920s US sl.
• THRUNCH † solemnly dissatisfied; much displeased ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAMBLE-CROPPED unhappy, discomfited, irritated; dissatisfied; offended ...1836 Amer. dial.
• WOMBLE-CROPPED unhappy, discomfited, irritated; dissatisfied; offended ...1798 Amer. dial.
DISSATISFIED - nouns, person
• MALCONTENT a discontented or dissatisfied person ...1581
DISSATISFIED - verbs
• 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.
• MAUNGE to be in a despondent, complaining mood; to be dissatisfied ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DISSATISFY - verbs
• HEART-BURN † to render jealous or grudging; to make discontented, to dissatisfy ...c1540 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• MISQUEME † to displease, to dissatisfy, to offend ..,?c1395
DISSECTION - nouns
• MEATERS a dissection class; dissection as part of a medical course ...c1910 Brit. medical students' usage
DISSECTION - nouns, person
• NIGHT DOCTOR a person (or demonic figure) thought to kill people, esp. Blacks, usually to obtain bodies for dissection ...1893 Amer. dial.
DISSEMBLE - verbs
• CANIFFLE to dissemble; to flatter ...1746 Eng. dial.
• DAUB † to put on a false show; to dissemble so as to give a favourable impression to pay court with flattery ...1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DISLIKEN † to make unlike, to disguise; to dissemble ...1611
• MITHE † to conceal, dissemble (as feelings, etc.) ...c888
DISSENSION - adjectives
• AT JAR at discord; in a state of dissension or variance ...1552
• DISSENTIOUS * given to strife, dissension, or disagreement; discordant, quarrelsome, contentious, factious ...1560
• FACTIONARY † taking part in a quarrel or dissension; active as a partisan ...1607
DISSENSION - nouns
• BROILERY †* dissension; strife; disturbance, disorder ...1521
• DEBATE strife, contention, dissension, quarrelling, wrangling; a quarrel ...a1300 arch.
• JAR 1. discord manifested in strife or contention; variance, dissension, quarrelling ...1546
2. a dissension, a dispute, a quarrel; a petty broil ...1583
• UNFRITH † dissension, strife ...c1205
• UNISIBBE † dissension, strife ...c1205
• VARIATION †* discord, variance, dissension ...c1485
• VARIETY † dissension, division ...1546
DISSENSION - nouns, person
• RAISER one who causes dissension ...1570 Sc.
DISSENSION - verbs
• STARKLE † to cause dissension, to make a stir ...1544
DISSENT - nouns
• KENTISH FIRE a prolonged and ordered salvo or volley of applause, or demonstration of impatience or dissent ...1834
DISSENT - verbs
• DISSENTIATE †* to throw into a state of dissent or discord ...1627
• NAY † to express dissent or contradiction ...c1325
• VARY † to differ in opinion; to disagree; to dissent from another ...?1428
DISSENT - interjections
• 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.
DISSENTER - nouns
• PANTILE-HOUSE a dissenter's meeting house ...L18
• PANTILE-SHOP a dissenter's meeting house ...L18
DISSENTER - nouns, person
• AUTEM PRICKEAR a dissenter; a Puritan ...E18 sl.
• FERNINSTER one who habitually dissents ...1935 Amer. dial.
• PANTILE a religious dissenter ...1785
• PANTILER a religious dissenter ...1785
• RANTER a Primitive Methodist; a Dissenter ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
DISSENTIENT - adjectives
• VARIANT † dissentient, disagreeing ...1412-20
DISSENTIENT - nouns, person
• DECLINATOR † one who declines or refuses; a dissentient ...1606
DISSENTING - adjectives
• PANTILE dissenting, nonconformist ...1785
DISSERTATION - nouns
• SCREED a dissertation; a long harangue; a document, a letter; a poetical effusion; a long list or catalogue; a lie, a fabrication ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRIEVE a lengthy, familiar conversation; a learned dissertation ...Bk1904 Sc.
DISSERVICE - nouns
• NAUGHTY a physical injury; hence, a disservice ...1984 Brit. sl.
DISSEVER - verbs
• DECEPER † to dissever, to separate ...1547
DISSIMILAR - adjectives
• UNANSWERABLE † wanting in correspondence or agreement; discrepant, dissimilar ...1611
DISSIMILARITY - nouns
• IMPARITY † the quality of being unlike; difference in nature or character; dissimilarity ...1608
DISSIPATE - verbs
• DEBAUCH † to dissipate, to spend prodigally, to squander ...1632
• MAMMOCK to squander, to dissipate, to waste; to leave carelessly about ...1870 Eng. dial.
• MOMMOCK to squander, to dissipate, to waste; to leave carelessly about ...1870 Eng. dial.
DISSIPATED - adjectives
• FAST dissipated ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• GAY of loose or immoral life; sexually loose, dissipated, licentious ...1637
• IMBECILE †* made away with, squandered, or dissipated ...a1677
• OORIE having a debauched or dissipated look ..a1838 Sc.
• RAFFY drunken; dissipated; wild ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKETTY worthless, unsteady, dissipated ...1841 Eng. dial.
• RANDY disorderly, disreputable, given to drink; boisterous, riotous, dissipated; wild, unruly, unmanageable ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RED-HOT wild, dissipated ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SPORTY dissipated, fast ...1885 informal
DISSIPATED - nouns, person
• CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE a debauchee, a dissipated man ...L19 sl.
• CRAMBAZZLE a worn-out, dissipated old man; an old man exhausted more by vicious indulgences or habits than by age ...19C Eng. dial.
• FAGGOT a general term of abuse, usually of women or children; a shrewish, bad-tempered, or offensive woman; an old or dissipated woman ...1591
• FAGOT a term of contempt for a woman, esp. an old or dissipated woman ...L16 Brit.
• GALLIARD a gay, lively youth or young man; a dissipated man ...1802 Sc.
• HARD CASE a reckless scapegrace; an unregenerate loafer; a dissipated person, or any wicked person ...1859 Amer. dial.
• HAYBAG a woman, esp. a prostitute or a vagrant, who is fat and usually dissipated or dissolute ...1851 Amer. sl.
• HAYRACK a woman, esp. a prostitute or vagrant, who is fat and usually dissipated or dissolute ...1881 Amer. sl.
• RADICAL an impudent, idle, dissipated fellow; a rascal ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAKE a man of loose habits and immoral character; an idle dissipated man of fashion; a dissolute man ...1653
• RAMPS a reckless, dissipated person; a noisy, merry, boisterous fellow ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTER † a noisy, riotous, dissipated fellow; a rake ...1654
• RAP-A-TAG a dissipated, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne'er-do-well ...1887 Eng. dial.
• RIDE-THE-MOON a wild, dissipated fellow ...1900 Eng. dial.
• WILD OATS † a dissipated or dissolute young fellow; a 'wild' young man ...a1564
• WRECK an exhausted or dissipated person; a human ruin ...1795
DISSIPATED - verbs
• GO TO PIGS AND WHISTLES to be ruined, to go to utter ruin; to be dissipated ...1786
• RAKE to live a dissolute or dissipated life ...1700
• RANK to lead a wildly dissipated life ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DISSIPATION - adjectives
• AT A LOUSE END in a state of thoughtless, uncontrolled dissipation ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• AT AN IDLE END in a state of thoughtless, uncontrolled dissipation ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
DISSIPATION - nouns
• THROUGH-NIGHT a whole night of dissipation ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DISSIPATION - verbs
• BANG THROUGH THE ELEPHANT to plumb the depths of dissipation ...19C sl.
DISSOCIATE - verbs
• UNBENEFIT to dissociate oneself from someone after a disagreement or an unpleasant occurrence ...1990s US teen sl.
DISSOLUTE - adjectives
• DEAD-GAME dissolute, ostentatious ...L19 US college sl.
• DEBOIST † debauched, dissolute ...1604
• GAMESOME forward, dissolute ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LIBERTINE free from moral, esp. sexual, restraint; dissolute; licentious
• LOOSE IN THE HEFT dissolute, dishonest, untrustworthy ...1895 Eng. dial.
• ORGIASTIC marked by extravagance, licentiousness, or dissolute revelry ...1698
• PALLIARD † knavish, dissolute ...1484
• PALLYARD † knavish, dissolute ...1484
• RAFFLIN(G) idle, worthless, dissolute, disorderly ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAKE-HELL profligate, dissolute, debauched ...1556
• RAKEHELLISH profligate, dissolute, debauched ...1824
• RAKEHELLY profligate, dissolute, debauched ...1579
• RAKELY †* profligate, dissolute, debauched ...1694
• RAKING profligate, dissolute, debauched, dissipated ...a1704
• RAKISH profligate, dissolute, debauched ...1706
• RAMMUCKY dissolute, wanton, depraved ...1893 Eng. dial.
• TORE DOWN dissolute, disreputable, unruly, wild, violent ...1891 Amer. dial.
• TORN DOWN dissolute, disreputable, unruly, wild, violent ...1836 Amer. dial.
DISSOLUTE - nouns
• WEEDMONKEYING seeking the company of dissolute women ...1938 Amer. dial.
• WHORE-SHOP a house or flat where behaviour is dissolute ...20C sl.
DISSOLUTE - nouns, person
• ARTICHOKE a dissolute, debauched old woman ...19C sl.
• BAT a disorderly or dissolute person ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BIDDY a woman, often used disparagingly, esp. of an elderly, gossipy, or dissolute woman ...L18
• BUM a lazy and dissolute person; a habitual loafer or tramp ...1888 US colloq.
• FRANION † a gay reckless fellow; an idle, dissolute fellow; a loose, licentious person; a gallant, a paramour, a boon companion ...1571
• GAY GREEK * a boisterous or dissolute person...M16
• HACKSLAVER a dirty, slovenly fellow; an idle, dissolute, good-for-nothing man; a disgusting and silly fellow ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HAYBAG a woman, esp. a prostitute or a vagrant, who is fat and usually dissipated or dissolute ...1851 Amer. sl.
• HAYRACK a woman, esp. a prostitute or vagrant, who is fat and usually dissipated or dissolute ...1881 Amer. sl.
• HIGH-KICKER a dissolute person ...L19 US sl.
• LIBERTINE a dissolute person; a profligate
• LOREL † a worthless person; a dissolute person; a low, disreputable fellow; a rogue, a scoundrel ...1362
• MAD GREEK * a boisterous or dissolute person...M16
• MERRY GREEK * a boisterous or dissolute person...M16
• NAUGHTY-PACK † a wicked or dissolute man ...1549
• OLD BIDDY an elderly, gossipy, or dissolute woman; a fussy, mean or quarrelsome old woman ...1938 colloq.
• PALLART † a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee ...1484
• PALLIARD † a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee ...1484
• PALLYARD † a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee ...1484
• RACK a dissolute, unprincipled young man; a rake; a wag ...1724 Sc.
• RACKAPELT a man of dissolute habits; a scamp; a noisy person or animal ...Bk19C Eng.dial.
• RAFFALLY † idle, dissolute people ...Bk19C Eng.dial.
• RAKE a man of loose habits and immoral character; an idle dissipated man of fashion; a dissolute man ...1653
• RAKE-HELL a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...1554 now arch.
• RAKEHELLONIAN one of the 'sect' of rakehells; an utterly immoral or dissolute person ...a1704
• RAKEHELLY a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...a1762
• RAKEL † a rake-hell; a thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake ...1622 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAKESHAME * a man of loose character; a base, rascally fellow; a lewd, debauched fellow; a vile, dissolute wretch; an uncouth and wicked boy ...1599
• RAMMACK a large raw-boned person who speaks and acts heedlessly; a ninny, a simpleton; a dissolute spendthrift; a false-hearted fellow; a backbiter; a double-dealer ...19C Sc.
• RANDAN * a riotous or disorderly person; a dissolute or debauched person ...a1809
• RANGER † a rake, a dissolute or debauched person ...1599
• RANNACK a dissolute spendthrift, a rake ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTIPOLE * a rude, romping boy or girl; a wild, ill-behaved or reckless person; a scold, a termagant, a shrew; a dissolute person ...a1700
• RAPPIS a dissolute person; a rascal ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SKANKER an untrustworthy, dissolute person ...1970s W. Indies sl.
• SLONK a lazy slinking fellow; an idle, dissolute person; an indolent, clownish fellow; a hanger-on ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WATER-WAGTAIL a promiscuous woman; a prostitute; occasionally, a dissolute man ...L16 sl.
• WEED MONKEY a dissolute woman, a girl of easy virtue, a slut ...1938 Amer. dial.
• WILD OATS † a dissipated or dissolute young fellow; a 'wild' young man ...a1564
• YAD a term of contempt for a woman, often one of slovenly or dissolute habits, or of a vicious nature ...1787 Sc.
• YADE a term of contempt for a woman, often one of slovenly or dissolute habits ...1787 Sc.
• YAUD a term of contempt for a woman, often one of slovenly or dissolute habits ...1787 Sc.
DISSOLUTE - verbs
• COME UPON THE RAKE to live in a rakish or dissolute manner ...18C sl.
• RAFFLE to lead a wild, dissolute life ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAKE to live a dissolute or dissipated life ...1700
• RANT to frolic, to romp; to be jovial, boisterous, uproariously gay or merry; to lead a gay or dissolute life; also, to sing or talk loudly ...1598
DISSOLUTENESS - nouns
• RAKEISM * debauchery, dissoluteness, profligacy ...1775
• RAKERY * rakish conduct; debauchery, dissoluteness, profligacy; social excitement ...1728
• RAKING playing the rake; dissolute living, dissoluteness, debauchery, profligacy ...1700
• RAKISHNESS debauchery, dissoluteness, profligacy ...1832
• RAMAGENESS † wantonness, debauchery, dissoluteness ...c1440
DISSOLUTION - nouns
• CATALYSIS †* dissolution, destruction, ruin ...1655
DISSOLVE - verbs
• MALTER to melt, to dissolve, to become pulverized ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OPEN † to dissolve, to decompose ...1727
• RESOLVE to dissolve ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAT ABROAD to break to pieces; to break up, to dissolve ...1885 Eng. dial.
• TO-DRIVE † to drive asunder, to disperse, to scatter; to drive away, to dispel; to dissolve ...c950
• TO-MELT † to melt away, to dissolve ...a1240
• UNBIND † to dissolve ...c1450
DISSUADE - verbs
• AFRO to dissuade ...Bk1898 Sc.