Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to diss
Participle: dissed
Gerund: dissing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | diss |
| you | diss |
| he;she;it | disses |
| we | diss |
| you | diss |
| they | diss |
Perfect
| I | have dissed |
| you | have dissed |
| he;she;it | has dissed |
| we | have dissed |
| you | have dissed |
| they | have dissed |
Past
| I | dissed |
| you | dissed |
| he;she;it | dissed |
| we | dissed |
| you | dissed |
| they | dissed |
Pluperfect
| I | had dissed |
| you | had dissed |
| he;she;it | had dissed |
| we | had dissed |
| you | had dissed |
| they | had dissed |
Future
| I | will diss |
| you | will diss |
| he;she;it | will diss |
| we | will diss |
| you | will diss |
| they | will diss |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dissed |
| you | will have dissed |
| he;she;it | will have dissed |
| we | will have dissed |
| you | will have dissed |
| they | will have dissed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | diss |
| you | diss |
| he;she;it | diss |
| we | diss |
| you | diss |
| they | diss |
Perfect
| I | have dissed |
| you | have dissed |
| he;she;it | have dissed |
| we | have dissed |
| you | have dissed |
| they | have dissed |
Imperfect
| I | dissed |
| you | dissed |
| he;she;it | dissed |
| we | dissed |
| you | dissed |
| they | dissed |
Pluperfect
| I | had dissed |
| you | had dissed |
| he;she;it | had dissed |
| we | had dissed |
| you | had dissed |
| they | had dissed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would diss |
| you | would diss |
| he;she;it | would diss |
| we | would diss |
| you | would diss |
| they | would diss |
Perfect
| I | would have dissed |
| you | would have dissed |
| he;she;it | would have dissed |
| we | would have dissed |
| you | would have dissed |
| they | would have dissed |
Imperative
| you | diss |
| we | Let's diss |
| you | diss |
Verbs conjugated like 'diss'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'diss'
dass,
dibs,
dis,
disc,
dish,
disk,
doss,
fiss,
hiss,
kiss,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult
- abuse, affront, burn, carry, cut down, dis, give stick, heckle, hurt someone's feelings, insult, lapidate, misbid, misrespect, misuse, offend, sledge, slight, sneap, wound
- to try to diminish the reputation of
- asperse, assassinate, backbite, badmouth, belibel, belittle, besmirch, blaze, blemish, blot, calumniate, calumny, cloud, cut down, defame, demonize, denigrate, derogate, detract, discredit, disgrace, disparage, forgab, infamize, libel, monster, reproach, scandal, shit-talk, slander, speak ill of, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, traduce, trash-talk, vilify, vilipend, vituperate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
3. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
4. Proto-Italic *dis-
5. Latin dis-
6. Old French des-bor.
7. ▲
8. Latin dis-bor.
9. Middle English dis-
10. English dis-
11. English respect
12. English disrespectclip.
13. English disparageclip.
14. English diss
15. Originated in Jamaican English or African American Vernacular English, probably originally a clipping of disrespect or disparage, both from the prefix dis-, ultimately from Latin dis-.
Verbs referencing "diss"
Icelandic
dissa, Swedish
dissa, Dutch
dissen, Japanese
ディスる.
Sample Sentences
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When a journalistic rival tries to "dis" you
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And to prejudice you in the public's eyes.
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Don't stigmatise his charges as a "tissue
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Of palpable, unmitigated lies." [1905 December 10, “A New Word”, in The Sunday Times, Perth, page 4:]