diasyrm

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noun

Describing something already petty or mean in words that make it seem even more so.

OriginAncient Greek διασυρμός →
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Meanings

noundiasyrm (uncountable)
  1. rhetoricuncountableDescribing something already petty or mean in words that make it seem even more so.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδιασυρμός“ridicule”
  2. Englishdiasyrm

From Ancient Greek διασυρμός (diasurmós, “ridicule”), from διασύρω (diasúrō, “tear into peaces; disparage”), from σύρω (súrō).

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APA

diasyrm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diasyrm

MLA

“diasyrm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diasyrm. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diasyrm,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diasyrm.

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