Meanings
present singular third person disembowels · US participle present disemboweling · UK participle present disembowelling · US participle past disemboweled · US past disemboweled · UK participle past disembowelled · UK past disembowelled
- transitiveTo remove the bowels or interior parts of.
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Yea. The people of Kôr ever embalmed their dead, as did the Egyptians, but their art was greater than the art of the Egyptians, for, whereas the Egyptians disembowelled and drew the brain, the people of Kôr injected fluid into the veins, and thus reached every part.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLCSynonyms: eviscerate, gut
- figurativelytransitiveTo make ineffectual or meaningless by destroying or removing essential parts of.
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Synonyms: eviscerate, gut
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo remove the bowels or interior parts of.
verbTo make ineffectual or meaningless by destroying or removing essential parts of.
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishembowel
- Englishdisembowel
Translations
Bulgarian изкормям, изкормвам
- изкормям (izkormjam)to remove the bowels from
- изкормвам (izkormvam)to remove the bowels from
- изкормя (izkormja)to remove the bowels from
- изтърбушвам (iztărbušvam)to remove the bowels from
- изтърбуша (iztărbuša)to remove the bowels from
Danish opsprætte, tage indvoldene ud
- opsprætteto remove the bowels from
- tage indvoldene udto remove the bowels from
Dutch ontdarmen, ontweiden
- ontdarmento remove the bowels from
- ontweidento remove the bowels from
Finnish suolistaa, poistaa sisälmykset
- suolistaato remove the bowels from
- poistaa sisälmyksetto remove the bowels from
- erittääto take or draw from the body
French éventrer, éviscérer
- éventrerto remove the bowels from
- éviscérerto remove the bowels from
- étriperto remove the bowels from
German ausweiden, ausnehmen
- ausweidento remove the bowels from
- ausnehmento remove the bowels from
Hungarian kizsigerel, kibelez
- kizsigerelto remove the bowels from
- kibelezto remove the bowels from
Icelandic aflima
- aflimato remove the bowels from
Italian sviscerare, sbudellare
- sviscerareto remove the bowels from
- sbudellareto remove the bowels from
- sventrareto remove the bowels from
- spanciareto remove the bowels from
- secernereto take or draw from the body
Latin ēviscerō, exenterō
- ēviscerōto remove the bowels from
- exenterōto remove the bowels from
Lithuanian išdarinėti
- išdarinėtito remove the bowels from
Māori tuaki, hāparangi
- tuakito remove the bowels from
- hāparangito remove the bowels from
Norwegian ta ut innvollene av, sløya
- ta ut innvollene avto remove the bowels from
- sløyato remove the bowels from
Portuguese desentranhar, estripar
- desentranharto remove the bowels from
- estriparto remove the bowels from
Russian вы́потрошить, потроши́ть
- вы́потрошить (výpotrošitʹ)to remove the bowels from
- потроши́ть (potrošítʹ)to remove the bowels from
- распотроши́ть (raspotrošítʹ)to remove the bowels from
- вынима́ть вну́тренности (vynimátʹ vnútrennosti)to remove the bowels from
Spanish destripar, eviscerar
- destriparto remove the bowels from
- eviscerarto remove the bowels from
- desentrañarto remove the bowels from
Swedish ta inälvorna ur
- ta inälvorna urto remove the bowels from
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with disembowel
Cite this entry
disembowel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disembowel
“disembowel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disembowel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disembowel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disembowel.
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