Meanings
diss1
present singular third person disses · participle present dissing · participle past dissed · past dissed · alternative dis
- slangTo put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.
When a journalistic rival tries to "dis" you And to prejudice you in the public's eyes. Don't stigmatise his charges as a "tissue Of palpable, unmitigated lies."
1905 December 10, “A New Word”, in The Sunday Times, Perth, page 4Synonyms: badmouth, denigrate, shit-talk, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul
diss2
plural disses · alternative dis
- slangDissertation.
I've been wondering what happens if I fail my diss. I know i'm allowed to fail 60 credits but I don't think that includes the diss.
2012 April 5, shkbop9190, “Failing a Dissertation”, in The Student Room Forums, retrieved 01 Dec 2016
diss3
Diss4
- A market town and civil parish with a town council in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM1179).
- A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.
nounAn insult or put-down; an expression of disrespect.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
diss · verb, noun
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishrespect
- Englishdisrespectclip.
- Englishdisparageclip.
- Englishdiss
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-.
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Full word history & related roots →diss · noun
- Arabicدِيس
- Arabicدِيس
- Englishdiss
Borrowed from Arabic دِيس (dīs).
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Chinese Cantonese 串
- 串 (cyun³)to put someone down or show verbal disrespect
Chinese Mandarin diss
- dissto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
Czech shazovat, srážet
- shazovatto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- srážetto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- urážetto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
Danish disse
- disseto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
Dutch dissen, diss
- dissento put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- dissinsult or put-down
Finnish parjata, haukkua
- parjatato put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- haukkuato put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- dissatato put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- parjausinsult or put-down
- haukkumineninsult or put-down
- dissausinsult or put-down
- halveksintainsult or put-down
- epäkunnioitusinsult or put-down
French insulter, diffamer
- insulterto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- diffamerto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
German dissen, Diss
- dissento put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- Dissinsult or put-down
Hungarian ekéz, lekezel
- ekézto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- lekezelto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
Icelandic abbast, abbast upp á
- abbastto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- abbast upp áto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- dissato put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- dissinsult or put-down
Italian dissare, insultare
- dissareto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- insultareto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- insultoinsult or put-down
Japanese ディスる, ディス
- ディスる (disuru)to put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- ディス (disu)insult or put-down
Korean 디스하다, 디스
- 디스하다 (diseuhada)to put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- 디스 (diseu)insult or put-down
Polish dissować, zdissować
- dissowaćto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- zdissowaćto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- pociskaćto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- pocisnąćto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- jechaćto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- pojechaćto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- dissinsult or put-down
- pociskinsult or put-down
- pojazdinsult or put-down
Portuguese insultar, desacatar
- insultarto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- desacatarto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- desrespeitarto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- insultoinsult or put-down
- desacatoinsult or put-down
- desrespeitoinsult or put-down
Russian оскорбля́ть
- оскорбля́ть (oskorbljátʹ)to put someone down or show verbal disrespect
Slovak zhodiť, zhadzovať
- zhodiťto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- zhadzovaťto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- inzultáciainsult or put-down
- invektívainsult or put-down
Spanish denostar, improperio
- denostarto put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- improperioinsult or put-down
Swedish dissa, diss
- dissato put someone down or show verbal disrespect
- dissinsult or put-down
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with diss
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Cite this entry
diss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diss
“diss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diss. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diss,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diss.
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