American English pronunciation
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IPA transcription: ['dɪs]
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Noun
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god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto
Verb
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treat, mention, or speak to rudely
“He insulted her with his rude remarks”
“the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone”
Usage examples
- Dissonance, resolution, and suspense can be used to create musical interest.
- Instead, their membranes dissolve, leaving no barriers between the male and female chromosomes.
- She at once felt that Mr. Ashby had done her a great disservice.
- These measures, it seems, were insufficient to quiet increasing internal dissatisfaction with her leadership.
- Once you let it dissolve, you cannot freeze it again.
- Fallacious or dissembling arguments.
- Stories of marriages between foxes that were shown to humans are disseminated country-wide.
- All instruments were performed by Jeff Waters following the dissolution of the previous line-up.
- Some assets might only come to notice after dissolution has taken place.
- National Rail train stations are accessible from Diss and Bury Saint Edmunds.