Emily Dickinson Lexicon

dishonored, verbal adj. [see dishonor, v.]

Disgraced; abandoned; treated with dishonor; violated; defiled; [fig.] lowly; humble.

disintegrate (-s), v. [dis- + intigrate < L. integrāre, make whole.]

Retrograde; sink; decline; separate into component parts; break down; decompose.

disk, n. [see disc, n.]

dislocate, v. [med. L. dislocāre, put out of place.] (webplay: socket).

Disjoint; agitate; displace.

dismay, n. [OFr demaier < Sp. desmayo, swoon, dismay.] (webplay: fear, mind).

Fall; depression; dejection; hopelessness; loss of courage or resolution; a sinking of the spirits.

dismiss, v. [L. dīmiss, send away.]

Disperse; bar from attention or serious consideration; cease to entertain; send away; leave of departure; permit to depart; (see Acts 15:30).

disobedience, n. [OFr desobedience; dis- + obedience; see obey, v.] (webplay: heavenly).

Insubordination; neglect; refusal to obey; violation of a command; omission; (see Romans 5:19).

disobey, v. [Fr. désobéir; dis- + obey; see obey, v.]

Fail to obey; neglect; refuse to obey; omit; violate; transgress; refuse to do what is commanded; (see 1 Kings 13:21).

disown (-ed), v. [dis- + own; see own, v.]

Denied; disallowed; abandoned; refused to be acknowledged as one's own.

disparage, v. [OFr desparagier, match or marry unequally.]

1. Injure; dishonor by a comparison of greater value.
2. Undervalue; degrade; debase; treat with contempt; lower in rank.