Dictionary: DIS-RE-PUTE' – DIS-SAT-IS-FAC'TO-RI-NESS

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DIS-RE-PUTE', n. [dis and repute.]

Loss or want of reputation; disesteem; discredit; dishonor. The alchimist and his books have sunk into disrepute.

DIS-RE-PUTE', v.t.

To bring into disreputation.

DIS-RE-PUT'ED, pp.

Brought into disreputation.

DIS-RE-PUT'ING, ppr.

Bringing into disreputation.

DIS-RE-SPECT', n. [dis and respect.]

  1. Want of respect or reverence; disesteem. Disrespect often leads a man to treat another with neglect or a degree of contempt.
  2. As an act, incivility; irreverence; rudeness.

DIS-RE-SPECT', v.t.

To show disrespect to.

DIS-RE-SPECT'ED, pp.

Treated with disrespect.

DIS-RE-SPECT'FUL, a.

  1. Wanting in respect; irreverent; as, a disrespectful thought or opinion.
  2. Manifesting disesteem or want of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior.

DIS-RE-SPECT'FUL-LY, adv.

In a disrespectful manner; irreverently; uncivilly.

DIS-RE-SPECT'ING, ppr.

Showing disrespect to.

DIS-ROBE', v.t. [dis and robe.]

  1. To divest of a rove; to divest of garments; to undress.
  2. To strip of covering; to divest of any surrounding appendage. Autumn disrobes the fields of verdure. These two peers were disrobed of their glory. – Wotton.

DIS-ROB'ED, pp.

Divested of clothing; stripped of covering.

DIS-ROB'ER, n.

One that strips of robes or clothing.

DIS-ROB'ING, ppr.

Divesting of garments; stripping of any kind of covering.

DIS-ROOT', v.t. [dis and root.]

  1. To tear up the roots, or by the roots.
  2. To tear from a foundation; to loosen or undermine. A piece of ground disrooted from its situation by subterraneous inundations. – Goldsmith.

DIS-ROOT'ED, pp.

Torn up by the roots; undermined.

DIS-ROOT'ING, ppr.

Tearing up by the roots; undermining.

DIS-RUPT', a. [L. disruptus; dis and rumpo, to burst.]

Rent from; torn asunder; severed by rending or breaking.

DIS-RUPT'ED, a.

Rent asunder. – Dr. Thompson.

DIS-RUP'TION, n. [L. disruptio, from disrumpo.]

  1. The act of rending asunder; the act of bursting and separating.
  2. Breach; rent; dilaceration; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; the disruption of a stratum of earth; disruption of the flesh.

DIS-RUP'TURE, v.t. [dis and rupture.]

To rend; to sever by tearing, breaking or bursting. [Unnecessary, as it is synonymous with rupture.]

DIS-RUP'TUR-ED, pp.

Rent asunder; severed by breaking. – Med. Repos.

DIS-RUP'TUR-ING, ppr.

Rending asunder; severing.

DIS-SAT-IS-FAC'TION, n. [dis and satisfaction.]

The state of being dissatisfied; discontent; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations. The ambitious man is subject to uneasiness and dissatisfaction. – Addison.

DIS-SAT-IS-FAC'TO-RI-NESS, n.

Inability to satisfy or give content; a failing to give content.