dissed

verb

past tense of dis, slang
1
as in disrespected
to show contempt for don't you go dissing somebody just because you've got a few more dollars than they do

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2
as in dismissed
to express scornfully one's low opinion of a DJ who has dissed every album that artist has put out

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3
as in insulted
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in are you dissing me?

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4
as in criticized
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of don't dis my idea until you come up with a better one

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Recent Examples of dissed Back in 2011, Lil B hexed Kevin Durant after the basketball star dissed the Bay Area rapper’s music on Twitter. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026 In the year since, both women have appeared to send subliminal messages about each other via their social media, but neither has outwardly dissed the other until this week, keeping it mostly professional. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026 The White House strongly dissed the Atlantic’s reporting (followed by unreporting) last week that Maher was the next in line for the 2026 prize that Conan O’Brien got last year and Kevin Hart picked up the year before that. — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026 Getting dissed by the alt-weekly of record could be a hipster’s nightmare. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2026 The pair appeared to be back in friendly territory until Curtis unintentionally dissed both Fallon and horror filmmaker Jason Blum at the same time during their conversation. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026 Matthew Lillard is opening up about the positive outcome after director Quentin Tarantino publicly dissed him. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026 Separately, Cardi also dissed BIA on her Am I the Drama? — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissed
  1. disrespected
  2. dismissed
  3. insulted
  4. criticized
  5. disdained
  6. diminished
  7. offended
  8. blamed
Verb
  • Unanswered emails can make people feel ignored or disrespected, or jump to worrying or envisioning worst-case scenarios, such as being on the brink of getting laid off or fired.
    — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers Baker Mayfield feels disrespected, and Mike Evans is gone.
    — Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of disrespected
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  • Gibson Dunn, an external law firm, investigated and dismissed Love’s complaints.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Advertisement Unfortunately, some of my academic and clinical colleagues have dismissed this approach.
    — David H. Rosmarin, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of dismissed
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  • The charges against Gao relate to artistic works that China's authorities claim insulted revolutionary figures, including a 2009 statue called Mao’s Guilt, which shows the former leader and founder of modern China as kneeling in repentance.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The charges against Gao relate to artistic works that China’s authorities claim insulted revolutionary figures, including a 2009 statue called Mao’s Guilt, which shows the former leader and founder of modern China as kneeling in repentance.
    — Huizhong Wu, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of insulted
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  • Some parties, including wildfire survivors and some lawmakers that represent fire-scarred districts, had criticized his accountability measures as too loose.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • But the union representing former Spirit flight attendants has criticized the carrier for selling the data.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of criticized
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  • Although the Constitution requires congressional involvement in war-making, Trump like Nixon disdained that mandate with terrible consequences.
    — Elizabeth Holtzman, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Raised in a household of voracious readers in suburban Philadelphia, her father a professor of Spanish at the University of Pennsylvania and her mother having worked for magazines, Sebold disdained the university’s frat culture.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
Definition of disdained
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  • And the Ku Klux Klan, though diminished from its earlier power, had not disappeared.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The value of a geographic component in roster management has diminished.
    — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of diminished
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  • Patterson indicated he wasn’t offended when the Dolphins signed Gonzalez as competition.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The question that has been most persistently posed by the press—whether M is based on Cusk’s real-life acquaintance Natalie Portman, who is reportedly offended by the implication—has an answer as obvious as the very line of inquiry is tedious.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of offended
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  • That followed an increase over the summer from $599, which Apple blamed on memory costs.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Lopez’s family didn’t buy the story and blamed Elias, who was never charged in Lopez’s death.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
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“Dissed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissed. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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