Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 73

Disputable (v. i.) Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions.

Disputable (v. i.) Disputatious; contentious.

Disputableness (n.) State of being disputable.

Disputacity (v. i.) Proneness to dispute.

Disputant (v. i.) Disputing; engaged in controversy.

Disputant (n.) One who disputes; one who argues // opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition.

Disputation (v. i.) The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument.

Disputation (v. i.) A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.

Disputatious (a.) Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper.

Disputative (a.) Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper.

Disputed (imp. & p. p.) of Dispute

Disputing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispute

Dispute (v. i.) To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle.

Dispute (v. t.) To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.

Dispute (v. t.) To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments.

Dispute (v. t.) To strive or contend about; to contest.

Dispute (v. t.) To struggle against; to resist.

Dispute (v. i.) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.

Dispute (v. i.) Contest; struggle; quarrel.

Disputeless (a.) Admitting no dispute; incontrovertible.

Disputer (n.) One who disputes, or who is given to disputes; a controvertist.

Disputison (n.) Dispute; discussion.

Disqualification (n.) The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices.

Disqualification (n.) That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office; sickness is a disqualification for labor.

Disqualified (imp. & p. p.) of Disqualify

Disqualifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disqualify

Disqualify (v. t.) To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state, or act.

Disqualify (v. t.) To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness.

Disquantity (v. t.) To diminish the quantity of; to lessen.

Disquiet (a.) Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.

Disquiet (n.) Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety.

Disquieted (imp. & p. p.) of Disquiet

Disquieting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disquiet

Disquiet (v. t.) To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb.

Disquietal (n.) The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet.

Disquieter (n.) One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.

Disquietful (a.) Producing inquietude or uneasiness.

Disquietive (a.) Tending to disquiet.

Disquietly (adv.) In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night.

Disquietment (n.) State of being disquieted; uneasiness; harassment.

Disquietness (n.) Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness.

Disquietous (a.) Causing uneasiness.

Disquiettude (n.) Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety.

Disquisition (n.) A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation.

Disquisitional (a.) Pertaining to disquisition; of the nature of disquisition.

Disquisitionary (a.) Pertaining to disquisition; disquisitional.

Disquisitive (a.) Relating to disquisition; fond discussion or investigation; examining; inquisitive.

Disquisitorial (a.) Disquisitory.

Disquisitory (a.) Of or pertaining to disquisition; disquisitive.

Disrange (v. t.) To disarrange.

Disrank (v. t.) To degrade from rank.

Disrank (v. t.) To throw out of rank or into confusion.

Disrate (v. t.) To reduce to a lower rating or rank; to degrade.

Disray (variant) of Disarray.

Disrealize (v. t.) To divest of reality; to make uncertain.

Disregarded (imp. & p. p.) of Disregard

Disregarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disregard

Disregard (v. t.) Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience.

Disregard (n.) The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight.

Disregarder (n.) One who disregards.

Disregardful (a.) Neglect; negligent; heedless; regardless.

Disregardfully (adv.) Negligently; heedlessly.

Disrelish (n.) Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food.

Disrelish (n.) Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness.

Disrelished (imp. & p. p.) of Disrelish

Disrelishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disrelish

Disrelish (v. t.) Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at.

Disrelish (v. t.) To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree.

Disremember (v. t.) To fail to remember; to forget.

Disrepair (n.) A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair.

Disreputability (n.) The state of being disreputable.

Disreputable (a.) Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane.

Disreputably (adv.) In a disreputable manner.

Disreputation (n.) Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem.

Disrepute (n.) Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.

Disrepute (v. t.) To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor.

Disrespect (n.) Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.

Disrespect (v. t.) To show disrespect to.

Disrespectability (n.) Want of respectability.

Disrespectable (a.) Not respectable; disreputable.

Disrespecter (n.) One who disrespects.

Disrespectful (a.) Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior.

Disrespective (a.) Showing want of respect; disrespectful.

Disreverence (v. t.) To treat irreverently or with disrespect.

Disrobed (imp. & p. p.) of Disrobe

Disrobing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disrobe

Disrobe (v. t. & i.) To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure.

Disrober (n.) One who, or that which, disrobes.

Disroof (v. t.) To unroof.

Disrooted (imp. & p. p.) of Disroot

Disrooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disroot

Disroot (v. t.) To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a foundation; to uproot.

Disrout (v. i.) To put to rout.

Disrudder (v. t.) To deprive of the rudder, as a ship.

Disrulily (adv.) In a disorderly manner.

Disruly (a.) Unruly; disorderly.

Disrupt (a.) Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

Disrupted (imp. & p. p.) of Disrupt

Disrupting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disrupt

Disrupt (v. t.) To break asunder; to rend.

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