Real Dictionary

Dis in American English
the god of the lower world; Pluto
abbreviation: The Disney Channel (a cable television channel)
noun: a god of the underworld

dis in American English 1
to show disrespect for; insult
noun: lady; woman

dis in American English 2
discount
noun: insult or disparagement; criticism
transitive verb: to show disrespect for; affront

dis in British English
noun: the Roman god of the underworld
verb

dis-
prefix: Dis- is added to some words that describe processes, qualities, or states, in order to form words describing the opposite processes, qualities, or states. For example, if you do not agree with someone, you disagree with them; if one thing is not similar t

dis- in American English
away, apart

dis- in American English 1
prefix: a Latin prefix meaning “apart,” “ asunder,” “away,” “ utterly,” or having a privative, negative, or reversing force ( see de-, un-2); used freely, esp. with these latter senses, as an English formative

dis- in American English 2
prefix: var. of di-1 before s

dis- in British English 1
prefix: indicating reversal

dis- in British English 2
combining form

dis. in American English
abbreviation: distance