dises

noun

variants also disses
Definition of disesnext
plural of dis, slang
as in outrages
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings don't take it wrong—I don't mean it as a dis

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  1. offenses
  2. personalities
  3. barbs
Noun
  • Singapore Reuters — A Singapore court charged a property billionaire on Friday with obstructing justice and abetting offenses by a disgraced ex-transport minister jailed a day earlier in the city-state’s high-profile government graft case.
    Reuters, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The Saints-Falcons result (66 points) to kickoff Week 5 may be a sign of more quarterbacks and offenses getting more comfortable in their systems and finding their groove.
    Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of offenses
Noun
  • The resulting conflict between their different cultures and personalities is so standard, the script could have been copied and pasted from other situation comedies.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The contrast in personalities makes for powerful television.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of personalities
Noun
  • The scene has Chase catching Berle flirting with Chase’s fiancé (played by Kaia Gerber), and the two men begin to volley barbs back and forth at each other.
    Rosemary Rossi, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
  • DeSantis has been in touch with Biden but has avoided appearing in his state with the president and engaged in a spat with Vice President Kamala Harris over their lack of communication, trading barbs of politicizing the crisis.
    Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of barbs
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