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.
Actions, every one of which is very disputable. -- Jer. Taylor.
Disputable (v. i.) Disputatious; contentious. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Disputable (a.) Capable of being disproved [syn: debatable, disputable].
Disputable (a.) Open to argument or debate; "that is a moot question" [syn: arguable, debatable, disputable, moot].
Disputableness (n.) State of being disputable.
Disputacity (v. i.) Proneness to dispute. [Obs.] -- Bp. Ward.
Disputant (v. i.) 爭論的 Disputing; engaged in controversy. -- Milton.
Disputant (n.) 辯論者；爭議人，爭論者 One who disputes; one who argues in opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition.
A singularly eager, acute, and pertinacious disputant. -- Macaulay.
Disputant (n.) A person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy [syn: disputant, controversialist, eristic].
Disputation (n.) 爭論，議論，駁斥 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 (n.) A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.
Disputation (n.) The formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) [syn: debate, disputation, public debate].
Disputation (n.) A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument" [syn: controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing].
Disputation (n.) [ C or U ] (Formal) 異議；爭議；紛爭 A disagreement.
Disputatious (a.) Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper.
The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period. -- Buckminster. -- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly, adv. -- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness, n.
Disputatious (a.) 愛議論的 Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits ; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit" [syn: contentious, combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious].
Disputative (a.) Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper. -- I. Watts.
Disputative (a.) Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit" [syn: contentious, combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious].
Disputed (imp. & p. p.) of Dispute.
Disputing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispute.
Dispute (v. i.) 爭論；爭執 [（+about/ on/ over/ with/ against）] To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle.
Therefore disputed [reasoned, -- Rev. Ver.] he in synagogue with the Jews. -- Acts xvii. 17.
Dispute (v. t.) 爭論；爭執 [+wh-]；對……提出質疑；阻止，抵抗 To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.
The rest I reserve it be disputed how the magistrate is to do herein. -- Milton.
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.
To seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance. -- Bancroft.
Dispute (v. t.) To strive or contend about; to contest.
To dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards. -- Prescott.
Dispute (v. t.) To struggle against; to resist. [Obs.]
Dispute it [grief] like a man. -- Shak.
Syn: To controvert; contest; gainsay; doubt; question; argue; debate; discuss; impugn. See {Argue}.
Dispute (n.) 爭論，爭執 Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
Addicted more To contemplation and profound dispute. -- Milton.
Dispute (n.) Contest; struggle; quarrel. -- De Foe.
{Beyond dispute}, {Without dispute}, Indisputably; incontrovertibly.
Syn: Altercation; controversy; argumentation; debate; discussion; quarrel; disagreement; difference; contention; wrangling. See {Altercation}.
Dispute (n.) A disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" [syn: {dispute}, {difference}, {difference of opinion}, {conflict}].
Dispute (n.) Coming into conflict with [syn: {dispute}, {contravention}].
Dispute (v.) Take exception to; "She challenged his claims" [syn: {challenge}, {dispute}, {gainsay}].
Dispute (v.) Have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" [syn: {quarrel}, {dispute}, {scrap}, {argufy}, {altercate}].
Dispute (n.) [ C or U ] (C2) （尤指勞資雙方或相鄰兩國之間的）爭執，爭端，糾紛 An argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a common border.
// A bitter/ long-running dispute.
// A border dispute.
// A pay/ legal/ trade dispute.
// They have been unable to settle/ resolve the dispute over working conditions.
// The unions are in dispute with management over pay.
Beyond (all) dispute (C2) 毫無爭議地，無可爭辯地，不容置疑地 Certainly.
// He is beyond all dispute the finest actor in Hollywood today.
In dispute 正在受到懷疑的 Being doubted.
// I don't think her ability is in dispute - what I question is her attitude.
Open to dispute 不確定的，不肯定的 Not certain.
// He says it's the best musical equipment you can buy, but I think that's open to dispute.
Dispute (v.) [ I or T ] (C2) （對…）有異議；不同意，否認；爭論 To disagree with something that someone says.
// Few would dispute his status as the finest artist of the period.
// The circumstances of her death have been hotly disputed.
// [ + (that) ] I don't dispute (that) his movies are entertaining, but they don't have much depth.
Disputeless (a.) Admitting no dispute; incontrovertible. -- Bailey.
Disputer (n.) One who disputes, or who is given to disputes; a controvertist.
Where is the disputer of this world? -- 1 Cor. i. 20.
Disputison (n.) Dispute; discussion. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
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.
I must still retain the consciousness of those disqualifications which you have been pleased to overlook. -- Sir J. Shore.
Disqualification (n.) Unfitness that bars you from participation
Disqualification (n.) The act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified.
Disqualified (imp. & p. p.) of Disqualify.
Disqualifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disqualify.
Disqualify (v. t.) 使喪失資格；使不合格；取消……的資格 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.
My common illness disqualifies me for all conversation; I mean my deafness. -- Swift.
Me are not disqualified by their engagements in trade from being received in high society. -- Southey.
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.
Disqualify (v.) Make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you" [syn: {disqualify}, {unfit}, {indispose}] [ant: {dispose}, {qualify}].
Disqualify (v.) Declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete" [ant: {qualify}].
Disquantity (v. t.) To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Disquiet (a.) Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [R.] -- Shak.
Disquiet (n.) Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety. -- Swift.
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.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? -- Ps. xlii. 11.
As quiet as these disquieted times will permit. -- Sir W. Scott.
Syn: To harass; disturb; vex; fret; excite; agitate.
Disquiet (n.) A feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments [syn: anxiousness, disquiet].
Disquiet (n.) The trait of seeming ill at ease [syn: disquiet, unease, uneasiness].
Disquiet (v.) Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" [syn: perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder].
Disquietal (n.) The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet. [Obs.]
[It] roars and strives 'gainst its disquietal. -- Dr. H. More.
Disquieter (n.) One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.
Disquietful (a.) Producing inquietude or uneasiness. [R.] -- Barrow.
Disquietive (a.) Tending to disquiet. [R.]
Disquietly (adv.) In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. [R.] -- Wiseman.
Disquietment (n.) State of being disquieted; uneasiness; harassment. [R.] -- Hopkins.
Disquietness (n.) Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness. -- Hooker.
Disquietous (a.) Causing uneasiness. [R.]
So distasteful and disquietous to a number of men. -- Milton.
Disquiettude (n.) Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety.
Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. -- Abp. Sharp.
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.
For accurate research or grave disquisition he was not well qualified. -- Macaulay.
Disquisition (n.) An elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion
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. -- Ed. Rev.
Disrange (v. t.) To disarrange. [Obs.] -- Wood.
Disrank (v. t.) To degrade from rank. [Obs.]
Disrank (v. t.) To throw out of rank or into confusion. -- Decker.
Disrate (v. t.) To reduce to a lower rating or rank; to degrade. -- Marryat.
Disray (variant) of Disarray.
Disray, () Disarray; -- an obsolete variant. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Disrealize (v. t.) To divest of reality; to make uncertain. [Obs.] -- Udall.
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.
Studious of good, man disregarded fame. -- Blackmore.
Disregard (n.) The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight.
The disregard of experience. -- Whewell.
Disregard (n.) Lack of attention and due care [syn: disregard, neglect].
Disregard (n.) Willful lack of care and attention [syn: disregard, neglect].
Disregard (v.) Refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" [syn: ignore, disregard, snub, cut].
Disregard (v.) Bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" [syn: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore].
Disregard (v.) Give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn: neglect, ignore, disregard].
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.
Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty. -- Burke.
Disrelish (n.) Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness. -- Milton.
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. -- Pope.
Disrelish (v. t.) To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree. -- Milton.
Disremember (v. t.) To fail to remember; to forget. [Obs. or Archaic]
Disrepair (n.) A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair.
The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair. -- Sir W. Scott.
Disrepair (n.) In need of repairs.
Disreputability (n.) The state of being disreputable. [R.]
Disreputability (n.) Dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation [syn: unrespectability, disreputability, disreputableness] [ant: reputability, respectability].
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.
Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself? -- Bp. Watson.
Syn: Dishonorable; discreditable; low; mean; disgraceful; shameful.
Disreputable (a.) Lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance [ant: reputable].
Disreputably (adv.) In a disreputable manner.
Disreputably (adv.) In a disreputable manner [ant: reputably].
Disreputation (n.) Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem. "A disreputation of piety." -- Jer. Taylor.
Disrepute (n.) Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.
At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute. -- Sir W. Scott.
Syn: Disesteem; discredit; dishonor; disgrace.
Disrepute (v. t.) To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor. [R.]
More inclined to love them than to disrepute them. -- Jer. Taylor.
Disrepute (n.) The state of being held in low esteem; "your actions will bring discredit to your name"; "because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute" [syn: disrepute, discredit] [ant: reputation, repute].
Disrespect (n.) 不敬；無禮；輕蔑 [U] [（+for）] Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.
Impatience of bearing the least affront or disrespect. -- Pope.
Disrespect (v. t.) 不尊敬；對……無禮 [W] To show disrespect to.
We have disrespected and slighted God. -- Comber.
Disrespect (n.) An expression of lack of respect [syn: disrespect, discourtesy].
Disrespect (n.) A disrespectful mental attitude [ant: esteem, regard, respect].
Disrespect (n.) A manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous [syn: contempt, disrespect].
Disrespect (v.) Show a lack of respect for [ant: abide by, honor, honour, observe, respect].
Disrespect (v.) Have little or no respect for; hold in contempt [syn: disrespect, disesteem] [ant: esteem, prise, prize, respect, value].
Disrespectability (n.) Lack of respectability. -- Thackeray.
Disrespectable (a.) Not respectable; disreputable. -- M. Arnold.
Disrespecter (n.) One who disrespects.
Disrespectful (a.) Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior. -- Dis`re*spect"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis`re*spect"ful*ness, n.
Disrespectful (a.) Exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous; "remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher" [ant: respectful].
Disrespectful (a.) Neither feeling nor showing respect [syn: aweless, awless, disrespectful].
Disrespective (a.) Showing want of respect; disrespectful. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Disreverence (v. t.) To treat irreverently or with disrespect. [Obs.] -- Sir T. More.
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.
Two great peers were disrobed of their glory. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Disrobe (v.) Get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" [syn: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel] [ant: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, get dressed, habilitate, raiment, tog].
Disrober (n.) One who, or that which, disrobes.
Disroof (v. t.) To unroof. [R.] -- Carlyle.
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.
A piece of ground disrooted from its situation by subterraneous inundations. -- Goldsmith.
Disrout (v. i.) To put to rout. --Taylor (1630).
Disrudder (v. t.) To deprive of the rudder, as a ship.
Disrulily (adv.) In a disorderly manner. [Obs.] -- Rom. of R.
Disruly (a.) Unruly; disorderly. [Obs.]
Disrupt (a.) 破裂的，中斷的 Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.
Disrupted (imp. & p. p.) of Disrupt.
Disrupting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disrupt.
Disrupt (v. t.) 使分裂，使瓦解；使混亂，使中斷 To break asunder; to rend. --Thomson.
Disrupt (v. t.) To destroy the continuity of, usually temporarily; as, electrical power was disrupted by the hurricane.
Disrupt (v. t.) To interfere with or halt, especially by causing a lack of order; as, the shouting of the demonstrators disrupted the meeting.
Disrupt (v.) Make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" [syn: {interrupt}, {disrupt}, {break up}, {cut off}].
Disrupt (v.) Throw into disorder; "This event disrupted the orderly process".
Disrupt (v.) Interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone" [syn: {interrupt}, {disrupt}].