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   Dis-

   /dis/

   

   prefix

   • 1. expressing negation: "dislike"
   • 2. denoting reversal or absence of an action or state: "dishonor"
   • 3. denoting removal of the thing specified: "disbud"
   • ▪ denoting separation: "discharge"
   • ▪ denoting expulsion: "disbar"
   • 4. expressing completeness or intensification of an unpleasant or unattractive action: "disgruntled"

   Word Origin from Latin, sometimes via Old French des-.

   Scrabble Points: 4

   • D

     2

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • -

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