diss
Throw verbal shade
Diss is slang for disrespect—to insult, belittle, or show contempt for someone: Why you gotta diss me like that?
The word emerged from hip-hop culture in the 1980s and spread into mainstream usage.
As a noun, a diss is the insult itself: That song was a diss aimed at his rival.
Also spelled dis.
Disparaging remark
Disdainful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- belittleTo make something seem unimportant
- disdainScornful disregard
- derideMock with contempt
degrade · disparage · slight · denigrate · discredit · undermine · dismiss · demean
put-down
Disparaging remark
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- tauntInsulting provocation
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
jeer · barb · jibe · snub · slam · burn · roast · shade · comeback · trash-talk
contempt
Disdainful disregard
deride · degrade · disparage · slight · denigrate · discredit · undermine · dismiss · demean · blow-off
freestyle
Without prescribed technique
lyrical · call-out · feud · rivalry · shade · subliminal · punchline · flow
dismissal
Removal from position
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- snubDeliberate dismissive rejection
- cold-shoulderIntentional social rejection
brush-off · cut-off · ignore · shun · ostracize · exclude · blow-off · write-off · ghost
- long distanceSeparation across significant space
- walking distanceSpan traversable on foot
- in the distanceFar away, visible
- going the distanceCompleting the full effort
- distant pastLong-ago era
- go the distancePersist to completion
distance, distant, disregard, disrespect, disrespectful, dis, dissent, distaste, distasteful