disses
Throws verbal shade
Disses is the plural of diss or its verb form—to disrespect or speak dismissively of someone: She disses everyone who disagrees with her.
From hip-hop slang that shortened disrespect into a punchy verb.
A diss track is a song attacking another artist.
He can't handle even mild disses.
Disparaging remark
Rods, taverns, or measures
- punchlinesJokes' concluding zingers
- battleArmed military engagement
- beefBovine meat for eating
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
cypher · verses · flow · roast · callout · subliminal · shots · MCs
put-down
Disparaging remark
dig · jab · barb · zinger · cut · slight · snub · affront · taunt · jeer
bars
Rods, taverns, or measures
- punchlinesJokes' concluding zingers
- battleArmed military engagement
- beefBovine meat for eating
freestyle · cypher · verses · flow · roast · callout · subliminal · shots · MCs · lyricism
belittle
To make something seem unimportant
degrade · diminish · snub · rebuff · brush-off · cold-shoulder · ignore · overlook · undervalue · trivialize
slander
Spoken false defamation
denigrate · besmirch · tarnish · malign · badmouth · trash · aspersion · calumny · mudslinging · gossip
- criticismscriticizes, disparages, condemns, denounces, censures
- tauntstaunts, taunt, taunting, neener neener, insults
- mocksmocks, teases, ridicules, taunts, jeers
- diss trackSong attacking someone by name
- diss songSong attacking someone