Hissed vs Dissed - What's the difference?
hissed | dissed |
(hiss)
A high-pitched sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.
An expression of disapproval made to sound like the noise of a snake.
To make a hissing sound.
* Wordsworth
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To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.
* Bible, Ezekiel xxvii. 36
* Shakespeare
To utter with a hissing sound.
* Tennyson
(diss)
(US, British, slang) To put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.
* 1905 , 10 December, The Sunday Times (Perth), "A New Word",
(slang) An insult or put-down; an expression of disrespect.
dissertation
As verbs the difference between hissed and dissed
is that hissed is (hiss) while dissed is (diss).hissed
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*hiss
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(es)Verb
- As I started to poke it, the snake hissed at me.
- The arrow hissed through the air.
- Shod with steel, / We hissed along the polished ice.
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- The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee.
- if the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them
- the long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise
dissed
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Verb
(head)diss
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Alternative forms
*Verb
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- When a journalistic rival tries to "dis " you
And to prejudice you in the public's eyes.
Don't stigmatise his charges as a "tissue
Of palpable, unmitigated lies."
