Ant. Secondarily, by-and-by; remotely, obliquely, circuitously.
Dirge. Requiem, elegy, lament, wake, threnody, coronach.
Ant. Anthem, Te Deum, jubilate, pæan, jubilee, halleluiah.
Dirt. Filth, uncleanness, dung, foulness, meanness, filthiness, defilement.
Ant. Cleanness, purity, ablution; innocence, spotlessness.
Dis-. The prefix dis- has usually a negative, sometimes an intensive, force. Therefore, for words beginning with it look under the antonyms of the root words. When its force is intensive, however, they will be found under the synonyms of the root words. Only a few of derived significance are here given.
Disability. Unfitness, inability, incompetence, incapacity, disqualification.
Ant. Merit, fitness, recommendation, qualification, capability.
Disabuse. Undeceive, set right, correct, enlighten, inform, rectify.
Ant. Deceive, delude, hoodwink.