dissing

NOUN

banter

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chitchat gossip repartee ribbing small talk

STRONG

badinage chaff chaffing derision exchange fun jeering jesting joking joshing kidding mockery persiflage play raillery ridicule

Antonyms

STRONG

flattery praise work

Example Sentences

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In the calendar just this winter: Dissing Bill O’Reilly on “Meet the Press.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2015

Dissing gets scrubbed into snappy patter, dysfunction into amiable eccentricity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dissing aside, that makes for a poignant ethical dilemma and a telling religious metaphor.

From Time Magazine Archive