Apart from a few exceptions (delightful, divine to name a couple), most words that have a negative connotation begin with with a "D". Try listing off a few and you can't stop. If you want to really get going, try open the dictionary at the "D" section..........or maybe I should stop thinking about it and get some work done....
Any light shed on this would be great, thanks, although I'm scared to ruin the mystery......
2006-08-29 01:04:06 · 16 answers · asked by rondavous 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It is usually "dis" a Latin prefix meaning “apart,” “asunder,” “away,” “utterly,” or having a negative, or reversing force and used as an English formative such as disability; disaffirm; disbar; disbelief; discontent; dishearten; dislike; disown.
The slang word "diss" as in to diss someone is the newest variation. Hope this helps you wile away the hours at work.
2006-08-29 02:53:51 · answer #1 · answered by sarah b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure but it could have something to do with the fact that 'D' is quite a harsh sound, therfore a lot of emphasis can be put behind it, making the word more powerful and meaning. I'm only saying this because I've just done my GCSEs, one of the sections was unseen poetry so I had to look out for things like that. So yes, I think it is because it is probably a harsher sounding letter, allowing more emphasis to be put behind it.
2006-08-29 01:28:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called a prefix. Some words only exist in the negative form: ?Whilst not exactly disgruntled, she was far from being gruntled.?
2006-08-29 03:30:03 · answer #3 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly because many English words are derived from Latin and Greek. In Latin the prefix "dis" means bad, badly, as does "dys" in Greek.
2006-08-29 04:04:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If u wanna get distracted whenever u think of words beginning with the letter'D' then,do some or the other work evrytime to prevent strucking them in ur mind.But i dont hav any answer to ur 'WHY'.
2006-08-29 01:15:02 · answer #5 · answered by Firdaus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dis... as well as De, as in detract, demote... de is also a prefix with negative meaning, usually undoing something.
2006-08-29 09:11:45 · answer #6 · answered by charlitacr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they don't begin with D, they begin with "dis", a suffix which indicates the negative.
Utopia the ideal state
Dystopia the opposite.
2006-08-29 01:10:56 · answer #7 · answered by scotsman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because of the prefix 'dis-'.
2006-08-29 01:12:24 · answer #8 · answered by humble_samurai 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just like the letter s -sh**, skank, smelly, stink, smack, spoilt, spend, spa**, shove, spit ect. i bet you could find negetive words for every letter.
2006-08-29 01:15:07 · answer #9 · answered by little.lost 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
duhrrrrrrrrrrr
dick!
dumbo
Dracula
i really don't think it's that way...don't destroy (there we go) ur brain cells man. I'm done!
2006-08-29 03:53:17 · answer #10 · answered by leksyd-online 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋