English Explanatory Dictionary

dys-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. difficult
  2. bad
  3. unhealthy, harmful
  4. painful
  5. incorrect
  6. poor, deficient
  7. abnormal
  8. to fail
  9. inability, unable
  10. malady, disease
  11. not

Pronunciation

/dɪs/

Word forms

dys-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- From New Latin dys-, from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “hard, difficult, bad”). Often confused with the separately derived prefix dis-.

Synonyms

para- dis- mis- mal- -algia (loosely) -algy -dynia under- hypo- a- an- i- il- im- in- ir- non- un-

Antonyms

eu-

Related words

dis-
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