dere
Plural: deres
Noun
- Hurt; harm; injury.
- Pronunciation spelling of there.
Verb
- To hurt; harm; injure; wound.
- To annoy, trouble, grieve.
Adv
- Pronunciation spelling of there.
Intj
- Pronunciation spelling of there.
Pron
- Pronunciation spelling of there.
Adjective
- Dire or dreadful; expressing great urgency or seriousness.
Examples
- She did him dere.
- The situation was DERE; she needed a seven-letter word to win the game.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English dere, from Old English dæru, daru (“injury, hurt, harm, damage, calamity; loss, deprivation”), from Proto-West Germanic *daru, from Proto-Germanic *darō (“damage, injury”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂, from *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”).
Cognate with Middle Dutch dare, dere, Low German dere, Old High German tara, Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬭𐬁 (dārā), Sanskrit धारा (dhā́rā).
Synonyms
abuse, ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, anguish, annoy, bewound, damage, damnify, dere, do damage to, do for, do ill, do violence to, excruciate, forwork, grieve, harm, harrow, hurt, injure, injury, irritate, lesion, maul, misdo, pang, pine, put someone in hospital, rack, scaith, scath, scathe, throe, torment, torture, vulnerate, wet, wound, wring
Scrabble Score: 5
dere: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddere: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dere: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary