disinvite
Syllables: dis·in·vite/ˌdɪsɪnˈvaɪt/
disinvite verb: to cancel or withdraw an invitation to (someone).
Verb
disinvite (third-person singular simple present disinvites, present participle disinviting, simple past and past participle disinvited)
- To cancel or withdraw an invitation to (someone).
- Near-synonym: uninvite (see notes)
- [B]eing the next morning assured by the Prince himself that the Maske was to be put off till Sunday the ninth of January [1625], I was, upon his Highnesse intimation, sent to disinvite them all, which I performed with the French personally, and with the rest by letter; but on Saturday re-invited...a. 1642 (date written), John Finett [i.e., John Finet], quotee, “[[Ben] Jonson’s Masque at Christmas, 1624–5]”, in John [Bowyer] Nichols, The Progresses, Processions, and Magnificent Festivities, of...
- Synonyms:
- uninvite[
Examples of disinvite in a sentence
- [M]y Lady vvould not revoke—my Lord vvould not ſubmit—the Royallies vvere to be diſinvited this morning; […]1793, [Susannah] Gunning, “Letter V. Mrs. Oxburn to Sir Ashton Montague.”, in Memoirs of Mary, […], volume V, London: […] J[ohn] Bell, […]...
- Edwina Gately, a lay missionary who works with prostitutes in Chicago, was recently "disinvited" from delivering homilies at two parishes after the pastors received conservative complaints.1988 May 5, Robert McClory, “The divine right: Don’t question authority: The gathering force of Catholic conservatism”, in Chicago Reader...
- And the work that consumes them tends to require such specialized knowledge that to bring it up at a barbecue would get them disinvited from the next one, because nobody cared.2019 September 17, Edward Snowden, “Beltway Boy”, in Permanent Record, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN...
Synonyms of disinvite
- uninvite[
Forms of disinvite
| third-person singular present | disinvites |
|---|---|
| present participle | disinviting |
| past participle | disinvited |
| past | disinvited |
Origin of disinvite
From dis- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + invite.
Words formed from disinvite
Words that rhyme with disinvite
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- knight
- slight
- Dwight
- height
- sight
- night
- sprite
- fight
- parasite
- site
- alight
- smite
- all right
- blight
- might
- mite
- skite
- cite
- indite
- lite
- outright
- plight
- bight
- excite
- ignite
- invite
- overnight
- uptight
- wight
- accite
- alright
- benight
- bewrite
- blite
- copyright
- despite
- dight
- disunite
- finite
- flite
- hight
- incite
- recite
- relight
- rewrite
- sleight
- spite
- spright
Questions about disinvite
- What does disinvite mean?
- Disinvite means to cancel or withdraw an invitation to (someone).
- How do you use disinvite in a sentence?
- [M]y Lady vvould not revoke—my Lord vvould not ſubmit—the Royallies vvere to be diſinvited this morning; […]
- What part of speech is disinvite?
- Disinvite is a verb.
- How do you pronounce disinvite?
- Disinvite is pronounced /ˌdɪsɪnˈvaɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of disinvite?
- The past tense of disinvite is disinvited.
Words near disinvite in the dictionary
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