Home › Words › D › disedifydisedifydisedify means to fail in edifying.EtymologyFrom dis- + edify.verbTo fail in edifyingto dehumanize, weaken or scandalize.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.disedification 77% match — The process of disedifying. vs disedify →edifying 61% match — That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs. vs disedify →disdeify 58% match — To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition. vs disedify →dishallow 57% match — To render unholy; to profane; to desecrate. vs disedify →disenchanted 57% match — Disappointed; having lost belief or enthusiasm through bad experience. vs disedify →dissatisfy 57% match — To fail to satisfy; to displease. vs disedify →undeify 56% match — To degrade from the state of deity; to deprive godness. vs disedify →edify 56% match — To build, construct. vs disedify →