scout, satirize, lampoon, jeer, taunt, chaff, scoff at, jeer at, laugh
at, make fun of, make sport of, make game of, turn to ridicule, hold
up to ridicule, make a butt of, make merry with, POKE FUN AT.
~Derision~, _n._ Ridicule, mockery, scorn, contempt.
~Derisive~, _a._ Scoffing, mocking, ridiculing scornful, contemptuous,
contumelious.
~Derisory~, _a._ Scoffing, mocking, ridiculing scornful, contemptuous,
contumelious.
~Derivable~, _a._ ~1.~ Obtainable, to be derived.
~2.~ Deducible, that may be inferred (_from premises_).
~3.~ That may be traced (_to a root_).
~Derivation~, _n._ ~1.~ Descent, genealogy.
~2.~ Etymology.
~Derivative~, _a._ Derived.
~Derive~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Draw, receive, obtain, get.
~2.~ Deduce, trace.
~Derm~, _n._ Skin, CUTIS, true skin.
~Dermatoid~, _a._ Skin-like.
~Derogate from~, Disparage, detract from, take something from.
~Derogation~, _n._ Detraction, disparagement, depreciation.
~Derogatory~, _a._ ~1.~ Detracting, dishonoring, depreciative.
~2.~ Shameful, disreputable, disgraceful, discreditable, scandalous.
~Descant~, _n._ ~1.~ Melody (_with variations_), song, tune.
~2.~ Commentary, series of comments.
~3.~ (_Mus._) Soprano, treble, highest part in a score.
~Descant~, _v. n._ Expatiate, enlarge, animadvert, dilate, treat,
discourse, make remarks.
~Descend~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fall, sink, drop, go down, come down.
~2.~ Dismount, alight, get down.
~3.~ Go, pass, proceed, be transferred.
~4.~ Originate, be derived, take rise.
~5.~ Make an attack, make an assault.
~Descend~, _v. a._ Go down, move down.
~Descendants~, _n. pl._ Progeny, posterity, offspring.
~Descendent~, _a._ Descending.
~Descent~, _n._ ~1.~ Fall.
~2.~ Declivity, slope.
~3.~ Extraction, derivation, parentage.
~4.~ Attack, assault, incursion, foray, raid, hostile invasion.
~Describe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Delineate, trace, draw, mark out.
~2.~ Represent (_by words_), portray, depict, explain, recount,
narrate, relate, give an account of, set forth.
~3.~ Characterize, specify the peculiarities of, set forth the
character of.
~Description~, _n._ ~1.~ Delineation, tracing.
~2.~ Representation, explanation, account, relation, recital, report,
narration, narrative.
~3.~ Sort, kind, class, species.
~Descry~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Discover, discern, espy, perceive, see, behold,
got sight of, get a glimpse of.
~2.~ Detect, recognize, find out, spy out.
~Desecrate~, _v. a._ Profane, abuse, pollute, prostitute, misuse,
pervert, treat sacrilegiously.
~Desecration~, _n._ Profanation, pollution, misuse, abuse,
prostitution, perversion.
~Desert~, _a._ Uninhabited, desolate, forsaken, wild, waste, barren,
untilled.
~Desert~, _n._ Wilderness, waste, solitude, deserted region.
~Desert~, _v. a._ Forsake, leave, quit, abandon, renounce, leave in
the lurch, turn one's back upon.
~Desert~, _n._ Deserving, due, merit or demerit.
~Deserted~, _a._ Forsaken, abandoned, relinquished, given up, cast off.
~Deserter~, _n._ ~1.~ Forsaker.
~2.~ Backslider, renegade, apostate, revolter, turncoat.
~Desertion~, _n._ Abandonment, relinquishment, dereliction.
~Deserve~, _v. a._ Merit, be worthy of, be entitled to.
~Desiccate~, _v. a._ Dry, exsiccate, dry up, make dry.
~Desiccative~, _a._ Drying.
~Desiccative~, _n._ Drier.
~Desiderate~, _v. a._ Desire, want, miss, lack, feel the want of, long
to have supplied.
~Desideratum~, _n._ [L. _pl. Desiderata_.] Object of desire, thing
wanted, want generally felt.
~Design~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Project, plan, devise, contrive, scheme,
concoct, brew, purpose, intend, mean, propose to one's self, have in
view.
~2.~ Draw, delineate, sketch, describe, trace out.
~Design~, _n._ ~1.~ Intention, intent, purpose, project, plan, device,
scheme, proposal, aim, intent, meaning, purport, drift, scope, object,
mark.
~2.~ Sketch, drawing, outline, delineation, plan, draught.
~Designate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Specify, particularize, distinguish, define,
indicate, denote, show, point out, mark out.
~2.~ Denominate, name, entitle, style, call, dub, term, characterize,
describe, christen.
~3.~ Appoint, assign, allot.
~Designation~, _n._ ~1.~ Indication, specification.
~2.~ Kind, class, description.
~3.~ Name, appellation, title, style, denomination, EPITHET.
~Designing~, _a._ Insidious, deceitful, artful, intriguing, sly, wily,
astute, subtle, cunning, crafty, arch, trickish, TRICKY, treacherous,
crooked, diplomatic, Machiavelian.
~Desirable~, _a._ Eligible, enviable, to be desired.
~Desire~, _n._ Wish, longing, craving, inclination, hankering,
aspiration, appetency.
~Desire~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Wish, crave, covet, want, fancy, wish for, long
for, hanker after, lust after, yearn for, aspire after.
~2.~ Solicit, request, ask.
~Desirous~, _a._ Eager, longing, solicitous, desiring, feeling a desire.
~Desist~, _v. n._ Cease, stop, pause, forbear, stay, leave off, break
off, give over.
~Desman~, _n._ Muscovy, MUSK-RAT (_Mygale moschata_).
~Desolate~, _a._ ~1.~ Uninhabited, unfrequented, desert, forsaken,
dreary, wild, waste, barren.
~2.~ Lonely, solitary, companionless.
~3.~ Ruined, destroyed, devastated, ravaged, laid waste.
~4.~ Comfortless, cheerless, miserable, wretched, forlorn.
~Desolate~, _v. a._ Ravage, devastate, depopulate, ruin, destroy,
despoil, sack, ransack, lay waste.
~Desolation~, _n._ ~1.~ Ruin, devastation, ravage, destruction.
~2.~ Gloom, gloominess, sadness, unhappiness, wretchedness, misery.
~Despair~, _n._ Desperation, loss of hope, complete or utter
hopelessness.
~Despair~, _v. n._ Despond, lose all hope, give up all expectation, be
without any hope.
~Despatch~, _v. a._ [Written also _Dispatch_.] ~1.~ Send away (_in
haste_).
~2.~ Kill, slay, slaughter, assassinate, put to death, send out of the
world.
~3.~ Hasten, expedite, accelerate, forward, speed, quicken, push or
urge forward, press or urge on, make short work of.
~Despatch~, _n._ ~1.~ Speed, haste, expedition.
~2.~ Message (_expeditiously sent_), communication, telegram.
~Desperado~, _n._ Dare-devil, desperate fellow.
~Desperate~, _a._ ~1.~ Despairing, hopeless, without hope.
~2.~ Wretched, forlorn, beyond hope.
~3.~ Rash, reckless, precipitate, headlong, frantic.
~Desperation~, _n._ Despair, hopelessness.
~Despicable~, _a._ Contemptible, pitiful, base, mean, abject, vile,
worthless, low, paltry.
~Despise~, _v. a._ Contemn, scorn, spurn, disdain, scout, slight,
disregard, hold in contempt, look down upon.
~Despite~, _n._ ~1.~ Malevolence, malignity, malice, spite.
~2.~ Defiance, opposition, contempt.
~Despite~, _prep._ Notwithstanding, in spite of, in the face of, in
the teeth of.
~Despoil~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Strip, divest, deprive.
~2.~ Rob, plunder, pillage, fleece.
~Despond~, _v. n._ DESPAIR, be cast down, be disheartened, lose hope,
lose courage, be despondent, give up, abandon hope.
~Despondency~, _n._ Dejection, discouragement, depression, sadness,
MELANCHOLY, gloom, blues, blue devils, lowness of spirits.
~Despondent~, _a._ Dispirited, disheartened, discouraged, dejected,
depressed, MELANCHOLY, low-spirited, in low spirits.
~Despot~, _n._ Autocrat, dictator, tyrant, absolute sovereign,
absolute ruler.
~Despotic~, _a._ Absolute, arbitrary, imperious, tyrannical, autocratic.
~Despotical~, _a._ Absolute, arbitrary, imperious, tyrannical,
autocratic.
~Despotism~, _n._ Autocracy, absolutism, dictatorship, tyranny,
absolute power, arbitrary rule.
~Desquamation~, _n._ (_Med._) Exfoliation.
~Destination~, _n._ ~1.~ Fate, lot, doom, fortune, star, destiny.
~2.~ Purpose, design, end, object, aim, scope, drift.
~3.~ Goal, harbor, haven, landing-place, resting-place.
~Destine~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Appoint, ordain, allot, devote, consecrate.
~2.~ Doom, decree.
~Destiny~, _n._ ~1.~ Lot, doom, fortune, fate, star, destination.
~2.~ Fate, necessity, decrees of fate, wheel of fortune.
~Destitute of~, Wanting, without, devoid of, unprovided with.
~Destitute~, _a._ Indigent, needy, poor, penniless, necessitous,
distressed, reduced, pinched, short of money, out of money, out of
cash, out of pocket, in need, in want, moneyless.
~Destitution~, _n._ Indigence, want, need, poverty, penury, privation.
~Destroy~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Demolish, overturn, overthrow, subvert, raze,
ruin, throw down, pull down, break up, sap the foundations of.
~2.~ Annihilate, quench, put an end to, bring to nought.
~3.~ Waste, ravage, desolate, devastate, devour, lay waste, make
desolate, swallow up, ravage with fire and sword.
~4.~ Extirpate, eradicate, uproot, kill, slay, extinguish, carry off,
root out, grub up, pluck up by the roots, cut up root and branch,
strike at the root of, give a death blow to, scatter to the winds.
~Destruction~, _n._ ~1.~ Demolition, subversion, overthrow, ruin,
havoc, shipwreck.
~2.~ Desolation, devastation, ravage.
~3.~ Eradication, extirpation, extinction.
~4.~ Death, slaughter, murder, massacre.
~Destructive~, _a._ Ruinous, pernicious, deleterious, baleful,
mischievous, fatal, deadly.
~Desuetude~, _n._ Disuse, discontinuance, non-observance.
~Desultory~, _a._ Immethodical, unconnected, unsystematic, irregular,
fitful, capricious, rambling, wandering, roving, discursive, cursory,
slight, by fits and starts.
~Detach~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Separate, disjoin, disengage, disunite, sever,
dissever, part, divide.
~2.~ Detail, send away.
~Detail~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Relate, recount, narrate, rehearse, delineate,
portray, depict, enumerate, particularize, describe, set forth.
~2.~ Detach, send away.
~Detail~, _n._ Account, narration, narrative, relation, recital.
~Details~, _n. pl._ Particulars, minutiæ, distinct parts, minor
circumstances.
~Detain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Restrain, stay, check, delay, retain, stop,
keep back.
~2.~ Confine, hold in custody.
~Detect~, _v. a._ Discover, expose, descry, find out, bring to light,
lay open.
~Detection~, _n._ Discovery.
~Detent~, _n._ Pawl, click, catch, ratchet.
~Deter~, _v. a._ Restrain, hinder, discourage, withhold (_by fear_).
~Detergent~, _a._ Cleansing, detersive.
~Deteriorate~, _v. a._ impair, make worse.
~Deteriorate~, _v. n._ Degenerate, grow worse.
~Deterioration~, _n._ Debasement, degradation, depravation,
degeneracy, degenerateness, vitiation, perversion.
~Determinable~, _a._ Definable, that may be determined.
~Determinate~, _a._ ~1.~ Determine, definite, fixed, limited, settled,
established, explicit, positive, express, absolute, certain.
~2.~ Decisive, conclusive, definitive, decided.
~Determination~, _n._ ~1.~ Decision, resolution, conclusion, judgment,
purpose, resolve.
~2.~ Direction, tendency, leaning.
~3.~ (_Law._) Ceasing, termination.
~Determine~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Settle, decide, adjust, conclude, end, fix.
~2.~ Ascertain, certify, verify, find out, make out, fix upon.
~3.~ Influence, lead, induce, give direction to.
~4.~ (_Law._) Bring to an end, put an end to, cause to terminate.
~Determine~, _v. n._ Conclude, decide, resolve.
~Detersive~, _a._ Cleansing, detergent.
~Detest~, _v. a._ Hate (_extremely_), abominate, abhor, loathe,
nauseate, shrink from, recoil from.
~Detestable~, _a._ ~1.~ Execrable, abominable, odious, hateful,
cursed, accursed, abhorred, damnable, shocking.
~2.~ Loathsome, disgusting, sickening, repulsive, offensive, nauseating.
~Detestation~, _n._ ~1.~ Hatred, abhorrence, abomination, detestation.
~2.~ Loathing, disgust, antipathy.
~Dethrone~, _v. a._ Depose, drive from the throne.
~Detonate~, _v. n._ Explode (_with a loud report_), detonize.
~Detonate~, _v. a._ Detonize, cause to explode.
~Detonation~, _n._ Explosion.
~Detonize~, _v. n._ DETONATE.
~Detonize~, _v. a._ DETONATE.
~Détour~, _n._ [Fr.] Circuitous route, indirect way, roundabout way.
~Detract from~, Depreciate, disparage, decry, asperse, abuse,
calumniate, vilify, traduce, defame, derogate from.
~Detraction~, _n._ Depreciation, slander, calumny, defamation,
disparagement, derogation, censure.
~Detractor~, _n._ Slanderer, defamer, calumniator, vilifier.
~Detriment~, _n._ Loss, damage, injury, disadvantage, mischief,
prejudice, evil, harm, hurt.
~Detrimental~, _a._ Injurious, hurtful, mischievous, pernicious,
prejudicial.
~Detrude~, _v. a._ Depress, lower, sink, drop, thrust down, force
down, thrust into a lower place.
~Detrusion~, _n._ Depression, lowering.
~Deuce~, _n._ ~1.~ Two (_said of cards or dice with two spots_).
~2.~ [_Low._] Devil.
~Deutoxide~, _n._ Binoxide.
~Devastate~, _v. a._ Ravage, pillage, plunder, sack, spoil, despoil,
destroy, desolate, strip, lay waste.
~Devastation~, _n._ Ravage, desolation, destruction, havoc, ruin,
waste, pillage, rapine.
~Develop~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Unfold, evolve, disclose, exhibit, unravel,
disentangle, make known, lay open.
~2.~ Cause to grow, advance to maturity.
~Develop~, _v. n._ Unfold, open, grow, be developed.
~Development~, _n._ ~1.~ Unfolding, disclosure, exhibition,
unravelling, disentanglement.
~2.~ Growth, increase, progress to maturity.
~Deviate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Digress, diverge, deflect, veer, tack, wheel,
turn aside, alter one's course, wheel about.
~2.~ Err, stray, swerve, wander, go astray, go out of one's way, lose
one's way.
~Deviate~, _v. a._ Turn aside, cause to deviate.
~Deviation~, _n._ ~1.~ Divergence, departure, depression,
divarication, turning, aberration.
~2.~ Difference, variation, variance, change, alteration.
~3.~ Error, offence, iniquity, sin.
~Device~, _n._ ~1.~ Contrivance, scheme, design, plan, project,
expedient, shift, resort, resource.
~2.~ Artifice, stratagem, wile, ruse, manœuvre, trick, fraud, evasion.
~3.~ Emblem, symbol, type, sign.
~Devil~, _n._ ~1.~ Satan, Lucifer, Belial, Apollyon, arch-fiend, arch-
enemy, the tempter. DEUCE, the evil one, the man of sin, the wicked
one, the old serpent, the prince of darkness, the foul fiend, the
Enemy, the Adversary.
~2.~ Demon, evil spirit.
~Devilish~, _a._ Diabolical, satanic, infernal, atrocious, impious,
wicked.
~Deviltry~, _n._ Mischief, wickedness, diablery, diabolical conduct.
~Devious~, _a._ ~1.~ Deviating, erratic, wandering, out of the common
way.
~2.~ Erratic, going astray.
~Devise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Contrive, invent, imagine, plan, scheme,
project, brew, concert, concoct, COMPASS.
~2.~ Bequeath, demise, leave, give by will.
~Devise~, _n._ Bequest, legacy.
~Devoid~, _a._ Vacant, empty, destitute, void.
~Devoirs~, _n. pl._ [Fr.] Respects.
~Devolve~, _v. a._ Alienate, transfer, demise, consign, convey,
deliver over, make over.
~Devolve~, _v. n._ Fall (_by succession or by inheritance_), pass, be
transferred, be handed over.
~Devote~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Appropriate (_by vow_), consecrate, dedicate,
destine, set apart.
~2.~ Addict, apply, resign, give up.
~3.~ Doom, give over.
~Devoted~, _a._ ~1.~ Attached, loving, affectionate.
~2.~ Ardent, zealous, earnest.
~Devotee~, _n._ Bigot, fanatic, zealot, enthusiast.
~Devotion~, _n._ ~1.~ Consecration, dedication.
~2.~ Piety, religion, devoutness, religiousness, devotedness,
holiness, sanctity, saintliness, godliness.
~3.~ Worship, adoration, prayer.
~4.~ Attachment, affection, love.
~5.~ Ardor, earnestness, eagerness, zeal.
~Devotional~, _a._ Devout, religions, pious, saintly, godly.
~Devour~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Gorge, engorge, eat heartily, swallow eagerly.
~2.~ Destroy, consume, waste, spend, expend, swallow up.
~Devout~, _a._ ~1.~ Religious, pious, holy, saintly, devotional,
godly, saint-like, heavenly-minded.
~2.~ Sincere, earnest, serious, grave, solemn.
~Dew-worm~, _n._ Earth-worm, lob-worm (_Lumbricus terrestris_).
~Dexterity~, _n._ Skill, skilfulness, adroitness, expertness,
readiness, facility, aptness, aptitude, address, quickness,
cleverness, knack, ability, tact, art.
~Dexterous~, _a._ Skilful, adroit, expert, handy, apt, ready, quick,
clever, able.
~Diablery~, _n._ Mischief, wickedness, deviltry, diabolical conduct.
~Diabolic~, _a._ Devilish, infernal, satanic, impious, atrocious,
wicked.
~Diabolical~, _a._ Devilish, infernal, satanic, impious, atrocious,
wicked.
~Diacoustics~, _n._ Diaphonics.
~Diadem~, _n._ ~1.~ Crown.
~2.~ Empire, sovereignty.
~Diagnostic~, _a._ Distinguishing, characteristic.
~Diagram~, _n._ Figure.
~Dial~, _n._ Sun-dial.
~Dialect~, _n._ ~1.~ Provincialism, idiom.
~2.~ Language, tongue, speech, form of speech.
~Dialectic~, _a._ ~1.~ Logical.
~2.~ Idiomatic.
~Dialectical~, _a._ ~1.~ Logical.
~2.~ Idiomatic.
~Dialectician~, _n._ Logician, reasoner.
~Dialectics~, _n._ ~1.~ Application of logical principles, applied
logic.
~2.~ Logic, science of the laws of thought, science of reasoning.
~Dialogue~, _n._ Colloquy, conference.
~Diameter~, _n._ Distance through the centre (_as of a circle_).
~Diamond~, _n._ ~1.~ Adamant, BRILLIANT, crystallized carbon.
~2.~ Rhombus, lozenge.
~Diaphaneity~, _n._ Transparency, translucency, pellucidness.
~Diaphanous~, _a._ Transparent, translucent, pellucid, clear.
~Diaphonics~, _n._ Diacoustics.
~Diaphragm~, _n._ Midriff.
~Diarrhœa~, _n._ (_Med._) Relax, flux, purging, looseness of the
bowels.
~Diarthrosis~, _n._ (_Med._) Abarticulation.
~Diary~, _n._ Journal, register, chronicle.
~Diatribe~, _n._ ~1.~ Disputation, dissertation, disquisition.
~2.~ Invective, philippic.
~Dicker~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial U. S._] Barter.
~Dictate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Prescribe, direct, ordain, command, order,
bid, require, decree.
~2.~ Utter (_so that another may repeat or write_).
~Dictate~, _n._ ~1.~ Injunction, command, order, decree.
~2.~ Precept, maxim, rule.
~Dictation~, _n._ Prescription, direction.
~Dictator~, _n._ Despot, autocrat, absolute ruler.
~Dictatorial~, _a._ ~1.~ Absolute, unlimited, unrestricted.
~2.~ Imperious, authoritative, overbearing, domineering, tyrannical.
~Dictatorship~, _n._ Despotism, absolutism, tyranny, arbitrary power,
absolute power, iron rule.
~Diction~, _n._ Style, phraseology, language, expression, mode or
manner of expression, turn of expression, form of expression.
~Dictionary~, _n._ ~1.~ Lexicon, vocabulary, GLOSSARY, word-book.
~2.~ Encyclopædia, alphabetical summary (_in any department of
knowledge_).
~Dictum~, _n._ (L. _pl. Dicta._) ~1.~ Saying, assertion, affirmation.
~2.~ (_Law._) Extrajudicial opinion.
~Didactic~, _a._ Preceptive.
~Didactical~, _a._ Preceptive.
~Didapper~, _n._ Dab-chick, dob-chick (_Podiceps minor_).
~Diddle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Totter.
~2.~ Trifle, dawdle, waste time.
~Diddle~, _v. a._ Cheat, cozen, deceive, trick, dupe, chouse,
circumvent, gull, overreach, delude, impose upon.
~Die~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Expire, decease, depart, leave the world, draw the
last breath, cease to exist, give up the ghost, pay the debt of
nature, take one's last sleep, shuffle off this mortal coil, go the
way of all flesh, go to one's last home, be numbered with the dead,
cross the Styx, cross the Stygian ferry, POP OFF, KICK THE BUCKET.
~2.~ Wither, perish, lose life.
~3.~ Cease, vanish, disappear, come to nothing, come to an end, be
lost, be heard of no more.
~Die away~, Subside, grow less and less, decrease gradually.
~Die~, _n._ ~1.~ Small cube (_for gaming_).
~2.~ Dado, cube of a pedestal.
~3.~ Stamp.
~Diet~, _n._ ~1.~ Food, provision, victuals, aliment, nutriment,
nourishment, subsistence, provision, fare, viands, regimen, cheer,
rations, commons.
~2.~ Assembly, convention, council, convocation, congress.
~Diet~, _v. n._ Eat sparingly, eat by rule.
~Differ~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Vary, be unlike.
~2.~ Disagree, be of a different opinion, think differently.
~3.~ Wrangle, quarrel, contend, bicker, be at variance.
~Difference~, _n._ ~1.~ Dissimilarity, variation, diversity,
disparity, dissimilitude.
~2.~ Variance, alienation, misunderstanding, dissension, jarring,
breach, rupture, schism, contest, quarrel, dispute, debate,
controversy, altercation, bickering, wrangle, strife, falling out.
~3.~ Distinction, discrimination.
~Different~, _a._ ~1.~ Distinct, separate, not the same.
~2.~ Unlike, dissimilar, various, diverse, manifold.
~Differential~, _a._ Discriminating.
~Difficult~, _a._ ~1.~ Hard, arduous. Herculean, up-hill, beset with
difficulty.
~2.~ Austere, rigid, unyielding, unaccommodating.
~3.~ Fastidious, dainty, squeamish, hard to please.
~Difficulty~, _n._ ~1.~ Arduousness.
~2.~ Obstacle, impediment, bar, obstruction, barrier, hinderance,
trouble, perplexity, exigency, trial, dilemma, embarrassment,
emergency, pinch, pickle, stand, dead-set, set fast, dead-lock, dead-
stand, stand-still, horns of a dilemma, up-hill work, sea of troubles,
peck of troubles, hard row to hoe, hard nut to crack.
~Diffidence~, _n._ ~1.~ Distrust, doubt.
~2.~ Bashfulness, timidity, sheepishness, extreme modesty, distrust of
one's self, lack or want of self-reliance.
~Diffident~, _a._ ~1.~ Distrustful, doubtful.
~2.~ Bashful, timid, sheepish, over-modest, distrustful of one's self.
~Diffuse~, _v. a._ Disperse, scatter, disseminate, spread, circulate,
propagate, distribute, pour out, send abroad, spread abroad.
~Diffuse~, _a._ Prolix, copious, rambling, loose, verbose, wordy,
diffusive, long-winded, long-spun, spun out.
~Diffusion~, _n._ Dispersion, spread, extension, propagation,
circulation, distribution.
~Diffusive~, _a._ ~1.~ Expansive.
~2.~ Prolix, verbose, DIFFUSE.
~Dig~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Excavate, delve, scoop, SCRATCH, hollow out.
~2.~ Break up (_with a spade, hoe, &c._).
~Dig~, _v. n._ Delve, work with a spade, hoe, &c.
~Dig~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Low._] Punch, poke, thrust.
~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Innuendo, insinuation, oblique hint, sly remark.
~3.~ [_At colleges_, _U. S._] Plodding student.
~Digest~, _n._ ~1.~ Pandect.
~2.~ Code, system.
~3.~ Abridgment, abstract, compend, compendium, epitome, summary,
synopsis, conspectus, breviary, brief, sum and substance.
~Digest~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Methodize, systematize, arrange, codify,
classify, dispose, reduce to order.
~2.~ Concoct, convert into chyme.
~3.~ Study, ponder, consider, contemplate, reflect upon, think on,
meditate upon, con over, revolve in the mind.
~4.~ (_Chem._) Soften by a gentle heat, macerate, steep, soak.
~Digestion~, _n._ ~1.~ Methodizing, digesting, classifying.
~2.~ Conversion of food into chyme.
~3.~ Macerating, maceration, steeping.
~Dignified~, _a._ Stately, noble, majestic, august, grave, imposing.
~Dignify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Advance, promote, exalt, ennoble, prefer to
office.
~2.~ Honor, grace, adorn, give lustre to, add dignity to.
~Dignity~, _n._ ~1.~ Rank, elevation, standing, station, place,
greatness, eminence, exaltation, glory, honor, reputableness,
respectability.
~2.~ Stateliness, grandeur, majesty, nobleness, lofty bearing or
conduct, elevation of aspect or deportment.
~3.~ Honor, preferment, high station or office.
~4.~ Magistrate, dignitary, person in office.
~Digress~, _v. n._ Deviate, diverge, wander, turn aside.
~Digression~, _n._ ~1.~ Deviation, divergence, departure.
~2.~ Episode, incidental passage.
~Dilacerate~, _v. a._ Tear, lacerate, rend, rend asunder.
~Dilapidate~, _v. a._ Waste, ruin, destroy, pull down, throw down,
suffer to go to ruin.
~Dilapidated~, _a._ Decayed, ruined, wasted, in ruins.
~Dilapidation~, _n._ Ruin, decay, downfall.
~Dilatation~, _n._ Expansion, expanding, DILATION, swelling.
~Dilate~, _v. a._ Expand, extend, enlarge, widen, distend, swell.
~Dilate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Expand, widen, be distended.
~2.~ Expatiate, descant, enlarge, dwell, be diffuse, be prolix, launch
out, branch out, spin a long yarn, beat about the bush.