swelling, bloating.
~Dilatory~, _a._ Slow, tardy, lingering, loitering, sluggish, laggard,
lagging, behindhand, backward, procrastinating.
~Dilemma~, _n._ Quandary, strait, difficult choice, puzzling
alternative, awkward or bad predicament.
~Dilettante~, _n._ [It.] ~1.~ Amateur, connoisseur, virtuoso, critic,
man of taste.
~2.~ Pretender to taste (_in the fine arts_).
~Diligence~, _n._ Assiduity (_in some specific pursuit_),
assiduousness, activity, sedulousness, perseverance, INDUSTRY, steady
application (_to some pursuit that one likes_).
~Diligent~, _a._ Assiduous, sedulous, industrious, active, busy,
persevering, notable, hard-working, at work, diligently employed,
busily engaged, up and stirring, busy as a bee, brisk as a bee.
~Dillydally~, _v. n._ Loiter, linger, delay, lag, saunter, trifle,
idle away time.
~Dilute~, _v. a._ Attenuate, reduce, weaken, make thin, make weak.
~Dilute~, _a._ Thin, diluted, attenuated, weak, not strong.
~Diluvium~, _n._ (_Geol._) Drift.
~Dim~, _a._ ~1.~ Dusky, dark, obscure, shadowy, cloudy, not luminous.
~2.~ Dull, obtuse, slow to see.
~3.~ Darkened, obscured, clouded, faint, confused, shorn of its beams.
~Dim~, _v. a._ Darken, obscure, cloud.
~Dime~, _n._ Ten cents.
~Dimension~, _n._ ~1.~ Extent, extension, measure (_in one direction_).
~2.~ (_Algebra._) Literal factor.
~Dimensions~, _n. pl._ Size, magnitude, bulk, volume, bigness,
capacity, amplitude, greatness, largeness, mass, massiveness.
~Dim-eyed~, _a._ Dim-sighted, blear-eyed.
~Diminish~, _v. a._ Lessen, decrease, abate, reduce, make smaller.
~Diminish~, _v. n._ Decrease, lessen, abate, subside, grow or become
less, be reduced.
~Diminution~, _n._ Decrease, lessening, decrement, reduction, abatement.
~Diminutive~, _a._ Little, small, dwarfish, tiny, puny, pygmean,
contracted, minute, of small size.
~Dim-sighted~, _a._ Dim-eyed, blear-eyed.
~Din~, _n._ Noise, uproar, racket, clamor, clatter, hubbub, HALLABALOO.
~Dingle~, _n._ Dale, dell, vale, valley, glen.
~Dingy~, _a._ ~1.~Dun, dusky, brown.
~2.~Soiled, sullied, dirty.
~Dint~, _n._ ~1.~Dent, indentation.
~2.~Force, power.
~Diocese~, _n._ Bishopric, see, jurisdiction or charge of a bishop.
~Diodon~, _n._ Globe-fish, puffer.
~Dioxide~, _n._ Suboxide.
~Dip~, _v. a._ ~1.~Immerse, plunge, douse, souse.
~2.~Take out (_with a ladle, cup, &c._).
~Dip~, _v. n._ ~1.~Thrust a ladle (_cup, &c., into a liquid_).
~2.~Incline, tend downward.
~3.~Engage cursorily, enter slightly.
~4.~ Dive, plunge, duck, pitch, immerse one's self.
~Diplomacy~, _n._ ~1.~Art of negotiating.
~2.~Artful management.
~Diplomate~, _n._ [Fr.] DIPLOMATIST.
~Diplomatist~, _n._ Negotiator, diplomate.
~Dire~, _a._ Dreadful, fearful, direful, shocking, terrible, horrid,
horrible, awful, terrific, tremendous.
~Direct~, _a._ ~1.~Straight, in a right line, not crooked.
~2.~From father to son, not collateral.
~3.~Plain, express, categorical, unambiguous, not equivocal.
~4.~ Open, sincere, ingenuous, frank, outspoken.
~5.~ (_Astron._) In the order of the signs, not retrograde.
~Direct~, _v. a._ ~1.~Aim, point, cast, turn.
~2.~Regulate, dispose, manage, conduct, control, govern.
~3.~Order, command, instruct, prescribe to, give directions to.
~4.~ Guide, lead, put upon the right track.
~5.~ Address, superscribe.
~Direction~, _n._ ~1.~Aim.
~2.~Tendency, line of motion.
~3.~Course, bearing, point of compass.
~4.~ Management, oversight, superintendence, government, control.
~5.~ Guidance, lead.
~6.~ Order, command, prescription.
~7.~ Address, superscription.
~Directly~, _ad._ ~1.~In a straight line, in a straight course.
~2.~Expressly, absolutely, unambiguously, openly, without
circumlocution.
~3.~Immediately, quickly, promptly, speedily, soon, presently,
forthwith, instantly, INSTANTER, in a short time, without delay.
~Director~, _n._ ~1.~Superintendent, manager, BOSS.
~2.~Guide, counsellor, adviser, instructor, mentor, monitor.
~Direful~, _a._ Dreadful, fearful, horrible, terrible, shocking,
horrid, terrific, awful, tremendous, dire.
~Dirge~, _n._ Elegy, funeral song, mournful song.
~Dirt~, _n._ Filth, foul matter.
~Dirty~, _a._ ~1.~Unclean, foul, filthy, nasty, soiled, begrimed.
~2.~Clouded, cloudy, dark, sullied.
~3.~Mean, base, vile, low, grovelling, sneaking, pitiful, paltry,
beggarly, scurvy, shabby, despicable, contemptible.
~Dirty~, _v. a._ Foul, befoul, soil, defile, draggle, daggle.
~Disability~, _n._ ~1.~Disqualification.
~2.~Inability, incapacity, incompetence, impotence, incapability.
~Disable~, _v. a._ ~1.~Weaken, enfeeble, cripple, paralyze, unman,
disenable, deprive of strength.
~2.~Disqualify, incapacitate, unfit, make incapable.
~Disabuse~, _v. a._ Undeceive, set right.
~Disadvantage~, _n._ ~1.~Unfavorableness.
~2.~Injury, loss, damage, detriment, disservice, prejudice, hurt.
~Disadvantageous~, _a._ ~1.~Unfavorable, ineligible, inconvenient.
~2.~Injurious, prejudicial, hurtful, detrimental, deleterious.
~Disaffect~, _v. a._ Alienate, estrange, make unfriendly.
~Disaffected~, _a._ Alienated, estranged, dissatisfied, disloyal.
~Disaffection~, _n._ Alienation, estrangement, breach, disagreement,
dissatisfaction, disloyalty, ill-will.
~Disagree~, _v. n._ ~1.~Differ, vary, be unlike.
~2.~Dissent, be of different opinions, differ in opinion.
~3.~Quarrel, wrangle, bicker, fall out.
~4.~ Be unsuitable, be unfit, be unsuited.
~Disagreeable~, _a._ Unpleasant, unpleasing, displeasing, distasteful,
offensive.
~Disagreement~, _n._ ~1.~Difference, dissimilarity, unlikeness,
dissimilitude, diversity, discrepancy.
~2.~Dissent, difference of opinion.
~3.~Discord, variance, misunderstanding, dissension, jarring,
clashing, strife, quarrel, dispute, wrangle, bickering.
~Disallow~, _v. a._ ~1.~Prohibit, forbid, refuse permission to.
~2.~Reject, disapprove, set aside, refuse or decline to sanction.
~3.~Disavow, disclaim, disown, deny.
~Disannul~, _v. a._ Nullify, cancel, rescind, quash, vacate, annul,
abolish, abrogate, render void, set aside, do away.
~Disappear~, _v. n._ Vanish, be lost to view, pass out of sight.
~Disappoint~, _v. a._ Balk, frustrate, foil, defeat, battle, disconcert.
~Disappointment~, _n._ Failure, miscarriage, frustration, ill success,
want of success.
~Disapprobation~, _n._ Dislike, displeasure, censure, disapproval.
~Disapproval~, _n._ Disapprobation.
~Disapprove~, _v. a._ ~1.~Dislike, condemn, censure, regard as wrong.
~2.~Reject, disallow, refuse or decline to sanction.
~Disarm~, _v. a._ ~1.~Deprive of arms.
~2.~Disable, incapacitate; render powerless, harmless, or innocuous.
~Disarrange~, _v. a._ Disorder, unsettle, derange, disturb, put out of
order, throw into disorder, throw into confusion.
~Disarray~, _n._ Confusion, disorder.
~Disaster~, _n._ Mishap, misfortune, reverse, mischance, calamity,
catastrophe, blow, stroke, casualty.
~Disastrous~, _a._ Calamitous, unfortunate, unlucky, hapless,
untoward, unprosperous, ill-fated, ill-starred.
~Disavow~, _v. a._ Disclaim, disown, deny, disallow.
~Disband~, _v. a._ Break up, dismiss from military service.
~Disband~, _v. n._ Separate, disperse, scatter, break up, retire from
military service.
~Disbelief~, _n._ ~1.~Scepticism, infidelity, refusal to believe.
~2.~Distrust, incredulity, want of belief.
~Disbelieve~, _v. a._ Discredit, not believe, refuse to credit, hold
or consider not to be true.
~Disbeliever~, _n._ Unbeliever, sceptic, infidel, MISCREANT.
~Disburden~, _v. a._ Disencumber, unburden, unload, disburthen, ease,
rid, free, relieve.
~Disburse~, _v. a._ Spend, expend, lay out, pay out.
~Disbursement~, _n._ Expenditure.
~Disburthen~, _v. a._ DISBURDEN.
~Discard~, _v. a._ ~1.~Reject, throw or thrust aside, throw away, cast
away, lay aside, cast off.
~2.~Dismiss, discharge, cashier, break, cast off, turn away.
~Discern~, _v. a._ ~1.~Discriminate, distinguish, note the
distinctions of.
~2.~Perceive, see, discover, descry, behold, espy.
~Discern~, _v. n._ Discriminate, judge, make distinction.
~Discernible~, _a._ Perceptible, discoverable, to be discerned.
~Discerning~, _a._ Discriminating, knowing, sagacious, perspicacious,
judicious, acute, intelligent, ingenious, clear-headed, clear-sighted,
keen-sighted, quick-sighted, eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, Argus-eyed.
~Discernment~, _n._ Discrimination, sagacity, shrewdness, sharpness,
brightness, astuteness, acuteness, cleverness, perspicacity,
ingenuity, penetration, insight, judgment, intelligence, mother wit,
quick parts.
~Discharge~, _v. a._ ~1.~Unload, disburden, unburden, relieve of a load.
~2.~Emit, expel, excrete, eject, throw off, send out, give forth.
~3.~Set off, fire off, let fly, give vent to, shoot, fire.
~4.~Pay, liquidate, cash.
~5.~Release, absolve, exonerate, acquit, clear, relieve, liberate,
free, set free.
~6.~ Dismiss, discard, cashier, break, turn away, send away.
~7.~ Remove, destroy, put away, clear from.
~8.~ Perform, execute, fulfil, observe, acquit one's self of.
~9.~ Remove, take out (_as the cargo of a vessel_).
~10.~ (_Law._) Cancel, rescind, annul, nullify, invalidate, make void.
~Discharge~, _n._ ~1.~Unloading, disburdening.
~2.~Emission, ejection, expulsion, excretion, vent, evacuation.
~3.~Firing, explosion, blast, burst, firing off.
~4.~Observance, performance, fulfilment, execution.
~5.~Payment, settlement, liquidation, satisfaction, clearance.
~6.~ Release, liberation, exemption.
~7.~ Acquittal, exoneration, absolution.
~Disciple~, _n._ ~1.~Scholar, pupil, learner.
~2.~Follower, adherent, partisan, supporter, retainer.
~Disciplinarian~, _n._ MARTINET, enforcer of discipline.
~Discipline~, _n._ ~1.~Instruction, training, drilling, drill,
exercise, education, culture, schooling, breeding.
~2.~Subjection, control, regulation, government.
~3.~Punishment, chastisement, correction, castigation.
~Discipline~, _v. a._ ~1.~Instruct, train, breed, educate, teach,
drill, exercise, form, bring up.
~2.~Regulate, control, govern, school, bring under subjection.
~3.~Punish, chastise, correct, castigate.
~Disclaim~, _v. a._ ~1.~Disown, disavow, deny any knowledge of.
~2.~Renounce, reject, cast off.
~Disclaimer~, _n._ ~1.~Disavowal.
~2.~(_Law._) Renunciation (_of a claim or a title_), relinquishment.
~Disclose~, _v. a._ ~1.~Uncover, expose, bring to view, bring to light.
~2.~Reveal, divulge, show, unfold, unvail, tell, utter, betray,
communicate, lay open, make known.
~Disclosure~, _n._ Revelation, exposure, discovery.
~Discolor~, _v. a._ Stain, tarnish, change the color of.
~Discomfit~, _v. a._ Defeat, overthrow, rout, overcome, overpower,
conquer, vanquish, subdue, beat, checkmate, put to flight, put down,
get the upper hand of, scatter in fight.
~Discomfiture~, _n._ Rout, defeat, overthrow, ruin.
~Discomfort~, _n._ Uneasiness, disquiet, inquietude, trouble, annoyance.
~Discommode~, _v. a._ Disturb, annoy, molest, trouble, disquiet,
incommode, inconvenience, put to inconvenience.
~Discompose~, _v. a._ ~1.~Disorder, derange, disarrange, embroil,
jumble, unsettle, confuse, disturb, throw into disorder or confusion.
~2.~Displease, disquiet, ruffle, agitate, harass, worry, annoy,
plague, trouble, vex, fret, nettle, irritate, provoke, chafe.
~3.~Disconcert, perplex, bewilder, embarrass, abash, put out.
~Discomposure~, _n._ ~1.~Derangement, confusion.
~2.~Agitation, disquiet, uneasiness, excitement, vexation, worry,
perturbation, annoyance.
~Disconcert~, _v. a._ ~1.~Frustrate, defeat, thwart, contravene,
interrupt, undo.
~2.~Discompose, confuse, perplex, bewilder, embarrass, disturb, abash,
put out.
~Disconnect~, _v. a._ Disjoin, separate, disengage, disunite, sever.
~Disconnection~, _n._ Disjunction, disassociation, disunion,
separation, isolation, severance.
~Disconsolate~, _a._ Inconsolable, desolate, forlorn, heart-broken,
broken-hearted, comfortless, cheerless, sorrowful, melancholy, sad.
~Discontent~, _n._ Dissatisfaction, uneasiness, inquietude.
~Discontinuance~, _n._ Cessation, intermission, suspension,
interruption, stoppage, stop, breaking off.
~Discontinue~, _v. a._ Intermit, stop, interrupt, break off, leave
off, put an end to.
~Discontinuous~, _a._ Interrupted, broken off.
~Discord~, _n._ ~1.~Disagreement, contention, strife, dissension.
~2.~Dissonance, discordance, harshness, jarring, want of harmony.
~Discordance~, _n._ ~1.~Disagreement, inconsistency, incongruity,
opposition, conflict.
~2.~Discord, dissonance.
~Discordancy~, _n._ ~1.~Disagreement, inconsistency, incongruity,
opposition, conflict.
~2.~Discord, dissonance.
~Discordant~, _a._ ~1.~Disagreeing, incongruous, contradictory,
contrary, opposite, repugnant, at variance.
~2.~Dissonant, harsh, jarring, inharmonious.
~Discount~, _n._ Allowance, deduction, reduction, drawback, abatement,
rebate.
~Discountenance~, _v. a._ [_Rare._] ~1.~ Abash, put to shame, put out
of countenance.
~2.~Discourage, disfavor, frown upon, show disapprobation of.
~Discourage~, _v. a._ ~1.~Dishearten, dispirit, depress, deject.
~2.~Dissuade, deter, keep back.
~3.~Disfavor, discountenance, throw cold water upon, put a damper on.
~Discouragement~, _n._ ~1.~Disheartening.
~2.~Dissuasion, dehortation, counter influence.
~3.~Embarrassment, hinderance, obstacle, impediment, damper, wet
blanket, cold water.
~Discourse~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Reason, reasoning faculty.
~2.~ Dissertation, treatise, disquisition, homily, sermon.
~3.~ Conversation, talk, oral communication, verbal intercourse.
~Discourse~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Speak, expatiate, hold forth, deliver a
discourse.
~2.~ Talk, converse, parley, confer, advise, hold a conversation, hold
a parley or conference, talk together.
~Discourse~, _v. a._ Utter, emit, give forth.
~Discourteous~, _a._ Uncivil, impolite, uncourtly, uncomplaisant,
ungentlemanly, disrespectful, inurbane, unmannerly, uncourteous, rude,
ill-bred, ill-mannered.
~Discourtesy~, _n._ Incivility, impoliteness, rudeness, inurbanity,
ill-breeding.
~Discover~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Reveal, communicate, tell, disclose, exhibit,
show, manifest, make manifest, impart, make known, lay open, lay bare,
expose to view.
~2.~ Ascertain, detect, find out, get the first knowledge of.
~3.~ Descry, discern, espy, see, behold, get sight of, get a glimpse of.
~Discovery~, _n._ ~1.~ Disclosure, revelation, making known.
~2.~ Finding, finding out.
~3.~ First sight, first view.
~Discredit~, _n._ ~1.~ Disbelief, distrust, doubt.
~2.~ Disrepute, dishonor, disgrace, reproach, opprobrium, obloquy,
odium, ignominy, ill repute.
~Discredit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Disbelieve, give no credit to, place no
confidence in, refuse credence to.
~2.~ Disgrace, dishonor, bring reproach upon, make disreputable, BLOW
UPON, destroy confidence in, bring into disfavor, make distasteful.
~Discreditable~, _a._ Disgraceful, disreputable.
~Discreet~, _a._ Prudent, cautious, judicious, wise, circumspect,
considerate, heedful, wary; not rash, heedless, or headlong.
~Discrepance~, _n._ Difference, incongruity, disagreement,
contrariety, inconsistency, variation.
~Discrepancy~, _n._ Difference, incongruity, disagreement,
contrariety, inconsistency, variation.
~Discrepant~, _a._ Differing, disagreeing, incongruous, inconsistent,
contrary.
~Discrete~, _a._ ~1.~ Separate, distinct, disjunct, not continuous.
~2.~ Disjunctive, discretive.
~Discretion~, _n._ ~1.~ PRUDENCE (_in things immediately before us_),
judgment, caution, wariness, carefulness, circumspection,
considerateness, judiciousness.
~2.~ Will, pleasure, choice, liberty of judgment.
~Discretional~, _a._ Optional.
~Discretionary~, _a._ Optional.
~Discretive~, _a._ Disjunctive, discrete.
~Discriminate~, _v. a._ Distinguish, mark the difference between.
~Discriminate~, _v. n._ Distinguish, make a distinction, note
differences, judge nicely or accurately.
~Discrimination~, _n._ ~1.~ Distinction.
~2.~ Discernment, penetration, acuteness, judgment, sagacity, insight.
~Discriminative~, _a._ Discriminating, distinguishing, characterizing,
distinctive.
~Discursive~, _a._ ~1.~ Reasoning, argumentative, capable of reasoning.
~2.~ Roving, wandering, rambling, desultory, that takes a wide range.
~Discus~, _n._ Quoit, disk.
~Discuss~, _v. a._ Debate, sift, canvass, ventilate, agitate, argue,
reason about.
~Discussion~, _n._ Debate, ventilation, agitation, disquisition,
disputation, controversy, canvass.
~Disdain~, _v. a._ Despise, contemn, scout, scorn, spurn, look down
upon, hold in contempt, consider beneath notice.
~Disdain~, _n._ Scorn, contempt, contumely, haughtiness, arrogance,
HAUTEUR.
~Disdainful~, _a._ Scornful, contemptuous, supercilious, contumelious,
haughty, cavalier.
~Disease~, _n._ Disorder, distemper, malady, complaint, ail, ailment,
sickness, illness, indisposition.
~Diseased~, _a._ Disordered, distempered, unsound, sickly, sick.
~Disembark~, _v. a._ Land, put on shore.
~Disembark~, _v. n._ Land, go on shore.
~Disembarrass~, _v. a._ Disengage, extricate, release, disburden,
disencumber, ease, rid, free, clear, set free.
~Disembodied~, _a._ Unbodied, incorporeal, immaterial, spiritual.
~Disembogue~, _v. a._ Discharge (_at the mouth, as a river_), empty,
pour out, give vent to.
~Disembogue~, _v. n._ Issue, flow out (_at the mouth, as a river_),
discharge itself, be discharged.
~Disemboguement~, _n._ Discharge, issue.
~Disembowel~, _v. a._ Eviscerate, embowel, take out the bowels of.
~Disembroil~, _v. a._ Disentangle, free from perplexity, extricate
from confusion.
~Disenable~, _v. a._ Disqualify, disable, unfit, incapacitate, make
incapable.
~Disenchant~, _v. a._ Free from enchantment, deliver from illusions.
~Disencumber~, _v. a._ Disburden, disengage, disembarrass, release,
ease, rid, set free.
~Disengage~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Release, extricate, liberate, clear,
disentangle, disembroil, disembarrass, loose, unloose, free, set free.
~2.~ Separate, detach, divide, disjoin, disunite, dissociate.
~3.~ Withdraw, wean, draw off.
~Disengaged~, _a._ Unengaged, unoccupied, at leisure, not busy.
~Disengagement~, _n._ ~1.~ Detachment, separation.
~2.~ Liberation, release, extrication, disentanglement.
~3.~ Leisure, freedom from business.
~Disennoble~, _v. a._ Degrade, disgrace, make ignoble.
~Disentangle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Unravel, unfold, untwist.
~2.~ Extricate, disengage, disembroil, liberate, clear, loose,
unloose, free, set free.
~Disestablish~, _v. a._ [_Rare._] Abolish, overthrow, annul,
discontinue, abrogate, set aside, do away.
~Disestablishment~, n. [_Rare._] Abolition, annulment, discontinuance,
abrogation, overthrow, subversion, destruction, annihilation,
extinction.
~Disesteem~, _n._ Disregard, DISFAVOR.
~Disfavor~, _n._ Disregard, disesteem, dislike, disrespect.
~Disfigure~, _v. a._ Deform, deface, mar, injure, spoil, make ugly,
make unsightly.
~Disfigurement~, _n._ Defacement, injury.
~Disfranchise~, _v. a._ Deprive of a franchise, deprive of chartered
rights or the privileges of a citizen.
~Disfurnish~, _v. a._ Unfurnish, strip, divest, dismantle, disgarnish.
~Disgarnish~, _v. a._ DISFURNISH.
~Disgorge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Vomit, spew, cast up, throw up.
~2.~ Eject, discharge, throw out.
~3.~ Relinquish, surrender, yield, give up, give back.
~Disgrace~, _n._ ~1.~ Disfavor, degradation.
~2.~ Dishonor, discredit, disrepute, disesteem, shame, reproach,
ignominy, infamy, opprobrium, obloquy, odium, scandal, blot on one's
escutcheon.
~Disgrace~, _v. a._ Dishonor, discredit, degrade, debase, tarnish,
stain, sully, taint; bring shame, reproach, dishonor, or a stain upon.
~Disgraceful~, _a._ Shameful, ignominious, scandalous, dishonorable,
discreditable, disreputable, infamous, opprobrious.
~Disguise~, _v. a._ Conceal (_by dress or outward appearance_), cloak,
veil, shroud, muffle, mask, hide, dissemble.
~Disguise~, _n._ ~1.~ Mask, cover, counterfeit dress.
~2.~ False appearance, counterfeit show.
~Disguised~, _a._ ~1.~ Cloaked, masked, veiled, in disguise.
~2.~ Intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, drunk, fuddled, tipsy, mellow,
maudlin, SLEWED, GROGGY, in liquor, in one's cups, half seas over.
~Disgust~, _n._ ~1.~ Nausea, disrelish, distaste, loathing.
~2.~ Dislike, repugnance, aversion, antipathy, abomination,
detestation, abhorrence, hatred.
~Disgust~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sicken, affect with nausea, turn one's
stomach, go against one's stomach.
~2.~ Displease, offend.
~Disgusting~, _a._ Nauseous, nauseating, loathsome, sickening,
repulsive, revolting, offensive, distasteful, odious, hateful, foul,
abominable.
~Dish~, _n._ ~1.~ PLATTER.
~2.~ Viand, article of food.
~Dishabille~, _n._ Undress, loose dress.
~Dishearten~, _v. a._ Dispirit, discourage, deject, depress.
~Dished~, _a._ [_Low._] ~1.~ Ruined, spoiled.
~2.~ Frustrated, balked, foiled, baffled, disconcerted, disappointed.
~Dishevelled~, _a._ Disordered (_as the hair_), untrimmed, hanging
loosely or negligently, at loose ends.
~Dishing~, _a._ Concave, dish-like.
~Dish-like~, _a._ Dishing, concave, shaped like a dish.
~Dishonest~, _a._ Faithless, knavish, false, unfair, disingenuous,
fraudulent, deceitful, treacherous, slippery, unscrupulous,
perfidious, wicked, false-hearted.
~Dishonesty~, _n._ Improbity, faithlessness, knavery, treachery,
falsehood, deceitfulness, perfidiousness, wickedness.
~Dishonor~, _n._ Dishonor, disgrace, discredit, disrepute, reproach,
degradation, shame, ignominy, obloquy, infamy, opprobrium, odium,
scandal, abasement.
~Dishonor~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Disgrace, bring shame or reproach upon, stain
the character of.
~2.~ Violate, debauch, ravish, deflour.
~3.~ Refuse to accept or to pay (_as a draft_).
~Dishonorable~, _a._ Disreputable, discreditable, disgraceful,
shameful, scandalous, infamous, ignominious.
~Dish-washer~, _n._ Goosander, wagtail, dun-diver (_Mergus merganser_
or _Mergus castor_).
~Disinclination~, _n._ Indisposition, reluctance, repugnance,
aversion, unwillingness.
~Disincline~, _v. a._ Make averse.
~Disinclined~, _a._ Unwilling, indisposed, reluctant, averse.
~Disinfect~, _v. a._ Deodorize, fumigate, purify.
~Disingenuous~, _a._ Unfair, dishonest, insincere, uncandid, artful,
cunning, sly, insidious, deceitful, knavish, false, false-hearted, not
frank, not open.
~Disintegrate~, _v. a._ Crumble, reduce to fragments, break to pieces.
~Disinter~, _v. a._ Exhume, unbury, disentomb, dig up.
~Disinterested~, _a._ ~1.~ Unbiassed, impartial, indifferent.
~2.~ Generous, unselfish, liberal, magnanimous, high-minded.
~Disenthrall~, _v. a._ Liberate, free, release, set free.
~Disjoin~, _v. a._ Disunite, separate, divide, part, sunder, sever,
dissever, detach, dissociate.
~Disjoint~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dislocate, luxate, put out of joint.
~2.~ Unloose, disconnect, disjoin.
~Disjunction~, _n._ Separation, disconnection, disassociation,
disunion, isolation, severance.
~Disjunctive~, _a._ Disjoining, discretive.
~Disk~, _n._ ~1.~ Quoit, discus.
~2.~ Face (_of the sun, moon, &c._).