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deteriorate, v. decline, degenerate, retrograde; corrupt, vitiate, debase, degrade.
deterioration, n. decline, degeneration, retrogression; vitiation, corruption, debas.e.m.e.nt.
detest, v. loathe, despise, abominate, abhor, hate, execrate.
detestable, a. abominable, loathsome, execrable, abhorrent.
detestation, n. abomination, execration, loathing, abhorrence, antipathy.
deuced, a. (Low) devilish, excessive, extreme.
devastate, v. desolate, sack, despoil, ravage, plunder.
devastation, n. desolation, sacking, despoliation, ravage, havoc.
develop, v. mature, evolve; unfold, disentangle, unravel. Antonyms: atrophy, blast, blight.
development, n. unfoldment, progression, evolution; hypertrophy (excessive development). Antonyms: atrophy, undevelopment, abortion, embryo.
deviate, v. swerve, deflect, digress, stray, wander, diverge.
Antonym: continue.
deviation, n. swerving, deflection, digression, divergence.
device, n. contrivance, invention, expedient, wile, maneuver, artifice, trickery; symbol, motto, legend, cognizance.
devil, n. Satan, Lucifer, Apollyon, Belial, Beelzebub, deuce, d.i.c.kens, Mephistopheles, Asmodeus, Abaddon; demon, fiend. a.s.sociated words: diabolology, Satanic, demoniac, exorcise, exorcism, diabolism, Izedi, Izedism, demonology.
devilish, a. demoniac, diabolical, fiendish, infernal; atrocious, reprobate.
devil-may-care, a. reckless, defiant.
deviltry, n. devilry, diablerie, devilment, fiendishness.
devious, a. wandering, circuitous, mazy, winding, tortuous, roundabout; erring, sinful.
devise, v. contrive, invent, scheme, concoct, excogitate; bequeath.
devoted person. devotee, zealot.
devotion, n. consecration, dedication; zeal, allegiance, attachment, love; wors.h.i.+p, adoration; religion, holiness, devoutness; fetis.h.i.+sm, infatuation.
devotional, a. reverential, devout.
devour, v. consume.
devout, a. pious, reverent, devotional, G.o.dly, holy, religious.
Antonyms: irreverent, irreligious, impious, unholy.
dexterity, n. expertness, skill, adroitness, apt.i.tude, readiness.
dexterous, a. expert, adroit, skillful.
dialing, n. gnomonics.
dialogue, n. colloquy, duologue, interlocutory, interlocution, collocution. a.s.sociated Words: interlocutor, interlocutory, collocutor.
diarrhea, n. flux; lientery; (of cattle) scour.
diatribe, n. philippic, tirade, invective, screed.
dice, n. die, cube. a.s.sociated Word: cleromancy.
d.i.c.ker, v. trade, barter, negotiate, exchange.--n. barter, trade, exchange, chaffering.
dictate, n. command, admonition, prescription, impulse.
dictator, n. despot, autocrat.
dictatorial, a. imperious, dogmatical, overbearing.
diction, n. language, phraseology.
dictionary, n. lexicon, vocabulary, wordbook, glossary; gazetteer, gradus, onomasticon, idioticon, thesaurus. a.s.sociated Words: lexicography, lexicographer, lexicographic.
dido, n. trick, antic, caper, prank.
die, v. expire, perish, decease; wither, fade, vanish, recede, wane, subside, languish.
die, n. dice; stamp.
differ, v. be unlike; disagree. Antonyms: agree, concur.
difference, n. dissimilarity, unlikeness, distinction, variation, contrast, discrepancy, discrimination, disparity, diversity, dissimilitude, incompatibility, inequality, heterogeneity, variety; dissension, variance. See disagreement. Antonyms: uniformity, similarity, agreement consonance, correspondence, indiscrimination, promiscuity, ident.i.ty.
different, a. dissimilar, unlike, contrary, opposite, contrasted, variant, diversified, manifold, various, diverse, sundry, incompatible, heterogeneous, nondescript, miscellaneous uncla.s.sifiable, unique.
Antonyms: similar, like, same.
differentiate, v. discriminate.
differentiation, n. discrimination.
difficult, a. arduous, onerous, complicated, intricate, hard; uncompliant, intractable, perverse, fastidious, exacting. Antonyms: facile, light, easy.
difficulty, n. obstacle, impediment, obstruction; arduousness, hardness; controversy, disagreement, objection, cavil; predicament, quandary, dilemma. Antonyms: ease, facility, extrication, release.
diffidence, n. timidity, bashfulness.
