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despondent.adjective
feeling or showing discouragement, dejection,
or depression (despondent about his health); a deep dejection
arising from a conviction of the uselessness of further effort
despondently.adverb
synonyms.despairing,
hopeless
despondency.noun,.plural.despondencies
depression of spirits
from loss of hope, confidence, or courage; dejection; despair
destitute.adjective
utterly
lacking; devoid; lacking resources
or the means of subsistence;
without things normally necessary for life; impoverished
destituteness.noun.(many
words ending in 'ess'
are
usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
can make the word be clumsy)
destitution.noun,.plural.destitutions
extreme.want
of resources
or the means
of subsistence;
complete poverty;
a deprivation
or lack;
a deficiency;
impoverishment
desultory.adjective
lack of method
or system, as in jumping from one thing to another; disconnected; unorganized;
not methodical; random
desultorily.adverb
desultoriness.noun,.plural.desultorinesses
deteriorate, deteriorated,
deteriorating, deteriorates.transitive
verbs
if something deteriorates, it becomes worse
in some way; lower in quality;
depreciate;
to diminish or impair
in quality, character,
or value
(time and neglect
had deteriorated the property)
deterioration.noun,.plural.deteriorations
a deteriorated condition
deteriorative.adjective
determine, determined,
determining,
determines.verbs
transitive use.to
decide
or settle (a dispute, for example)
conclusively;
to end or decide, as by judicial action; to establish or ascertain
definitely, as after consideration, investigation or calculation; discover;
regulate (demand determines production); to give direction to (the management
committee determines departmental policy); decide
determine.intransitive
verb
to set limits to; define; decide; resolve;
to give a definite aim or direction
to
determination.noun,.plural.determinations
the resolving
of a question by argument or
reasoning;
the act of deciding
definitely
and firmly; the result of such an act of decision; the power or habit of
deciding; definitely and firmly; a fixing or finding of the position, magnitude,
value, or character of something; the act, process, or result of an accurate
measurement; the definition of a concept
in logic by its essential.constituents;
the addition of a differentia
to a concept to limit its denotation
determined.adjective
decided or resolved;
marked
by or showing determination;
resolute.(was
engaged in a protracted argument)
determinedly.adverb
determinedness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
determinism.noun,.plural.determinisms
the doctrine
that one's choice of action is not free, but is determined by a sequence
of causes independent of his will
determinist.noun,.plural.determinists
a person who believes in determinism
deterministic.adjective
determinable.adjective
capable
of being determined, limited, or fixed (determinable
velocities);
capable of being settled or decided (matters determinable by common law)
determinableness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
determinably.adverb
determinant.adjective
a thing or factor that determines
determinable,
determined.adjectives
having one's mind made up
determiner.noun,.plural.determiners
one that determines
Grammar:.a
word belonging to a group of noun modifiers, which include articles, demonstratives,
possessive
adjectives and words such as any, both or whose and occupying the first
position in a noun phrase or the second or third position after another
determiner
determinative.adjective
determining or serving
to determine
determinate.adjective
conclusively
settled; final; firm in purpose; resolute; precisely defined; definite
(a determinate number; a determinate distance)
determinately.adverb
determinateness.noun,.plural.determinatenesses
determinacy.noun,.plural.determinacies
the quality
or condition of being determinate; the condition
of being determined or characterized
detriment.noun,.plural.detriments
if something happens to the detriment of something
or to a person's detriment, it causes harm or damage to them (children
spend too much time on schoolwork, to the detriment of other activities);
if something happens without detriment to a man, woman or child or thing,
it does not harm or damage them; detriment is anything that causes harm,
damage or injury; detriment implies obvious harmfulness to something specified
(the detrimental effects of excessive drinking and false information)
detrimental.adjective
causing damage; harmful
detrimentally.adverb
synonym.pernicious
deuterium.proper
noun
deuterium is important
to the balance in the multiverse; the hydrogen-isotope,
also known as hydrogen2, having 1 proton
and 1 neutron in the nucleus,
and having an atomic weight
of approximately 2; deuterium occurs when the simplest hydrogen nucleus
(a proton) captures the neutron or reacts with another proton; deuterium
has an atomic weight of 2.014, double that of ordinary hydrogen
deviant.adjective
differing from a norm or from the accepted standards
of a society
deviant.noun,.plural.deviants
one that differs from a norm, especially a person
whose behavior and attitudes differ from accepted social standards
deviance.or.deviancy.noun
deviate, deviated,
deviating,
deviates.verbs
instansitive verb use to turn aside from
a correct course; digress;
diverge;
to depart, as from a norm, a purpose or a subject; a sexual pervert;
stray; swerve
transitive verb use to cause to turn aside
or differ
deviate,.noun,.plural.deviates
deviator.noun,.plural.deviators
a deviant
deviatory.adjective
deviation.noun,.plural.deviations
divergence;
a turning aside; a going away from
deviator.noun
a person or thing that deviates
synonyms-veer,
swerve,
diverge, digress
deviant.adjective
differing from a norm or from the accepted higher
standards
deviant.noun,.plural.deviant
something that differs from a norm, especially
an individual whose behavior and attitudes differ from accepted higher
standards
deviance.noun
or deviancy.noun,.plural.deviances.or
deviancies
devious.adjective
deviating from a proper
course of action; going astray;
crooked; winding; rambling; not straightforward;
shifty.(a
devious political maneuver);
departing from the correct way; erring
(achieved success by devious means); deviating from the straight or direct
course; roundabout (a devious route)
deviously.adverb
deviousness.noun,.plural.deviousnesses
the quality of being deceitful
and underhanded;
crookedness;
being oblique
devoid.adjective
completely lacking; destitute or empty
devotion.noun,.plural.devotions
ardent,
often selfless affection and dedication,
as to an individual; love; Luciano
Pavarotti on it
devote,
devoted,
devoting,
devotes.transitive
verbs
to give or apply (one's time, attention,
or self) entirely to a particular
activity, pursuit, cause or individual; dedicated;
a spiritual person who is devout;
to set apart for a specific purpose
or use (land devoted to mining); to set apart by or as if by a vow or solemn
act;
consecrate
devotement.noun
devoted.adjective
feeling or displaying strong affection or attachment;
ardent
(a devoted friend); dedicated
devotedly.adverb
devotedness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
synonyms-dedicate,
consecrate,
pledge
devotee.noun,.plural.devotees
one who is ardently
devoted to something; an enthusiast
or advocate (a devotee of the
evolutionary theory); a fervid.adherent
of a religion; a votary
dharma.noun,.plural.dharmas
an East Indian Hindu
word for the underlying intelligent
energy supporting the multiverse and all within it and an individual's
purpose in life when he is on the path of action growing and engaging in
activities that mostly contribute to growth and responsibility (being the
caretaker of all in your life) in all aspects
of life including service, sharing, compassion and love; in both Hinduism
and Buddhism are the basic principles
of cosmic or individual existence;
divine law; righteousness; conformity to one's duty and nature
dharmic.adjective
diamagnetic.adjective
of or relating to a substance that is repelled
by a magnet
diamagnetism.noun,.plural.diamagnetisms
disregard,
disregarded,
disregarding,
disregards.transitive
verbs
to pay no attention or heed
to; ignore; to treat without proper
respect or attentiveness
disregard.noun,.plural.disregards
lack of thoughtful attention or due regard
disregardful.adjective
disregarder.noun,.plural.disregarders
drone.noun,.plural.drones
a male bee, especially a honeybee, that is characteristically
stingless, performs no work and produces no honey, where its only function
is to mate with the queen bee; a pilotless aircraft operated by remote
control
drone,
droned,
droning,
drones.intransitive
verbs
to make a continuous low dull humming sound; to
speak in a monotonous
tone (the lecturer droned on for hours); to pass or act in a monotonous
way
transitive use.to
utter in a monotonous low tone
drone.noun,.plural.drones
a continuous low humming or buzzing sound
dismantle, dismantled,
dismantling,
dismantles.transitive
verbs
to take apart; disassemble; tear down; to put
an end to in a gradual systematic way (dismantling the cumbersome regulations
for interstate trucking); to strip of furnishings or equipment (dismantled
the house before knocking it down); to strip of covering or clothing
dismantlement.noun,.plural.dismantlements
doldrums.plural
noun
a period of stagnation or slump; a period of depression
or unhappy
listlessness; a region
of the ocean near the equator, characterized
by calms, light winds, or squalls;
the weather conditions characteristic
of these regions of the ocean
demarcate, demarcated,
demarcating,
demarcates.transitive
verbs
to set the boundaries
of; delimit; to separate
clearly as if by boundaries; distinguish
(demarcate categories)
demarcation.noun,.plural.demarcations
the setting or marking of boundaries or limits;
a separation;
a distinction
demarcator.noun,.plural.demarcators
disreputable.adjective
lacking respectability,
as in character, behavior
or appearance
disreputably.adverb
disreputability.noun,.plural.disreputabilities
disreputableness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
disrepute.noun,.plural.disreputes
damage to or loss of reputation;
disgrace
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