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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
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
destitution.noun
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; not methodical; random
desultorily.adverb
desultoriness.noun
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
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
determinism.noun
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
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
determinably.adverb
determinant.adjective
a thing or factor that determines
determinable,
determined.adjectives
having one's mind made up
determiner.noun
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
determinacy.noun
the quality
or condition of being determinate; the condition
of being determined or characterized
detriment.noun
anything that causes damage or injury; exceedingly
harmful; 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.noun
deuterium is important
to the balance in the universe; 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, deviator.nouns
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
something that differs from a norm, especially
a person whose behavior and attitudes differ from accepted higher standards
deviance or deviancy.noun
devious.adjective
deviating from the proper
course; going astray; crooked;
winding; rambling; not straightforward;
shifty.(a
devious political maneuver);
departing from the correct or accepted way; erring
(achieved success by devious means); deviating from the straight or direct
course; roundabout (a devious route)
deviously.adverb
deviousness.noun
the quality of being deceitful
and underhanded;
crookedness;
being oblique
devoid.adjective
completely lacking; destitute or empty
devotion.noun
ardent,
often selfless affection and dedication,
as to a person; love
devote,
devoted,
devoting,
devotes.transitive
verbs
to give or apply (one's time, attention,
or self) entirely to a particular
activity, pursuit, cause, or person; 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
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
an East Indian Hindu
word for the underlying intelligent
energy supporting the universe 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
disregard,
disregarded,
disregarding,
disregards.transitive
verbs
to pay no attention or heed
to; ignore; to treat without proper respect or attentiveness
disregard.noun
lack of thoughtful attention or due regard
disregardful.adjective
disregarder.noun
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
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
doldrums.noun.plural
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.or.disreputableness.noun
disrepute.noun
damage to or loss of reputation;
disgrace
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