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din.noun
a jumble of loud, usually discordant
sounds; noise
din, dinned,
dinning,
dins.verbs
transitive
verb use.to stun with deafening noise;
to instil by wearying.repetition
intransitive
verb use.to make a loud noise
devolve,
devolved,
devolving,
devolves.verbs
transitive use-to
pass on or delegate to another (the senator devolved the duties of office
upon a group of aides)
intransitive use-to
be passed on or transferred to another (the burden of proof devolved upon
the defendant; the estate devolved to an unlikely heir) devolvement.noun
debunk,
debunked,
debunking,
debunks.transitive
verbs
to expose or ridicule
the falseness, sham, or exaggerated
claims of (debunk the evolutionary fraud)
debunker.noun
deliberate.adjective.(pronounced
'deliber it')
done with or marked by full consciousness of the
nature and effects; intentional (mistook the oversight for a deliberate
insult);
arising from or marked by careful consideration (a deliberate decision);
unhurried in action, movement, or manner, as if trying to avoid error (moved
at a deliberate pace)
deliberate.(pronounced
'deliber ate'),
deliberated,
deliberating,
deliberates.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
think carefully and often slowly, as about a choice to be made; to consult
with another or others in a process of reaching a decision
transitive verb use.to
consider (a matter) carefully and often slowly, as by weighing alternatives;
ponder
deliberately.adverb
deliberateness.noun
deliberation.noun
the act or process of deliberating;
discussion and consideration of all sides of an issue (the deliberations
of a jury); thoughtfulness in decision or action; leisureliness in motion
or manner (the child stacked the blocks with deliberation)
detain,
detained,
detaining,
detains.transitive
verbs
to keep from proceeding; delay or retard; delay;
to keep in custody or temporary
confinement (the police detained several suspects for questioning)
detainment.noun
descend,
descended,
descending,
descends.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down; to slope, extend,
or incline downward; to come from an ancestor or ancestry (she was descended
from a pioneer family); to come down from a source; derive-(a
tradition descending from colonial days)
transitive verb use.to
move from a higher to a lower part of; go down
descendible or descendable.adjective
datum.noun,.plural.data
a fact or proposition
used to draw a conclusion or make a decision
daze,
dazed,
dazing,
dazes.transitive
verbs
to stun, as with a heavy blow or shock; stupefy;
to dazzle, as with strong light
daze.noun
a stunned or bewildered condition
'dumb ass'
dumb –.conspicuously
unintelligent; stupid (dumb officials); a dumb decision; unintentional;
haphazard (non planned, casual manner)
ass – a vain,
self important, silly, or aggressively stupid person
delinquent.adjective
failing to do what law or duty requires; overdue
in payment (a delinquent account)
delinquent.noun
a person who neglects or fails to do what law
or duty requires; a juvenile
delinquently.adverb
dialect.noun
a regional
variety of a language distinguished
by pronunciation, grammar,
or vocabulary, especially a
variety of speech differing from the standard literary
language or speech pattern of the culture
in which it exists (Cockney is a British dialect of English) dialectal.adjective
dialectally.adverb
dialectic.noun
the art or practice of arriving at the truth by
the exchange of logical arguments;
the process especially associated with Hegel
of arriving at the truth by stating a thesis,
developing a contradictory.antithesis
and combining and resolving them
into a coherent.synthesis;
the Marxian process of change
through the conflict of opposing forces, whereby a given contradiction
is characterized by a primary
and a secondary aspect, the secondary
succumbing
to the primary, which is then transformed
into an aspect of a new contradiction; the Marxian critique
of this process; a method of argument
or exposition that systematically
weighs contradictory facts or ideas with a view to the resolution
of their real or apparent contradictions;
the contradiction between two conflicting
forces viewed as the determining.factor
in their continuing interaction
dialectical.or.dialectic.adjective
dialectically.adverb
displease, displeased,
displeasing,
displeases.verbs
transitive verb use.to
cause annoyance or vexation
to
intransitive verb use.to
cause annoyance or displeasure
displeasingly.adverb
displeasure.noun
the condition or fact of being displeased;
dissatisfaction;
discomfort, uneasiness, or pain
discontent.noun
absence of contentment;
dissatisfaction;
a longing for better circumstances;
one who is discontented
discontent.adjective
discontented
discontent, discontented,
discontenting,
discontents.transitive
verbs
to make discontented
discontentment.noun
dissatisfied.adjective
feeling or exhibiting
a lack of contentment or satisfaction.
dissatisfiedly.adverb
dissatisfy, dissatisfied,
dissatisfying,
dissatisfies.transitive
verbs
to fail to satisfy;
disappoint
dissatisfaction.noun
the condition or feeling of being displeased
or dissatisfied; discontent; a cause of discontent
describe, described,
describing,
describes.transitive
verbs
to give an account of in speech or writing; to
convey
an idea or impression of;
characterize.(she
described her childhood as a time of wonder
and discovery; depict
describable.adjective
describer.noun
description.noun
the act, process,
or technique of describing.(published
a description of her travels; gave a vivid
description of the game); a depiction;
kind or sort (toys of every size and description)
debate, debated,
debating,
debates.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
consider something; deliberate; to engage in
argument
by discussing opposing points;
discuss
transitive verb use.to
deliberate on; consider' to dispute
or argue about
debate.noun
a discussion involving opposing points; an argument
debatement, debater.nouns
discard, discarded,
discarding,
discards.verbs
transitive verb use.to
throw away; reject; to throw out
(a playing card) from one's hand
intransitive verb use.to
discard a playing card
discard.noun
the act of discarding in a card game; a discarded
playing card; one that is discarded or rejected
discardable.adjective
discarder.noun
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