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deprave.transitive verb
inflected form(s).depraved, depraving
to speak ill of; malign; to make bad; to corrupt; to debase; debauch
depravation, depravement, depraver.nouns

depravation.noun
a depraved condition

depraved.adjective
marked by corruption or evil; especially, perverted
depravedness.noun
depravedly.adverb

depravity.noun
inflected form(s).plural.depravities
the quality or state of being depraved; a corrupt act or practice

deprive, deprived, depriving, deprives.transitive verb
in the state of having something taken away that was necessary; to take something away from; to keep from possessing or enjoying; deny
deprivable.adjective

deprivation.noun
the act or an instance of depriving; loss; the condition of being deprived; privation

deprecate.transitive verb
inflected form(s)-deprecated, deprecating
to express disapproval of; play down; make little of; belittle, disparage

depreciate, depreciated, depreciating, depreciates.verbs
transitive verb use.to lessen the price or value of; to think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle; decry; deprecate
intransitive verb senses.to diminish in price or value
depreciator.noun

depredate.verb
inflected form(s).depredated; depredating
transitive verb senses.to lay waste; plunder; ravage 
intransitive verb senses.to engage in plunder 
depredation, depredator-nouns
depredatory-adjective

deride.transitive verb
inflected form(s).derided, deriding
to subject to usually bitter or contemptuous.ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously; ridicule
derider.noun
deridingly.adverb

derision.noun
the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt; a state of being derided; an object of ridicule or scorn

derisive.adjective
derisory, derisively.adverbs
derisiveness.noun
showing derision

derisory.adjective
expressing derision; derisive; laughable; ridiculous.(a contribution so small as to be derisory)

derive, derived, deriving, derives.transitive verbs
to get or receive from a source; to trace from or to a source; to originate
derivative.adjective
derived, hence, not original

derivation.noun
the act or process of deriving; the state or fact of being derived; originating; a derivative; the form or source from which something is derived; an origin; the historical origin and development of a word; an etymology
Linguistics..the process by which words are formed from existing words or bases by adding affixes, as singer from sing or undo from do, by changing the shape of the word or base, as song from sing, or by adding an affix and changing the pronunciation of the word or base, as electricity from electric
derivational.adjective
deriver.noun
derivable.adjective

derivative.adverb
resulting from or employing derivation.(a derivative word; a derivative process); copied or adapted from others (a highly derivative style of clothing)
derivative, derivativeness.noun
something derived
derivatively.adverb

derriere.noun
buttocks

descendant.adjective
a person who is an offspring (born of, child) of a family or ancestors 
descendent.adjective
descending (to descend, to move from a higher to a lower place)

descent.noun
lineage; ancestry; a descending; going down; downward motion

despair.verb
intransitive verb senses.to lose all hope or confidence (despair of winning) 
transitive verb senses.to lose hope for 
despair, despairer-nouns
function as a.noun-despair
utter loss of hope; a cause of hopelessness (an incorrigible child is the despair of his parents)

despicable.adjective
deserving of contempt or scorn; vile; hideous
despicableness.noun
despicably.adverb

despise, despised, despising, despises.transitive verbs
to regard with contempt or scorn: despised all cowards and flatterers; to dislike intensely; loathed.(despised the frigid weather in January); disdain; to regard as unworthy of one's interest or concern (despised any thought of their own safety)
despisal, despiser.nouns

despite.noun
a looking down upon; in spite of; notwithstanding

debtor.noun
one that owes something to another

damn, damned, damning, damns.verbs
transitive verb use.to pronounce an adverse judgment upon; condemn; to bring about the failure of; ruin; to condemn as harmful, illegal, or immoral
intransitive verb use.to swear; curse
damn.interjection
used to express anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment
damn.noun
the least valuable bit; a jot.(not worth a damn)
damn.adverb
damn.adjective
damn well.idiom
without any doubt; positively (I am damn well going to climb ths mountain)
damningly.adverb

devitalize, devitalized, devitalizing, devitalizes.transitive verbs
to diminish or destroy the strength or vitality of
devitalization.noun

dismiss, dismissed, dismissing, dismisses.transitive verbs
to end the employment or service of; discharge; to direct or allow to leave (dismissed troops after the inspection; dismissed the student after reprimanding him); to stop considering; rid one's mind of; dispel (dismissed all thoughts of running for office); to refuse to accept or recognize; reject (dismissed the claim as highly improbable)
dismissible.adjective
dismission.noun

doublespeak, double talk.noun
deliberately ambiguous or evasive language

devise, devised, devising, devises.transitive verbs
to form, plan, or arrange in the mind; design or contrive.(devised a new system for handling mail orders)
devise, deviser.nouns
devisable.adjective

disembody, disembodied, disembodying, disembodies.transitive verbs
to free (the soul or spirit) from the body; to divest of material existence or substance
disembodiment.noun
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