| derogatory | expressing a low opinion; disparaging; V. derogate: detract; disparage |
| descry | catch sight of (something distant) |
| desecrate | profane; violate the sanctity of |
| deserts | what someone deserves |
| desiccate | dry up |
| desolate | make desolate; forsake; abandon and desert |
| desperado | reckless, desperate outlaw |
| desperate | having lost all hope; despairing; reckless and violent because of loss of hope or despair; undertaken as a last resort |
| despise | look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible |
| despoil | plunder; sack; Ex. despoil the village |
| despondent | without hope and courage; depressed; gloomy; N. despondency: loss of hope with gloom; dejection |
| despot | tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; CF. despotism |
| destitute | extremely poor; lacking means of subsistence; utterly lacking; devoid; Ex. destitute of any experience |
| desultory | aimless; haphazard; digressing at random |
| detached | emotionally removed; free from emotional involvement; calm and objective; physically separate; N. detachment; CF. attachment |
| detain | keep waiting; prevent from leaving or going; N. detention |
| determinate | having a fixed order of procedure; precisely defined; invariable; fixed; conclusive; final |
| determination | resolve; firmness of purpose; measurement or calculation; decision |
| deterrent | something that discourages or deters |
| detonation | explosion |
| detraction | slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF. detractor |
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