Part 6
ANT. _Mature; refined, sensitive; well-considered, finished, classical, highly wrought, elaborate._
=Cruel.= Inhuman, merciless, unfeeling, dire, ruthless, pitiless, relentless, savage, brutal, ferocious, blood-thirsty, sanguinary; severe, sharp, bitter, hard.
ANT. _Gentle, mild, merciful, humane, forbearing, generous._
=Crush.= Pound, crumble, demolish, overpower, squeeze, compress, bruise, shatter, raze, pulverize.
ANT. _Consolidate, compact, amalgamate, solidify, stabilitate._
=Culmination.= Zenith, success, consummation, acme, completion, apex.
ANT. _Failure, downfall, defeat, descent, decline._
=Culpable.= Blameworthy, blamable, censurable, reprehensible, faulty, wrong.
ANT. _Innocent, blameless, laudable, praiseworthy._
=Culprit.= Criminal, delinquent, felon, malefactor, offender.
ANT. _Hero, example, pattern, model, saint, upright man._
=Cultivate.= Till; fertilize; improve, refine, train, discipline, develop; study, pursue, investigate; nourish, foster, cherish, promote.
ANT. _Neglect, blight, blast; uproot, eradicate, extirpate; stifle, abandon, prevent, discourage._
=Cunning.= Craft, artifice, deceit, intrigue, subtlety, chicane.
ANT. _Candor, guilelessness, sincerity._
=Cupidity.= Longing, greed, lust; covetousness, avarice, acquisitiveness, stinginess.
ANT. _Prodigality, liberality, generosity, extravagance._
=Curb.= Restrain, check, control, repress, bridle.
ANT. _Indulge, emancipate, loose, release, free, liberate._
=Cure=, _n._ Remedy, antidote, restorative, corrective, help, specific; healing, restoration, convalescence, alleviation, renovation.
ANT. _Complaint, contagion, disease, ailment; aggravation, confirmation; inoculation._
=Curiosity.= Inquisitiveness, wonder, marvel, rarity, celebrity; inquiry, investigation, scrutiny, research.
ANT. _Indifference, heedlessness, disregard, abstraction; apathy._
=Curious.= Prying, meddling, inquisitive, searching, scrutinizing; rare, singular, strange; elegant, finished.
ANT. _Indifferent, uninterested; trite, common, usual._
=Current.= Common, general, prevalent, present, floating, popular, ordinary, vulgar.
ANT. _Obsolete, rejected, exploded; private, secret; confined._
=Curse=, _n._ Execration, malediction, anathema, denunciation; scourge, plague, torment, affliction, trouble; imprecation, ban, oath.
ANT. _Blessing, benediction, joy, crown; prosperity, welfare, luck, success._
=Cursory.= Hasty, superficial, desultory, careless, slight, rapid.
ANT. _Elaborate, searching, minute, profound._
=Custody.= Care, keeping, protection; confinement, duress, imprisonment.
ANT. _Neglect, betrayal, exposure, desertion; liberation discharge._
=Custom.= Usage, habit, fashion, practice, rule; form, formality, observance; patronage; duty, tax.
ANT. _Law, regulation, command; disuse, non-observance, desuetude._
=Cutting.= Sharp, keen; sarcastic, severe, satirical, wounding, piercing, trenchant, stinging, sardonic, cruel.
ANT. _Mild, soothing, flattering, indulgent, consoling, gratifying._
=Cynical.= Censorious, churlish, carping, cross, peevish; derisive, contemptuous, scornful, pessimistic, misanthropic.
ANT. _Genial, lenient; optimistic, philanthropic._
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=Dainty.= Exquisite, choice, rare, refined; savory, palatable, delicious, toothsome, tasty, epicurean; fastidious, luxurious.
ANT. _Common, dirty, vulgar, coarse, defiled, nasty, foul, filthy._
=Damage.= Hurt, injury, detriment, loss, mischief, impairment.
ANT. _Benefit, compensation, advantage, blessing, reparation._
=Danger.= Peril, risk, hazard, venture, insecurity, liability, jeopardy.
ANT. _Safety, security, precaution, defense._
=Daring.= Adventurous, fearless, risky, brave, courageous, dauntless, intrepid, valorous.
ANT. _Cautious, timid, wary, fearful._
=Dark.= Black, swarthy, opaque, obscure, shadowy, lurid, sunless, murky, cloudy, overcast, ebon, pitchy, secret; mysterious, enigmatical, unintelligible, occult, abstruse; gloomy, disheartening, cheerless, dismal; ignorant, rude, untaught, benighted; wicked, foul, horrible, damnable, vile, atrocious, infernal; joyless, mournful, sad, sorrowful.
ANT. _White, fair, light, radiant, bright, clear, buoyant, plain, brilliant, glaring, crystalline, transparent, dazzling, luminous, illumed; happy, joyful, festive._
=Darling.= Sweetheart, love, pet, favorite, idol, dear.
=Dash.= Strike, hurl, cast, throw, drive, send, speed, dart; alloy, adulterate; suffuse, overspread, color; disappoint, ruin, frustrate; surprise, abash.
ANT. _Raise, erect, reinstate; creep, crawl; fulfil, realize, effect._
=Dastard.= Coward, craven, recreant.
ANT. _Hero, champion; daredevil._
=Data.= Facts, basis, grounds, postulates, premises, given conditions.
ANT. _Conjectures, assumptions, inferences, deductions._
=Date.= Time, era, epoch, period, age.
ANT. _Non-duration; eternity._
=Daub.= Smear, plaster, sully, begrime, soil, deface, defile.
ANT. _Embellish, decorate; cleanse, whiten._
=Daunt.= Terrify, alarm, intimidate, appal, frighten off, tame.
ANT. _Rally, inspirit, encourage._
=Dauntless.= Valiant, fearless, intrepid, bold, indomitable, unconquerable, valorous, chivalrous, heroic, brave, daring.
ANT. _Cowardly, timid, cautious, fearful, afraid, faint-hearted, shrinking._
=Dawn.= Appear, begin, open; break, grow light, rise.
ANT. _Wane, set, sink, close._
=Dazzle.= Daze, blind; astonish, surprise, overpower, bewilder, confuse.
ANT. _Enlighten, illumine, illuminate; make clear, instruct._
=Dead.= Lifeless, breathless, inanimate, deceased, defunct, departed; dull, cold, frigid, inert, indifferent; tasteless, insipid, flat; insensible, heavy, unconscious, spiritless, still, torpid.
ANT. _Quick, live, living, animate, alive, stirring, vivacious._
=Deadly.= Mortal, fatal, destructive, noxious, murderous, malignant, pernicious, baneful, venomous.
ANT. _Vital, wholesome, life-giving._
=Deaf.= Hard of hearing; dull, insensible, heedless; inexorable, averse, disinclined; inaudible.
ANT. _Acute, listening, attentive, willing, susceptible._
=Deal.= Bargain, chaffer, trade, traffic, do business; distribute, allot, divide, share, mete out.
ANT. _Close, stop, fail; collect, gather, glean, muster._
=Dear.= Costly, high-priced, expensive, precious; beloved, valued.
ANT. _Cheap, common, inexpensive; hated, abhorred._
=Dearth.= Lack, want, scarcity, poverty.
ANT. _Plenty, abundance, luxury._
=Death.= Decease, dying, dissolution, departure, exit, expiration.
ANT. _Life, birth, rise, vitality, growth, activity._
=Debar.= Exclude, bar out, stop, prevent, prohibit, restrain, hinder.
ANT. _Admit, enclose, embrace; allow, indulge, permit, entitle._
=Debase.= Degrade, deprave, corrupt, alloy, deteriorate, lower, impair.
ANT. _Raise, enhance, exalt, honor, purify, improve, ameliorate._
=Debate=, _n._ Discussion, dispute, controversy, contention, altercation, contest.
ANT. Compliance, surrender, withdrawal of opposition.
=Debatable.= Dubious, doubtful, uncertain, disputable, problematical.
ANT. _Sure, certain, incontestable, self-evident._
=Debauch.= Seduce, corrupt, vitiate, defile.
ANT. _Purify, elevate._
=Debility.= Infirmity, weakness, languor, exhaustion, feebleness.
ANT. _Vigor, strength, nerve, energy, tone, vitality._
=Debt.= Liability, obligation, default, claim, score.
ANT. _Liquidation, assets, accommodation, credit._
=Debtor.= Borrower, mortgagor.
ANT. _Creditor, lender, mortgagee._
=Decay=, _v._ Corrupt, putrefy, decompose, rot, spoil, molder, wither, perish.
ANT. _Flourish, luxuriate, expand, vegetate, grow, increase._
=Deceit.= Fraud, deception, cheating, artifice, imposition, guile.
ANT. _Honesty, openness, fair dealing, frankness, truth, verity._
=Deceive.= Cheat, dupe, delude, beguile, fool, trick, impose upon, disappoint, mislead, circumvent, entrap.
ANT. _Enlighten, guide, disabuse, deliver._
=Deception.= Craft, cunning, lying, fraud, hypocrisy, trickery, delusion, duplicity, deceitfulness, falsehood, prevarication.
ANT. _Candor, honesty, sincerity, truth, veracity, guilelessness, frankness, simplicity._
=Decide.= Determine, settle, conclude, close, terminate, end, resolve.
ANT. _Waver, hesitate, vacillate, fluctuate, be irresolute._
=Decipher.= Reveal, explain, unravel, unfold.
ANT. _Puzzle, mystify._
=Decision.= Determination, sentence, conclusion, judgment; firmness, resolution.
ANT. _Vacillation, vagueness, uncertainty._
=Decisive.= Conclusive, positive, final, definitive, indisputable.
ANT. _Vague, hypothetical, indeterminate, dubious, problematical._
=Deck.= Adorn, dress, ornament.
ANT. _Strip, despoil; deform, deface._
=Declaim.= Recite, speak, debate, harangue.
ANT. _Study, compose, elaborate._
=Declamation.= Harangue, effusion, debate, oratory, elocution.
ANT. _Hesitation, stammering._
=Declaration.= Assertion, affirmation, avowal; publication, proclamation, official announcement.
ANT. _Denial; concealment; recantation, disavowal, retraction._
=Declare.= Announce, publish, advertise, reveal, proclaim.
ANT. _Suppress, withhold, conceal._
=Decline.= Fall, decay, decadence, degeneration; refusal, rejection, repudiation.
ANT. _Rise, advancement, improvement; acceptance._
=Declivity.= Fall, slope, descent.
ANT. _Ascent, rise._
=Decoction.= Concoction, mixture, mess.
ANT. _Rawness. crudity._
=Decompose.= Analyze, dissolve, resolve; decay, putrefy, become corrupt.
ANT. _Compound, mix, organize, compose._
=Decorate.= Adorn, embellish, improve.
ANT. _Spoil, mar, denude, deface._
=Decorum.= Dignity, order, propriety, seemliness.
ANT. _Disorder, disturbance, unseemliness._
=Decrease.= Lessen, diminish, subside, want, dwindle, curtail, retrench, reduce, lower.
ANT. _Increase, grow, augment, expand._
=Decree.= Decision, determination, law, edict, mandate, manifesto.
ANT. _Suggestion, request, hint._
=Decrepit.= Weak, infirm, tottering, aged.
ANT. _Strong, youthful._
=Decry.= Disparage, detract, depreciate, denounce, abase, traduce.
ANT. _Extol, praise, eulogize, laud._
=Dedicate.= Devote, hallow, sanctify, consecrate; address, inscribe; assign, apply, set apart.
ANT. _Desecrate, misuse, alienate._
=Deduce.= Infer, draw, derive, conclude.
ANT. _Induce, state, conjecture, guess, anticipate, foresee._
=Deed.= Performance, act, action, exploit; reality, fact, truth; document, instrument.
ANT. _Omission, failure, invalidation, reversal, recall; undoing._
=Deep.= Profound; difficult, mysterious, hard, intricate; penetrating, sagacious, astute, intelligent, discerning, shrewd; heartfelt, intense, thorough.
ANT. _Shallow; superficial, artless, undesigning; indifferent._
=Default.= Neglect, failure, omission; want, destitution, lack; lapse, forfeit, delinquency, absence.
ANT. _Satisfaction; appearance, plea; maintenance, supply; presence._
=Defeat.= Overthrow, frustration, discomfiture.
ANT. _Success, triumph, victory._
=Defect.= Fault, flaw, imperfection; omission, want, shortcoming.
ANT. _Emendation, perfection; supply, sufficiency._
=Defense.= Apology, justification, vindication; shelter, shield, protection, guard, resistance, rampart, fortress, safeguard, bulwark.
ANT. _Surrender, betrayal, exposure, hazard; challenge._
=Defer.= Delay, postpone, procrastinate, adjourn, put off; yield to, respect.
ANT. _Hasten, hurry, expedite, quicken, overdrive; slight, disregard._
=Deference.= Respect, consideration, esteem, veneration, homage.
ANT. _Disrespect, contumely, impudence, defiance, disobedience._
=Defile.= Contaminate, spoil, pollute, vitiate, infect, taint, befoul.
ANT. _Purify, cleanse, disinfect, wash, hallow, sanctify._
=Definition.= Description, exposition, comment, explanation, interpretation, rendering, translation.
ANT. _Misstatement._
=Deformity.= Ugliness, malformation, distortion, disfigurement, abnormity, hideousness.
ANT. _Grace, beauty, regularity, symmetry._
=Defrayment.= Payment, settlement, liquidation, discharge.
ANT. _Failure, insolvency, repudiation, embezzlement, nonpayment._
=Defy.= Challenge, dare, provoke, scorn, brave.
ANT. _Dread, cower, shrink, shun._
=Degeneracy.= Degradation, deterioration, growing worse, decay, decline; inferiority, meanness.
ANT. _Improvement, advancement._
=Degree.= Grade, rank, step, station, stage, quality, standing; measure, interval, space.
ANT. _Mass, magnitude, size, numbers._
=Dejected.= Disheartened, discouraged, depressed, downcast, despondent, gloomy, melancholy, low-spirited.
ANT. _Cheerful, elated, gay, blithe, inspirited, joyous, jovial, merry._
=Delay.= Postponement, procrastination; hindrance, impediment.
ANT. _Hurry, despatch, quickening, urgency; assistance, furtherance._
=Delegate=, _n._ Substitute, proxy, representative, legate, deputy.
=Delegate=, _v._ Depute, commission, appoint, empower, constitute, ordain.
ANT. _Relegate, recall, supersede, remove._
=Deleterious.= Destructive, noxious, deadly, poisonous; hurtful, harmful, injurious, pernicious, unwholesome.
ANT. _Wholesome, healthy, beneficial, sanitary, salubrious, nutritious._
=Deliberate=, _v._ Meditate, ponder, debate, confer, consider, reflect, consult, weigh, cogitate.
ANT. _Shelve, dismiss, discard, put aside; hazard, chance, risk._
=Deliberate=, _a._ Cautious, careful, wary; well-advised, purposed, studied; slow, leisurely; intentional, earnest, unbiased.
ANT. _Facetious, playful; irresolute, hesitant, faltering, vacillating; impulsive, rash, hasty; prejudiced._
=Delicacy.= Dainty, morsel, tidbit, relish; refinement, luxury, nicety, elegance; frailty, weakness; fastidiousness, scrupulousness; purity, sensibility.
ANT. _Necessaries, commons, fare; coarseness, roughness, rudeness; vigor, strength; grossness._
=Delicious.= Dainty, savory, delightful, luscious, exquisite.
ANT. _Nauseous, repulsive, bitter, loathsome, unpalatable, acrid._
=Delight.= Joy, gladness, charm, rapture, transport, satisfaction, pleasure, ecstasy, happiness, enjoyment, bliss.
ANT. _Pain, suffering, sorrow, misery, discomfort, dejection, melancholy, discontent, trouble, distress, depression._
=Delightful.= Agreeable, congenial, grateful, pleasant, refreshing, welcome, satisfying, delicious, acceptable, pleasurable.
ANT. _Miserable, depressing, disappointing, horrible, melancholy, painful, woful, wretched, mournful, saddening._
=Delineate.= Describe, figure, represent, sketch, draw, portray, depict, paint.
ANT. _Caricature, misrepresent, exaggerate._
=Delinquent.= Offender, culprit, criminal, miscreant, malefactor.
ANT. _Worthy, model, paragon, pattern, beau ideal._
=Deliver.= Free, liberate, release; save, rescue; give, hand over, transfer; yield, grant, resign, surrender; pronounce, declare, speak; discharge, deal.
ANT. _Confine, capture; suppress, retain; withdraw, betray; appropriate._
=Deluge.= Inundation, flood, overflow, rush, cataclysm.
ANT. _Drought, dearth, aridity; mist, moisture; subsidence, ebb, abatement._
=Delusion.= Error, fallacy, illusion, hallucination, trick, snare, fraud, deception, imposture.
ANT. _Fact, certainty, verity, actuality, truth, reality._
=Demand.= Require, ask, call for, insist, exact, challenge.
ANT. _Request, petition, supplicate; disclaim, forego, waive._
=Demarcation.= Outline, sketch, limit, boundary, division, enclosure, separation, distinction.
ANT. _Openness, space, expanse, extent._
=Demean.= Behave, comport, act, conduct one’s self.
ANT. _Misbehave._
=Demerit.= Fault, delinquency, misdeed, failure.
ANT. _Credit, merit, worth, excellence, desert._
=Democratic.= Popular, representative, republican, radical.
ANT. _Imperial, aristocratic, regal, oligarchical, autocratic, despotic, tyrannical, constitutional, conservative._
=Demolish.= Overthrow, destroy, overturn, raze, ruin.
ANT. _Restore, repair; build, construct, make._
=Demonstration.= Exhibition, exemplification; manifestation, illustration; evidence, proof, certainty, conclusion, consequence, induction, inference, deduction.
ANT. _Concealment, secrecy; theory, supposition._
=Demoralize.= Corrupt, deprave, vitiate, undermine, subvert.
ANT. _Stimulate, impel, promote, incite, reassure, animate, uplift._
=Demure.= Sedate, staid, modest, prudish, discreet.
ANT. _Lively, vivacious, facetious, wanton, wild._
=Denial.= Refusal; contradiction, negation, disavowal.
ANT. _Affirmation, avowal, admission, concession._
=Denizen.= Citizen, subject, inhabitant, dweller, sojourner.
ANT. _Foreigner, alien, traveler, stranger, transient._
=Denomination.= Name, designation, description, appellation, class, sect, school.
ANT. _Misnomer._
=Denounce.= Brand, defame, stigmatize, decry; accuse; menace, threaten; proscribe, vituperate.
ANT. _Eulogize, applaud, uphold, vindicate._
=Dense.= Thick, slow, compact, solid, close, thickset.
ANT. _Sparse, thin, scattered; quick, intelligent, clever, alert, ready._
=Denunciation.= Censure, arraignment; threat, menace; exposure.
ANT. _Vindication, defense, apology, plea, excuse._
=Deny.= Refuse, withhold; contradict, gainsay; renounce, abjure, disown.
ANT. _Affirm, grant, accept, concede; indulge, yield, admit._
=Depart.= Leave, go, start, sally, retire, disappear, vanish, bid farewell; die, decease.
ANT. _Arrive, alight; stay, remain, cling._
=Department.= Division, section, portion; function, office, duty, station; province, branch, line.
ANT. _Organization, whole, body._
=Dependent.= Hanging, resting, contingent, conditioned, relying, subject, relative.
ANT. _Independent, free, absolute, irrespective._
=Depict.= Portray, draw, paint, delineate.
ANT. _Caricature, parody._
=Deplorable.= Lamentable, pitiable, sad, mournful, disastrous, calamitous, grievous, distressing, melancholy.
ANT. _Acceptable, felicitous, happy, welcome, glad, joyous, beneficent, pleasing._
=Deportment.= Conduct, carriage, behavior, demeanor, character.
ANT. _Misbehavior, misconduct._
=Depose.= Dethrone, debase, degrade, dismiss, oust, displace.
ANT. _Enthrone, install, initiate, elevate, exalt, invest with power._
=Deprecate.= Regret, disapprove, lament; intercede, expostulate.
ANT. _Rejoice in, approve; invoke, imprecate, curse._
=Depreciate.= Disparage, decry, undervalue, detract, underestimate.
ANT. _Appreciate, value, esteem._
=Depredation.= Robbery, pillage, plunder, spoliation, theft, invasion, trespass, havoc, encroachment.
ANT. _Restitution, compensation, restoration, amends, reparation._
=Depression.= Lowering, degradation, abasement, perversion, depreciation, dejection, discouragement; hollow, valley, decline.
ANT. _Elevation, raising, exaltation, promotion, amelioration, preferment, prominence, eminence._
=Deprive.= Bereave, rob, divest, strip, despoil, dispossess, depose; prevent, hinder.
ANT. _Endow, enrich, invest, compensate, present, indemnify._
=Deputy.= Lieutenant, agent, representative, envoy, legate, substitute, vicegerent, proxy, delegate.
ANT. _Master, principal, governor, chief, sovereign, ruler._
=Derangement.= Disorder, confusion, disarrangement; disturbance, discomposure; madness, lunacy, insanity, mania, delirium, alienation, aberration.
ANT. _Order, arrangement, regulation; calmness; sanity, poise, rationality._
=Derision.= Scorn, contempt, ridicule, mockery, contumely, scoffing.
ANT. _Admiration, respect, reverence, regard, esteem, veneration._
=Derivation.= Source, origin, genesis, fountain, descent, root, etymology.
ANT. _Result, issue, termination, effect, application, use._
=Derogate.= Detract, depreciate, disparage, compromise, lessen.
ANT. _Esteem, value, overestimate, enhance, extol._
=Descendant.= Offspring, posterity, progeny, stock, family, lineage, scion, branch, issue.
ANT. _Ancestry, progenitor, origin, root, source, founder, parent._
=Describe.= Trace, draw, portray, mark out, represent, depict, recount, narrate, illustrate, define, explain, characterize.
ANT. _Caricature, misrepresent, distort; mystify, perplex, confuse._
=Descry.= Perceive, discern, recognize, discover, espy, see, behold, detect, find out.
ANT. _Overlook, miss, neglect._
=Desecrate.= Profane, pollute, pervert, abuse, secularize, prostitute.
ANT. _Hallow, sanctify, respect, esteem, dedicate, devote._
=Desert.= Solitude, wild, wilderness, waste.
ANT. _Oasis, pasture, meadow._
=Deserter.= Renegade, turncoat, recanter, backslider, abjurer, traitor, apostate.
ANT. _Adherent, devotee, supporter, bigot, disciple, ally._
=Deserve.= Merit, earn, win, be entitled to.
ANT. _Forfeit, lose, miss, fail of._
=Desideratum.= Very desirable thing, requisite, want, essential.
ANT. _Superfluity, surplus, perquisite._
=Design=, _n._ Intention, purpose, aim, end, scheme, proposal, project, object, plan, device, purport, meaning, drift, scope, mark; delineation, sketch, artifice, drawing, draft; invention, contrivance; cunning, guile.
ANT. _Execution, performance, structure, construction, issue, result; candor, openness, sincerity; chance, accident._
=Design=, _v._ Intend, plan, prepare, project, contrive, scheme, purpose, mean, propose; draw, delineate, sketch; contemplate, outline, plot.
ANT. _Risk, guess, conjecture, chance; misconceive, misinterpret, misrepresent._
=Designate.= Specify, particularize; describe, define, denominate, name, call, style, christen, dub; appoint, allot.
ANT. _Misname, miscall; generalize; misrepresent._
=Desirable.= Eligible, expedient, advantageous, beneficial, advisable, valuable, profitable, enviable, proper, judicious.
ANT. _Inexpedient, disadvantageous, harmful, inadvisable, evil._
=Desire.= Appetite, inclination, longing, proclivity, craving, impulse, hankering, coveting, propensity, wish; aspiration, will.
ANT. _Loathing, disgust, aversion, hate, repugnance, horror._
=Desolate=, _a._ Bereaved, comfortless, forlorn, cheerless, lonely, solitary; uninhabited, forsaken, unfrequented, waste, dreary, wild.
ANT. _Peopled, colonized, developed, cultivated; populous, crowded, frequented._
=Despair.= Desperation, discouragement, hopelessness, despondency.
ANT. _Courage, hope, expectation, anticipation, assurance, confidence, elation, cheer, trust, hopefulness, encouragement._
=Despatch=, _v._ Expedite, speed, accelerate, quicken, hasten; kill, slay.
ANT. _Delay, retard, impede, obstruct; preserve, save, spare._
=Desperate.= Wild, reckless, despondent, hopeless, wretched, forlorn, lost; heroic, extreme, defiant; precipitate, headlong, frantic.
ANT. _Cautious, timid, shy; hopeful, promising, propitious._
=Despise.= Contemn, scorn, slight, disdain, spurn.
ANT. _Respect, esteem, venerate, regard, revere._
=Despoil.= Strip, denude, ravage; rob, plunder, pillage, devastate.
ANT. _Adorn, enrich, rehabilitate._
=Despotic.= Tyrannical, absolute, imperious, autocratic, arrogant.
ANT. _Conciliatory, humane, merciful; constitutional, democratic, representative._
=Destination.= Aim, end, object, purpose, design; goal, harbor.
ANT. _Action, movement; initiation, project, effort._
=Destiny.= Fate, lot, doom, star, fortune, necessity, end, predestination.
ANT. _Choice, will, freedom, volition, free will._
=Destructive.= Ruinous, injurious, pernicious, deleterious, baneful, detrimental, hurtful, noxious.
ANT. _Constructive, restorative, beneficial, wholesome, preservative._
=Desuetude.= Disuse, non-observance, obsolescence.
ANT. _Use, custom, practice, exercise, operation._
=Desultory.= Rambling, irregular, capricious, wandering, roving, discursive, cursory, erratic, spasmodic, unsystematic.
ANT. _Methodical, continuous, periodical, diligent, exact, untiring, persevering, earnest, serious, settled, consecutive._
=Detail.= Account, narrative, recital; detachment; individual,
## particular, item, specialty, element, point, component.
ANT. _Totality, whole, generality, aggregation, mass, bulk._
=Detention.= Hindrance, retaining, restraint, stopping.
ANT. _Relinquishment, abandonment, letting go, release, liberation._
=Deter.= Hinder, discourage, prevent, restrain, withhold, terrify, scare, dishearten, dissuade.
ANT. _Incite, provoke, allure, tempt, seduce, prompt, persuade._
=Deteriorate.= Impair, degrade, debase; decline, degenerate.
ANT. _Ameliorate, promote, advance, rectify._
=Determine.= Settle, adjust, decide; ascertain, verify; influence, lead, incline; resolve.
ANT. _Vacillate, waver, unsettle, doubt._
=Detest.= Abominate, abhor, execrate, loathe, shrink from.
ANT. _Like, approve, appreciate, praise, love._
=Dethrone.= Depose, uncrown, drive out of power, cause to abdicate.
ANT. _Crown, enthrone, exalt._
=Detract.= Depreciate, disparage, lessen, derogate, calumniate, slander, defame, decry, vilify.
ANT. _Enhance, augment, increase, flatter, compliment._
=Detriment.= Loss, damage, injury, harm, evil, prejudice, disadvantage, impairment, inconvenience.
ANT. _Enhancement, remedy, augmentation, improvement, repair, reinstatement._
=Develop.= Evolve, unfold, educe, disclose, unravel, exhibit, expand, enlarge; open, grow, mature.
ANT. _Envelop, wrap, conceal, contract, compress; stunt, dwarf, hinder, prevent._
=Deviate.= Digress, wander, deflect, veer, diverge; depart, err, stray, swerve; differ, vary.
ANT. _Cohere, coincide; accompany, continue, remain; advance; converge; agree, assimilate._
=Device.= Contrivance, invention, design, project, plan, scheme, expedient, resource; wile, artifice, stratagem, evasion, fraud; emblem, symbol, type.
ANT. _Fortune, luck, hazard, hit; openness, frankness, candor._
=Devious.= Erratic, wandering, deviating, crooked, circuitous, misleading, treacherous, roundabout.
ANT. _Direct, plain, straightforward, frequented._
=Devise.= Plan, design, contrive, imagine, scheme, project, concoct; bequeath, leave.
ANT. _Mismanage, miscontrive; inherit._
=Devoid.= Void, wanting, empty, destitute, vacant, unprovided for.
ANT. _Full, supplied, provided, replete, furnished, abundant, plentiful, sufficient._
=Devolve.= Transfer, consign, convey, demise, devise, deliver; impose, place, attach, commission, charge, depute; fall, pass, be transferred.
ANT. _Deprive, withhold, recall, cancel, alienate, skip, pass, miss._
=Devotion.= Dedication, consecration, piety, religion, sanctity, holiness, worship, adoration; attachment, affection, love; ardor, earnestness, zeal, eagerness, self-sacrifice.
ANT. _Impiety, profanity, sacrilege, irreverence; aversion, alienation, antipathy, indifference, apathy._
=Devour.= Consume, gorge, eat ravenously, swallow; destroy, annihilate, waste, swallow up, expend.
ANT. _Disgorge, vomit; save, conserve._
=Dexterity.= Aptitude, skill, expertness, readiness, adroitness.
ANT. _Ineptitude, inability, weakness, awkwardness, clumsiness._
=Diadem.= Crown, chaplet, fillet, wreath, tiara, circlet.
=Diagnosis.= Investigation, determination, analysis.
ANT. _Misjudgment, error._
=Diagnostic.= Symptom, feature, sign, cue, indication, mark, index.
ANT. _Development, consummation, crisis, head, formation._
=Dialect.= Language, phraseology, tongue, speech, provincialism, idiom, accent.
=Dialogue.= Conversation between two people, colloquy, discourse, tête-à-tête.
ANT. _Monologue, soliloquy, apostrophe, oration._
=Dictate.= Direct, ordain, command, prescribe, order, bid, require, decree; utter; prompt, suggest, enjoin, instruct.
ANT. _Follow, repeat, obey, answer; accept._
=Dictation.= Injunction, precept, command, rule, maxim, direction, utterance.
ANT. _Consultation, conference, council; advice, recommendation._
=Dictatorial.= Imperious, imperative, domineering, arbitrary, absolute, unlimited, authoritative, unrestricted, overbearing.
ANT. _Condescending, supplicatory, affable, suppliant, unassuming, persuasive._
=Diction.= Expression, language, phrase, phraseology, style, verbiage, vocabulary, wording.
ANT. _Provincialism, barbarism, solecism._
=Dictionary.= Lexicon, word-book, glossary, vocabulary.
=Didactic.= Instructive, perceptive, moral, directive, educative.
ANT. _Unsound, misleading, erroneous, uninstructive, pernicious._
=Die.= Expire, decease, depart; wither, perish, decay, decline, fade; cease, vanish, disappear; sink, faint, fall; subside.
ANT. _Live, recover, be born; survive, exist; originate, develop, grow, strengthen, flourish, luxuriate, vegetate._
=Diet.= Food, victuals, nourishment, aliment, nutriment, provision, viands, rations, fare, subsistence; assembly, parliament, congress.
ANT. _Starvation, fasting, abstinence, fast; gluttony, omnivorousness._
=Difference.= Contrast, diversity, variation, variety, discrepancy, disagreement, disparity, distinction, divergence, unlikeness.
ANT. _Agreement, uniformity, unity, consonance, identity, likeness, resemblance, harmony, sameness, similarity._
=Differentiate.= Discriminate, individualize, distinguish,
## particularize, specify, segregate, identify.
ANT. _Generalize, classify, confuse, amalgamate._
=Difficult.= Arduous, exhausting, severe, onerous, trying, toilsome, hard, laborious; intricate, involved, obscure, enigmatical; unmanageable, reserved, opposed, unamenable.
ANT. _Easy, facile, trifling, slight, trivial, pleasant, light; simple, plain, clear, manifest; approachable, amenable, pliant._
=Diffident.= Modest, doubtful, reluctant, hesitating; bashful, timid, shy, self-distrustful.
ANT. _Bold, aggressive, forward, arrogant, self-conceited._
=Diffuse=, _a._ Prolix, loose, copious, rambling, verbose, longwinded, diluted.
ANT. _Epigrammatic, laconic, terse, condensed._
=Digest.= Methodize, systematize, arrange, classify, codify; study, ponder, consider, contemplate, meditate, con; master, assimilate.
ANT. _Confound, complicate, disorder, derange, disturb; reject, refuse._
=Dignified.= Stately, noble, grand, majestic, self-respecting, imposing, decorous, august, lofty, exalted, pompous.
ANT. _Stunted, low, mean, unimposing, depressed, ordinary, self-accusing._
=Dignify.= Advance, promote, exalt, ennoble, prefer; grace, honor, adorn; elevate, aggrandize.
ANT. _Humiliate, debase, degrade._
=Digress.= Deviate, ramble, wander; differ.
ANT. _Proceed, advance; harmonize, agree._
=Dilapidation.= Ruin, decay, disintegration, downfall, demolition.
ANT. _Construction, reparation; soundness, solidity; fabrication, building._
=Dilate.= Stretch wide, expand, enlarge, widen, distend.
ANT. _Compress, compact, restrict, narrow, condense, concentrate._
=Dilatory.= Slow, loitering, tardy, procrastinating, dawdling, lagging, lingering, sluggish.
ANT. _Prompt, vigilant, alert, eager, earnest._
=Diligence.= Industry, assiduity, activity, perseverance, application, attention, care, heed.
ANT. _Neglect, carelessness, idleness, inertness, inattention, desultoriness._
=Dim.= Obscure, dark, covered, hidden, dusky, indistinct, uncertain.
ANT. _Bright, clear, manifest, light._
=Dimension.= Measurement, bulk, mass, extent; (pl.) size, capacity, amplitude, massiveness, greatness.
ANT. _Segment, section, portion, part._
=Diminish.= Lessen, reduce, decrease, abate, subside, shorten, dwarf, retrench.
ANT. _Augment, amplify, increase, magnify, expand._
=Din.= Racket, clamor, noise, uproar.
ANT. _Crash, explosion; silence._
=Dingy.= Dirty, dull, soiled, tarnished, dim, obscure, somber.
ANT. _Bright, burnished, radiant, glittering, gleaming, luminous._
=Dip.= Immerse, plunge, inundate, soak, steep, drown, submerge.
ANT. _Dry, drain, parch; air, ventilate, evaporate, vaporize._
=Diplomacy.= Negotiation, indirection, tact, artful management, contrivance, circumvention; embassage, ministry, ambassadorship.
ANT. _Dismissal, congé, recall; candor, naïveté, ingenuousness; mismanagement, maladministration; self-defeat._
=Diplomatic.= Prudent, wise, tactful, astute, politic, sagacious, judicious, discreet.
ANT. _Blundering, tactless, injudicious._
=Direct=, _a._ Unswerving, straight, rectilinear, undeviating.
ANT. _Meandering, crooked, roundabout, circuitous._
=Direction.= Course, tendency, aim, bearing; oversight, management, control, superintendence, conduct; order, command; address, superscription.
ANT. _Deviation, aberration; miscontrol._
=Directly.= Straightly, immediately, forthwith, soon, speedily, instantly, promptly, presently, quickly, straightway, at once.
ANT. _Secondarily, by-and-by; remotely, obliquely, circuitously._
=Dirge.= Requiem, elegy, lament, wake, threnody, coronach.
ANT. _Anthem, Te Deum, jubilate, pæan, jubilee, halleluiah._
=Dirt.= Filth, uncleanness, dung, foulness, meanness, filthiness, defilement.
ANT. _Cleanness, purity, ablution; innocence, spotlessness._
=Dis-.= The prefix _dis-_ has usually a negative, sometimes an intensive, force. Therefore, for words beginning with it look under the antonyms of the root words. When its force is intensive, however, they will be found under the synonyms of the root words. Only a few of derived significance are here given.
=Disability.= Unfitness, inability, incompetence, incapacity, disqualification.
ANT. _Merit, fitness, recommendation, qualification, capability._
=Disabuse.= Undeceive, set right, correct, enlighten, inform, rectify.
ANT. _Deceive, delude, hoodwink._
=Disappoint.= Frustrate, foil, defeat, baffle, disconcert, mortify, vex, betray, tantalize.
ANT. _Fulfil, realize, satisfy, gratify, encourage, verify, support._
=Disaster.= Misfortune, mishap, reverse, calamity, catastrophe.
ANT. _Blessing, benefit, good fortune, profit, gain, boon._
=Disburse.= Spend, expend, consume, waste, use, lay out, pay.
ANT. _Save, economize, hoard, husband._
=Discern.= Observe, discriminate, distinguish, perceive, see, descry, behold, espy, discover, penetrate, differentiate.
ANT. _Overlook, neglect, miss._
=Discernible.= Discoverable, perceptible, visible, apparent, conspicuous, palpable, plain, manifest, evident.
ANT. _Obscure, minute, invisible, microscopic, impalpable._
=Discernment.= Sagacity, perception, discrimination, brightness, astuteness, insight, intelligence, perspicacity, penetration, acuteness, judgment, ingenuity.
ANT. _Blindness, inattention, dulness, density._
=Discharge=, _v._ Unburden, unload; expel, eject; shoot, fire; release, exonerate, acquit, liberate, free; dismiss, discard, cashier; remove, destroy; perform, execute, observe.
ANT. _Confine, charge, load, burden, contain; detain, check, delay, stop; preserve; ignore._
=Disciple.= Follower, student, believer, pupil, learner, scholar, supporter, adherent, votary.
ANT. _Master, teacher, professor, leader, rabbi._
=Discipline.= Training, teaching, drill, exercise; control, regulation, subjection, government; punishment, correction, coercion, chastisement.
ANT. _Laxity, latitude, negligence; reward, encouragement; disorganization, mutiny, rebellion, confusion, disorder._
=Discomfit.= Defeat, overpower, conquer; foil, disconcert.
ANT. _Encourage, rally, aid, assist._
=Disconcert.= Frustrate, balk, defeat, thwart, baffle; discompose, embarrass, disturb, upset, perplex, abash, confuse, bewilder.
ANT. _Assist, countenance, encourage, compose, calm, appease, pacify, tranquilize._
=Disconsolate.= Inconsolable, sorrowful, heart-broken, comfortless, melancholy, desolate, forlorn, sad.
ANT. _Joyous, cheerful, glad, merry, jovial, happy, blithe._
=Discordance.= Disagreement, discord, dissonance, conflict, opposition.
ANT. _Accordance, harmony, concord._
=Discover.= Find, detect, discern, ferret out, invent, expose, ascertain, descry, disclose, betray, indicate, manifest.
ANT. _Hide, conceal, cover, secrete, bury, suppress, withhold._
=Discreet.= Discerning, wise, sagacious, prudent, cautious, judicious, considerate, circumspect.
ANT. _Foolish, heedless, reckless, silly, imprudent, undiscerning, unrestrained._
=Discrepancy.= Dissonance, discord, discordance, difference, variation, disagreement.
ANT. _Agreement, harmony, correspondence._
=Discrimination.= Acuteness, penetration, sagacity, discernment, shrewdness, insight.
ANT. _Dulness, shortsightedness._
=Discursive.= Reasoning, argumentative; roving, wandering, rambling, desultory, inconsequent.
ANT. _Orderly, coherent, continuous; condensed, succinct, concise; strategic._
=Discuss.= Debate, argue, reason, agitate, deliberate upon, consider.
ANT. _Confound, obscure; assert, dogmatize._
=Disdain=, _n._ Contempt, scorn, disregard, haughtiness, arrogance.
ANT. _Reverence, respect, esteem, considerateness, humility._
=Disease.= Infirmity, ailment, distemper, complaint, illness, sickness, malady, indisposition, unsoundness, affection.
ANT. _Health, strength, robustness, soundness, sturdiness, vigor; convalescence; sanity, salubrity._
=Disgust=, _n._ Distaste, loathing, dislike, repugnance, aversion, abhorrence.
ANT. _Partiality, desire, liking, relish, fondness._
=Dismal.= Dark, gloomy, cheerless, dull, dreary, melancholy, lonesome, somber, sad, doleful, funereal; horrible, terrible, frightful.
ANT. _Cheerful, bright, inviting, cordial, gay, propitious, promising._
=Dismay.= Affright, terrify, appal, alarm, intimidate, daunt.
ANT. _Rally, inspirit, assure, encourage, hearten._
=Dismember.= Disintegrate, mutilate, separate, rend asunder, sever.
ANT. _Integrate, incorporate; constitute, construct._
=Dismiss.= Banish, discard, discharge, remove.
ANT. _Recall, welcome._
=Disparage.= Depreciate, decry, undervalue, underrate; defame, reproach.
ANT. _Appreciate, overestimate, extol, praise, exaggerate._
=Dispel.= Drive away, disperse, dissipate, banish, scatter.
ANT. _Collect, summon, accumulate._
=Dispensation.= Apportionment, allotment, distribution; administration; exemption; system, scheme, plan, régime.
ANT. _Retention, restriction, reservation, injunction, prohibition; enforcement._
=Disperse.= Dispel, scatter, separate; diffuse, spread, disseminate.
ANT. _Gather, collect, concentrate; recall, summon._
=Display.= Expand, unfold, extend, uncover, open, spread; exhibit, show, parade.
ANT. _Conceal, hide, wrap, dissemble, suppress._
=Disposition.= Arrangement, location, placing, grouping; management, control, regulation, direction; tendency, inclination, propensity; temper, character, nature, humor; willingness; distribution.