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# English words: D

[A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) · [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) · [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) · **D** · [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) · [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) · [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) · [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) · [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) · [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) · [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) · [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) · [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) · [N](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/n/) · [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) · [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) · [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) · [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) · [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) · [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) · [U](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/u/) · [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) · [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) · [X](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/x/) · [Y](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/y/) · [Z](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/z/)

1199 words under D; 401–500 on this page.

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- [despairingly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/despairingly/) — In a hopeless way, as if you have given up all hope.
- [despatch](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/despatch/) — To despatch something is to send it off, especially a parcel, letter or message. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [desperate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/desperate/) — Feeling that you have little hope and will do anything to change the situation. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [desperately](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/desperately/) — Very much, so much it hurts: she desperately wanted a puppy.
- [desperation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/desperation/) — Desperation is the feeling of having almost no hope, which makes you willing to try anything, even something risky.
- [despise](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/despise/) — To despise someone or something is to hate it or look down on it as worthless or wrong. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [despised](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/despised/) — To despise someone or something is to dislike them very strongly and think they are worthless. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [despising](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/despising/) — Hating or looking down on someone or something; the same sense as despise.
- [despite](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/despite/) — Despite means without being stopped by something; even though something else is true. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [despoil](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/despoil/) — Old use: to rob a place or person of goods or treasure, often by force, and leave it damaged. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [despoiled](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/despoiled/) — To despoil is to rob a place or person of its valuable things, often by force, leaving them with nothing. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [despond](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/despond/) — To despond is to lose hope and feel very low, as if nothing will ever go right.
- [despondency](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/despondency/) — Despondency is a feeling of low spirits and lost hope, being very sad and unwilling to try.
- [despondent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/despondent/) — Very sad and without hope, feeling that things will not get better.
- [despotic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/despotic/) — Despotic describes a ruler who has total power and uses it cruelly, without asking anyone else.
- [dessert](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dessert/) — Dessert is the sweet food eaten at the end of a meal, like ice cream, pudding, fruit or cake.
- [destination](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/destination/) — A destination is the place someone or something is going to or being sent to.
- [destine](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/destine/) — To set aside something for a certain purpose or fate. — Jewish tradition
- [destined](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/destined/) — Destined means meant or fated to be something or to go somewhere, as if decided in advance.
- [destiny](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/destiny/) — Destiny is what will happen to someone in the future, especially when it seems already decided by fate or a higher power. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [destitute](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/destitute/) — Having nothing; extremely poor, without food, money or help. — Jewish tradition
- [destroy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/destroy/) — To destroy something means to damage it so badly that it is ruined or no longer exists. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [destroyed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/destroyed/) — Destroyed is the past form of destroy, which means to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [destroyer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/destroyer/) — A person or thing that destroys or ruins something. — Jewish tradition
- [destroyest](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/destroyest/) — «destroyest» means «you destroy», a form of «destroy»: To destroy something means to damage it so badly that it is ruined or no longer…
- [destruction](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/destruction/) — Destruction is the act of destroying something so badly that it is ruined or no longer exists. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [destructive](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/destructive/) — Destructive means causing a lot of damage or ruin.
- [detach](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detach/) — To separate one thing from another thing it is fixed to, as in «detach the coupon».
- [detachable](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detachable/) — Detachable means able to be removed and put back again.
- [detached](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detached/) — Separated or taken off from something.
- [detachment](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detachment/) — A detachment is a small group of soldiers or workers sent off to do a special job.
- [detail](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detail/) — A detail is a small fact or part of something.
- [details](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/details/) — Details are the small facts or parts that together make up something bigger. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [detain](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detain/) — To keep someone in a place and not let them leave, such as the police holding a suspect. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [detainee](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detainee/) — A person who is kept in prison or held by the police or the army, often without a trial yet.
- [detect](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detect/) — To notice or discover something that is hard to see, hear or smell.
- [detectable](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detectable/) — Able to be noticed or found, especially with tests or instruments.
- [detected](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detected/) — Detected is the past form of detect, which means to notice or find something that is hard to see, hear or smell.
- [detecting](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detecting/) — Detecting is the -ing form of «detect»: noticing or discovering something that is hard to see, hear or find.
- [detection](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detection/) — Noticing or discovering something that is hard to see, hear or find.
- [detective](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detective/) — A detective is a police officer or private worker whose job is to find out who did a crime and how.
- [detector](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detector/) — A detector is a machine or device that notices or finds something, such as smoke, metal or movement.
- [detention](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detention/) — A punishment at school where a pupil must stay in after lessons or at break time.
- [deter](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deter/) — To deter someone is to make them decide not to do something, often by making them afraid of what will happen.
- [detergent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detergent/) — Detergent is a liquid or powder used for cleaning, especially for washing clothes or dishes.
- [deteriorate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deteriorate/) — To deteriorate means to become worse, more and more, over time.
- [deterioration](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deterioration/) — The process of becoming worse in quality, condition or health.
- [determinant](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/determinant/) — Something that decides or strongly affects what happens, as in «Sleep is a big determinant of how well you learn».
- [determinate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/determinate/) — Determinate means fixed, exact and clearly limited, not vague.
- [determination](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/determination/) — Being firm about doing something and not giving up even when it is hard. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [determine](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/determine/) — To find out or work out something exactly, often by measuring or calculating. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [determined](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/determined/) — Having decided firmly to do something and not letting anything stop you. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [determiner](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/determiner/) — A determiner is a word that comes before a noun and tells you which one, whose, or how many, such as «the», «a», «this», «my», «some»…
- [deterrence](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deterrence/) — Stopping people from doing something by making them afraid of what would happen to them if they did it.
- [deterrent](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deterrent/) — A deterrent is something that makes people decide not to do a thing, because of the trouble or danger it would bring.
- [detest](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detest/) — To hate something or someone very much. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [detestable](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detestable/) — Very hateful; so bad or nasty that people strongly dislike it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [detestation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detestation/) — A strong feeling of hatred or disgust for something. — Jewish tradition
- [dethrone](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dethrone/) — To dethrone a king or ruler is to remove him from the throne so that he no longer rules.
- [detonate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detonate/) — To make a bomb or explosive go off on purpose.
- [detour](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detour/) — A longer or different way you take to avoid something, such as a closed road or traffic.
- [detox](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detox/) — A time when a person stops taking a drug or alcohol so their body can get clean of it, often with doctors helping.
- [detriment](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detriment/) — Harm or damage: «to the detriment of your health» means harming your health.
- [detrimental](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detrimental/) — Causing harm or damage (detrimental to health).
- [deuce](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deuce/) — In tennis, deuce is the score when both players have 40 points, so one must win two points in a row to win the game.
- [devanagari](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/devanagari/) — The writing system (script) used for Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Sanskrit and several other languages of India and Nepal.
- [devastate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/devastate/) — To destroy or badly damage a place, so little is left.
- [develop](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/develop/) — To develop means to grow and change over time into something bigger, stronger or more complete.
- [developed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/developed/) — Developed is the past form of «develop»: grew, changed, made or improved over time. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [developer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/developer/) — A person or company that writes computer programs, apps or games.
- [development](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/development/) — Development is the process of growing or changing and becoming bigger, stronger or more advanced. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [device](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/device/) — A device is a machine or tool made for a special job, like a phone, a tablet or a can opener. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [devices](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/devices/) — Devices are machines or tools made for a special job, especially electronic ones like phones, tablets and laptops. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [devil](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/devil/) — The Devil is the main evil spirit in some religions, the enemy of God. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [devise](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/devise/) — To invent or plan something clever or new, usually after careful thinking: «devise a plan». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [devoid](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/devoid/) — Devoid of something means completely without it; having none of it at all.
- [devolution](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/devolution/) — Handing some powers from a central government to smaller regional governments or parliaments: «Devolution gave Scotland its own Parliament».
- [devolve](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/devolve/) — To devolve is to pass a duty, power or job on to another person, often because the first person is no longer able to do it.
- [devon](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/devon/) — Devon is a county in south-west England, with moors, beaches and farms.
- [devote](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/devote/) — To devote time, effort or money to something is to give a lot of it to that one thing. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [devoted](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/devoted/) — Very loving and loyal (a devoted dog, a devoted fan). — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [devotedly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/devotedly/) — In a devoted way: with great love, loyalty or care.
- [devotee](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/devotee/) — A devotee is a person who is very keen on a religion, a belief or an activity, and follows it with great dedication.
- [devotion](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/devotion/) — Great love and loyalty to someone or something. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [devour](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/devour/) — To eat something quickly and hungrily, often all of it. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [devout](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/devout/) — Devout means very religious, with deep, sincere faith and regular prayer.
- [devoutly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/devoutly/) — In a devout way: with deep, sincere religious faith.
- [dew](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dew/) — Dew is the tiny drops of water that form on grass, leaves and other cool surfaces outside, usually at night or early morning. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dewy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dewy/) — Wet with dew, the tiny drops of water that form on grass and leaves on cool nights.
- [dexterous](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dexterous/) — Dexterous means skilful with the hands, quick and neat at doing things.
- [diabetes](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diabetes/) — Diabetes is an illness in which the body cannot control the amount of sugar (glucose) in the blood properly, because it does not make…
- [diabetic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diabetic/) — Diabetic means having diabetes, an illness where the body cannot control the amount of sugar in the blood properly.
- [diabolical](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diabolical/) — Very wicked or cruel, as if done by the Devil, as in «a diabolical plan».
- [diadem](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diadem/) — A diadem is a crown or band worn on the head, often made of gold or jewels, and worn by a queen, princess or other royal person. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diagnose](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diagnose/) — To find out what illness someone has by examining them and studying their symptoms.
- [diagnosis](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diagnosis/) — A diagnosis is the decision a doctor makes about what illness or problem someone has, after looking at the signs.
- [diagonal](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diagonal/) — Diagonal means going in a slanting line, not straight across or straight up. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [diagonally](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diagonally/) — Diagonally means in a straight slanting line from one corner to the opposite corner.
- [diagram](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/diagram/) — A diagram is a simple drawing with lines, shapes and labels that shows how something works, what its parts are, or how things are connected. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [dial](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dial/) — A dial is the round face of a clock, watch or measuring instrument, with numbers and a pointer. — everyday · Jewish tradition