defamatory | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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defeasible | (adjective) capable of being annulled or voided or terminated | - |
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defeated | (adjective) beaten or overcome; not victorious | - |
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(adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful | Synonyms: disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted |
defective | (adjective) markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior | - |
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(adjective) having a defect | Synonyms: faulty |
(adjective) not working properly | Synonyms: bad |
defenceless | (adjective) lacking weapons for self-defense | Synonyms: defenseless |
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(adjective) lacking protection or support | Synonyms: defenseless |
defendable | (adjective) capable of being defended | Synonyms: defensible |
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defending | (adjective) attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring | - |
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defenseless | (adjective) lacking weapons for self-defense | Synonyms: defenceless |
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(adjective) having no protecting or concealing cover | Synonyms: naked |
(adjective) lacking protection or support | Synonyms: defenceless |
defensible | (adjective) capable of being defended | Synonyms: defendable |
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defensive | (adjective) intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack | - |
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(adjective) attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing | Synonyms: justificative, justificatory |
deferent | (adjective) showing deference | Synonyms: deferential, regardful |
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deferential | (adjective) showing deference | Synonyms: deferent, regardful |
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defervescent | (adjective) of or relating to the reduction of a fever | - |
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defiant | (adjective) boldly resisting authority or an opposing force | Synonyms: noncompliant |
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deficient | (adjective) of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement | Synonyms: insufficient |
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(adjective) inadequate in amount or degree | Synonyms: lacking, wanting |
(adjective) falling short of some prescribed norm | Synonyms: inferior, substandard |
defiled | (adjective) morally blemished; stained or impure | Synonyms: maculate |
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definable | (adjective) capable of being defined, limited, or explained | - |
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defined | (adjective) clearly characterized or delimited | - |
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(adjective) showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary | Synonyms: outlined |
definite | (adjective) precise; explicit and clearly defined | - |
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(adjective) known for certain | - |
definitive | (adjective) supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement | Synonyms: determinate |
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(adjective) clearly defined or formulated | Synonyms: unequivocal |
(adjective) of recognized authority or excellence | Synonyms: authoritative |
deflated | (adjective) brought low in spirit | Synonyms: chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen |
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deflationary | (adjective) associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money | - |
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deflective | (adjective) capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave) | Synonyms: refractive |
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defoliate | (adjective) deprived of leaves | Synonyms: defoliated |
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defoliated | (adjective) deprived of leaves | Synonyms: defoliate |
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deformational | (adjective) relating to or causing change in either shape or size of a material body or geometric figure | - |
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deformed | (adjective) so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly | Synonyms: distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen |
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deft | (adjective) skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands | Synonyms: dexterous, dextrous |
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defunct | (adjective) having ceased to exist or live | - |
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(adjective) no longer in force or use; inactive | - |
immunodeficient | (adjective) incapable of developing an immune response following exposure to an antigen | - |
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indefatigable | (adjective) showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality | Synonyms: tireless, unflagging, unwearying |
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indefeasible | (adjective) not liable to being annulled or voided or undone | - |
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indefensible | (adjective) incapable of being justified or explained | Synonyms: insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted |
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(adjective) (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified | Synonyms: untenable |
(adjective) not able to be protected against attack | - |
indefinable | (adjective) defying expression or description | Synonyms: indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable |
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(adjective) not capable of being precisely or readily described; not easily put into words | Synonyms: undefinable |
indefinite | (adjective) vague or not clearly defined or stated | - |
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(adjective) not decided or not known | - |
prideful | (adjective) joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success | Synonyms: exultant, exulting, jubilant, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant |
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(adjective) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | Synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering |
undefeated | (adjective) victorious | - |
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undefendable | (adjective) not defended or capable of being defended | Synonyms: assailable, open, undefended |
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undefended | (adjective) not defended or capable of being defended | Synonyms: assailable, open, undefendable |
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undeferential | (adjective) not showing courteous respect | - |
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undefiled | (adjective) (of language) not having its purity or excellence debased | Synonyms: uncorrupted |
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(adjective) free from stain or blemish | Synonyms: immaculate |
undefinable | (adjective) not capable of being precisely or readily described; not easily put into words | Synonyms: indefinable |
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undefined | (adjective) not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished | Synonyms: vague |
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