| deckled | (adjective) having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade | Synonyms: deckle-edged, featheredged |
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| declamatory | (adjective) ostentatiously lofty in style | Synonyms: bombastic, large, orotund, tumid, turgid |
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| declarable | (adjective) that must be declared | - |
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| declarative | (adjective) relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration | Synonyms: asserting, declaratory |
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| (adjective) relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements | Synonyms: indicative |
| declaratory | (adjective) relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration | Synonyms: asserting, declarative |
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| declared | (adjective) made known or openly avowed | - |
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| (adjective) declared as fact; explicitly stated | Synonyms: stated |
| declassified | (adjective) having had security classification removed | - |
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| declivitous | (adjective) sloping down rather steeply | Synonyms: downhill, downward-sloping |
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| decollete | (adjective) (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline | Synonyms: low-cut, low-necked |
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| decomposable | (adjective) capable of being partitioned | Synonyms: analyzable |
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| decompositional | (adjective) causing organic decay | - |
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| decompound | (adjective) of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound | - |
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| deconsecrated | (adjective) divested of consecration | - |
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| deconstructionist | (adjective) of or concerned with the philosophical theory of literature known as deconstructionism | - |
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| decorated | (adjective) provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction | Synonyms: adorned |
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| decorative | (adjective) serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose | Synonyms: cosmetic, ornamental |
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| decorous | (adjective) characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct | - |
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| (adjective) according with custom or propriety | Synonyms: becoming, comely, comme il faut, seemly |
| decreased | (adjective) made less in size or amount or degree | Synonyms: reduced |
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| decreasing | (adjective) becoming less or smaller | - |
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| (adjective) (music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume | - |
| decreed | (adjective) fixed or established especially by order or command | Synonyms: appointed, ordained, prescribed |
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| decrepit | (adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | Synonyms: debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly |
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| (adjective) worn and broken down by hard use | Synonyms: creaky, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone |
| decrescendo | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in volume | Synonyms: diminuendo |
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| decumbent | (adjective) lying down; in a position of comfort or rest | Synonyms: accumbent, recumbent |
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| decurved | (adjective) bent down or curved downward | - |
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| decussate | (adjective) crossed or intersected in the form of an X | Synonyms: intersectant, intersecting |
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| dedicated | (adjective) devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose | - |
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| (adjective) solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose | Synonyms: consecrate, consecrated |
| dedifferentiated | (adjective) having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function | - |
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| deducible | (adjective) capable of being deduced | - |
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| deductible | (adjective) acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction) | - |
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| deductive | (adjective) involving inferences from general principles | - |
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| (adjective) relating to logical deduction | - |
| deep | (adjective) having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination | - |
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| (adjective) relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply | - |
| (adjective) exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy | - |
| (adjective) strong; intense | Synonyms: rich |
| (adjective) very distant in time or space | - |
| (adjective) difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge | Synonyms: abstruse, recondite |
| (adjective) of an obscure nature | Synonyms: cryptic, cryptical, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying |
| (adjective) intense or extreme | - |
| (adjective) large in quantity or size | - |
| (adjective) with head or back bent low | - |
| (adjective) having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range | Synonyms: bass |
| (adjective) marked by depth of thinking | - |
| (adjective) relatively thick from top to bottom | - |
| (adjective) extending relatively far inward | - |
| (adjective) (of darkness) densely dark | Synonyms: thick |
| deepening | (adjective) accumulating and becoming more intense | Synonyms: thickening |
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| 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 | - |
| degage | (adjective) free and relaxed in manner | - |
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| (adjective) showing lack of emotional involvement | Synonyms: detached, uninvolved |
| degenerate | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous |
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| degenerative | (adjective) (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function | - |
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| degraded | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous |
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| (adjective) lowered in value | Synonyms: debased, devalued |
| degrading | (adjective) used of conduct; characterized by dishonor | Synonyms: debasing |
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| (adjective) harmful to the mind or morals | Synonyms: corrupting |
| degressive | (adjective) going down by steps | - |
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| (adjective) (of taxes) gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount | - |
| dehiscent | (adjective) (of e.g. fruits and anthers) opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds | - |
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| dehumanised | (adjective) divested of human qualities or attributes | Synonyms: dehumanized, unhuman |
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| dehumanized | (adjective) divested of human qualities or attributes | Synonyms: dehumanised, unhuman |
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| dehydrated | (adjective) preserved by removing natural moisture | Synonyms: desiccated, dried |
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| (adjective) suffering from excessive loss of water from the body | - |
| deictic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use | - |
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| deific | (adjective) characterized by divine or godlike nature | - |
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| deist | (adjective) of or relating to deism | Synonyms: deistic |
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| deistic | (adjective) of or relating to deism | Synonyms: deist |
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| dejected | (adjective) affected or marked by low spirits | - |
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| delayed | (adjective) not as far along as normal in development | - |
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| delectable | (adjective) capable of arousing sexual desire | Synonyms: sexually attractive |
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| (adjective) extremely pleasing to the sense of taste | Synonyms: delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy |
| deleterious | (adjective) harmful to living things | Synonyms: hurtful, injurious |
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| deliberate | (adjective) carefully thought out in advance | Synonyms: calculated, measured |
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| (adjective) unhurried and with care and dignity | Synonyms: careful, measured |
| (adjective) characterized by conscious design or purpose | Synonyms: intentional, knowing |
| deliberative | (adjective) involved in or characterized by deliberation and discussion and examination | - |
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| delible | (adjective) capable of being deleted | - |
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| delicate | (adjective) exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury | - |
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| (adjective) easily broken or damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: fragile, frail |
| (adjective) difficult to handle; requiring great tact | Synonyms: ticklish, touchy |
| (adjective) developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety | Synonyms: finespun |
| (adjective) of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely | - |
| (adjective) marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique | - |
| (adjective) easily hurt | Synonyms: soft |
| delicious | (adjective) greatly pleasing or entertaining | Synonyms: delightful |
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| (adjective) extremely pleasing to the sense of taste | Synonyms: delectable, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy |
| delighted | (adjective) filled with wonder and delight | Synonyms: beguiled, captivated, charmed, enthralled, entranced |
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| (adjective) greatly pleased | - |
| delightful | (adjective) greatly pleasing or entertaining | Synonyms: delicious |
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| delimited | (adjective) having the limits or boundaries established | Synonyms: bounded |
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| delineate | (adjective) represented accurately or precisely | Synonyms: delineated, represented |
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| delineated | (adjective) represented accurately or precisely | Synonyms: delineate, represented |
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| delineative | (adjective) depicted in a recognizable manner | Synonyms: depictive |
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| delinquent | (adjective) past due; not paid at the scheduled time | Synonyms: overdue |
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| (adjective) guilty of a misdeed | - |
| (adjective) failing in what duty requires | Synonyms: derelict, neglectful, remiss |
| deliquescent | (adjective) (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air | - |
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| delirious | (adjective) experiencing delirium | Synonyms: hallucinating |
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| (adjective) marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion | Synonyms: excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained |
| deliverable | (adjective) suitable for or ready for delivery | - |
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| deltoid | (adjective) triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex | - |
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| delusional | (adjective) suffering from or characterized by delusions | - |
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| delusive | (adjective) inappropriate to reality or facts | Synonyms: false |
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| delusory | (adjective) causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true | Synonyms: deceptive |
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| deluxe | (adjective) elegant and sumptuous | Synonyms: de luxe, luxe |
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| (adjective) ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | Synonyms: gilded, grand, lush, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous |
| demagogic | (adjective) characteristic of or resembling a demagogue | Synonyms: demagogical |
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