dead | (adjective) no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life | - |
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(adjective) not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat | - |
(adjective) the complete stoppage of an action | - |
(adjective) not surviving in active use | - |
(adjective) physically inactive | - |
(adjective) devoid of activity | - |
(adjective) lacking resilience or bounce | - |
(adjective) out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown | - |
(adjective) devoid of physical sensation; numb | Synonyms: deadened |
(adjective) (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive | Synonyms: numb |
(adjective) no longer having force or relevance | - |
(adjective) unerringly accurate | - |
(adjective) not circulating or flowing | Synonyms: stagnant |
(adjective) very tired | Synonyms: all in, beat, bushed |
(adjective) drained of electric charge; discharged | Synonyms: drained |
(adjective) not yielding a return | Synonyms: idle |
(adjective) lacking acoustic resonance | - |
deadened | (adjective) made or become less intense | - |
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(adjective) devoid of physical sensation; numb | Synonyms: dead |
deadening | (adjective) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | Synonyms: boring, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome |
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deadlocked | (adjective) at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions | Synonyms: stalemated |
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deadly | (adjective) exceedingly harmful | Synonyms: baneful, pernicious, pestilent |
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(adjective) extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom | Synonyms: venomous, virulent |
(adjective) involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death | Synonyms: mortal |
(adjective) (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect | - |
(adjective) causing or capable of causing death | Synonyms: deathly, mortal |
(adjective) of an instrument of certain death | Synonyms: lethal |
deadpan | (adjective) deliberately impassive in manner | Synonyms: expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive |
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deaf | (adjective) lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part | - |
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(adjective) (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed | Synonyms: indifferent |
deafened | (adjective) caused to hear poorly or not at all | - |
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deafening | (adjective) loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss | Synonyms: earsplitting, thunderous, thundery |
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dear | (adjective) with or in a close or intimate relationship | Synonyms: good, near |
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(adjective) having a high price | Synonyms: costly, high-priced, pricey, pricy |
(adjective) dearly loved | Synonyms: beloved, darling |
(adjective) sincerely earnest | Synonyms: devout, earnest, heartfelt |
deathless | (adjective) never dying | Synonyms: undying |
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deathlike | (adjective) having the physical appearance of death | Synonyms: deathly |
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deathly | (adjective) having the physical appearance of death | Synonyms: deathlike |
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(adjective) causing or capable of causing death | Synonyms: deadly, mortal |
debased | (adjective) ruined in character or quality | Synonyms: corrupted, vitiated |
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(adjective) mixed with impurities | Synonyms: adulterate, adulterated |
(adjective) lowered in value | Synonyms: degraded, devalued |
debasing | (adjective) used of conduct; characterized by dishonor | Synonyms: degrading |
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debatable | (adjective) capable of being disproved | Synonyms: disputable |
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(adjective) open to argument or debate | Synonyms: arguable, disputable, moot |
(adjective) open to doubt or debate | Synonyms: problematic, problematical |
debauched | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous |
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debile | (adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | Synonyms: decrepit, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly |
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debilitated | (adjective) lacking energy or vitality | Synonyms: adynamic, asthenic, enervated |
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debilitating | (adjective) impairing the strength and vitality | - |
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debilitative | (adjective) causing debilitation | Synonyms: enervating, enfeebling, weakening |
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debonair | (adjective) having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air | Synonyms: chipper, debonaire, jaunty |
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(adjective) having a sophisticated charm | Synonyms: debonaire, debonnaire, suave |
debonaire | (adjective) having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air | Synonyms: chipper, debonair, jaunty |
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(adjective) having a sophisticated charm | Synonyms: debonair, debonnaire, suave |
deboned | (adjective) having had the bones removed | Synonyms: boned |
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debonnaire | (adjective) having a sophisticated charm | Synonyms: debonair, debonaire, suave |
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decadent | (adjective) marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay | Synonyms: fin-de-siecle |
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(adjective) luxuriously self-indulgent | - |
decalescent | (adjective) absorbing heat without increase in temperature when heated beyond a certain point | - |
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decapitated | (adjective) having had the head cut off | Synonyms: beheaded |
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decasyllabic | (adjective) having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables | - |
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decayable | (adjective) liable to decay or spoil or become putrid | Synonyms: putrefiable, putrescible, spoilable |
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decayed | (adjective) damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless | Synonyms: rotted, rotten |
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deceased | (adjective) dead | Synonyms: asleep, at peace, at rest, departed, gone |
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deceitful | (adjective) marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | Synonyms: ambidextrous, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced |
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(adjective) involving deception | Synonyms: fallacious, fraudulent |
decent | (adjective) conforming to conventions of sexual behavior | - |
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(adjective) meeting requirements | Synonyms: acceptable, satisfactory |
(adjective) observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress | - |
(adjective) in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion | Synonyms: fitting |
(adjective) socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous | Synonyms: nice |
(adjective) sufficiently clothed to see visitors or appear in public | - |
decentralised | (adjective) withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities | Synonyms: decentralized |
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decentralising | (adjective) tending away from a central point | Synonyms: decentralizing |
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decentralized | (adjective) withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities | Synonyms: decentralised |
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decentralizing | (adjective) tending away from a central point | Synonyms: decentralising |
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deceptive | (adjective) designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently | Synonyms: misleading |
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(adjective) causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true | Synonyms: delusory |
decideable | (adjective) capable of being decided as following or not following from the axioms of a logical system | - |
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decided | (adjective) recognizable; marked | Synonyms: distinct |
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deciding | (adjective) having the power or quality of deciding | Synonyms: determinant, determinative, determining |
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deciduous | (adjective) (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season | - |
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(adjective) (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth | - |
decimal | (adjective) numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten | Synonyms: denary |
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decipherable | (adjective) easily deciphered | Synonyms: clear, readable |
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deciphered | (adjective) converted from cryptic to intelligible language | - |
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decisive | (adjective) determining or having the power to determine an outcome | - |
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(adjective) characterized by decision and firmness | - |
(adjective) forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis | Synonyms: critical |
(adjective) unmistakable | - |
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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