dioestrual | (adjective) (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity | Synonyms: diestrous, diestrual, dioestrous |
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diploid | (adjective) of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number | - |
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diplomatic | (adjective) using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people | Synonyms: diplomatical |
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(adjective) relating to or characteristic of diplomacy | - |
diplomatical | (adjective) using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people | Synonyms: diplomatic |
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dipolar | (adjective) having equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles having opposite signs and separated by a small distance | - |
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dipped | (adjective) having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses) | Synonyms: lordotic, swayback, swaybacked |
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dipterous | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the Diptera | - |
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dire | (adjective) fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless | Synonyms: desperate |
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(adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
direct | (adjective) direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short | - |
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(adjective) (of a current) flowing in one direction only | - |
(adjective) straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action | - |
(adjective) similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity | - |
(adjective) in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child | Synonyms: lineal |
(adjective) moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth | - |
(adjective) lacking compromising or mitigating elements | Synonyms: exact |
(adjective) in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker | Synonyms: verbatim |
(adjective) having no intervening persons, agents, conditions | Synonyms: unmediated |
(adjective) being an immediate result or consequence | - |
directed | (adjective) manageable by a supervising agent | - |
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(adjective) (often used in combination) having a specified direction | - |
directing | (adjective) showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on | Synonyms: directional, directive, guiding |
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directional | (adjective) relating to or indicating directions in space | - |
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(adjective) relating to direction toward a (nonspatial) goal | - |
(adjective) showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on | Synonyms: directing, directive, guiding |
directionless | (adjective) aimlessly drifting | Synonyms: adrift, afloat, aimless, planless, rudderless, undirected |
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directive | (adjective) showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on | Synonyms: directing, directional, guiding |
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direful | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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dirigible | (adjective) capable of being steered or directed | Synonyms: steerable |
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dirt | (adjective) (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel | Synonyms: ungraded |
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dirty | (adjective) soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime | Synonyms: soiled, unclean |
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(adjective) (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency | - |
(adjective) spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination | Synonyms: contaminating |
(adjective) unethical or dishonest | Synonyms: shoddy, sordid |
(adjective) expressing or revealing hostility or dislike | - |
(adjective) obtained illegally or by improper means | Synonyms: ill-gotten |
(adjective) (of a manuscript) defaced with changes | Synonyms: foul, marked-up |
(adjective) (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear | Synonyms: dingy, muddied, muddy |
(adjective) vile; despicable | Synonyms: filthy, lousy |
(adjective) contaminated with infecting organisms | Synonyms: pestiferous |
(adjective) unpleasantly stormy | - |
(adjective) violating accepted standards or rules | Synonyms: cheating, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike |
disabled | (adjective) the total or partial absence of a person's bodily or mental functions, including the absence of a part of a person's body | Synonyms: handicapped |
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disabling | (adjective) depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified | Synonyms: disqualifying |
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(adjective) that cripples or disables or incapacitates | Synonyms: crippling, incapacitating |
disabused | (adjective) freed of a mistaken or misguided notion | Synonyms: undeceived |
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disadvantaged | (adjective) marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences | Synonyms: deprived |
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disadvantageous | (adjective) involving or creating circumstances detrimental to success or effectiveness | Synonyms: unfavorable, unfavourable |
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disaffected | (adjective) discontented as toward authority | Synonyms: ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious |
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disagreeable | (adjective) not to your liking | - |
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(adjective) unpleasant to interact with | - |
(adjective) not agreeing with your tastes or expectations | Synonyms: unsympathetic |
disappointed | (adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful | Synonyms: defeated, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted |
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disappointing | (adjective) not up to expectations | Synonyms: dissatisfactory, unsatisfying |
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disapproving | (adjective) expressing or manifesting disapproval | - |
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disarming | (adjective) capable of allaying hostility | - |
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disarranged | (adjective) having the arrangement disturbed; not in order | - |
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disarrayed | (adjective) in disarray | - |
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disastrous | (adjective) (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | Synonyms: black, calamitous, fatal, fateful |
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disavowable | (adjective) capable of being disavowed | - |
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disbelieving | (adjective) denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion | Synonyms: sceptical, skeptical, unbelieving |
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discalceate | (adjective) (used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals | Synonyms: discalced, unshod |
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discalced | (adjective) (used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals | Synonyms: discalceate, unshod |
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discarded | (adjective) thrown away | Synonyms: cast-off, throwaway, thrown-away |
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discernable | (adjective) perceptible by the senses or intellect | Synonyms: discernible |
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discernible | (adjective) perceptible by the senses or intellect | Synonyms: discernable |
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(adjective) capable of being seen or noticed | Synonyms: evident, observable |
(adjective) capable of being perceived clearly | - |
discerning | (adjective) having or revealing keen insight and good judgment | - |
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(adjective) able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive | - |
(adjective) quick to understand | Synonyms: apprehensive |
(adjective) unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic | Synonyms: discreet |
discharged | (adjective) having lost your job | Synonyms: dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped |
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disciform | (adjective) having a round or oval shape like a disc | - |
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disciplinal | (adjective) designed to promote discipline | Synonyms: corrective, disciplinary |
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disciplinary | (adjective) relating to a specific field of academic study | - |
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(adjective) relating to discipline in behavior | - |
(adjective) designed to promote discipline | Synonyms: corrective, disciplinal |
disciplined | (adjective) obeying the rules | - |
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(adjective) trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise | - |
disclike | (adjective) having a flat circular shape | Synonyms: disc-shaped, discoid, discoidal, disk-shaped, disklike |
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disclosed | (adjective) made known (especially something secret or concealed) | - |
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discoid | (adjective) having a flat circular shape | Synonyms: disc-shaped, disclike, discoidal, disk-shaped, disklike |
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discoidal | (adjective) having a flat circular shape | Synonyms: disc-shaped, disclike, discoid, disk-shaped, disklike |
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discombobulated | (adjective) having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion | Synonyms: disconcerted |
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discomfited | (adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful | Synonyms: defeated, disappointed, foiled, frustrated, thwarted |
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discomposed | (adjective) having your composure disturbed | - |
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discomycetous | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of fungi of the subclass Discomycetes | - |
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disconcerted | (adjective) having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion | Synonyms: discombobulated |
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disconcerting | (adjective) causing an emotional disturbance | Synonyms: upsetting |
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disconfirming | (adjective) not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition | Synonyms: negative |
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(adjective) establishing as invalid or untrue | Synonyms: invalidating |
disconnected | (adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply | Synonyms: staccato |
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(adjective) having been divided; having the unity destroyed | Synonyms: disunited, fragmented, split |
(adjective) lacking orderly continuity | Synonyms: confused, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected |
(adjective) not plugged in or connected to a power source | - |
(adjective) marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions | Synonyms: abrupt |
disconsolate | (adjective) sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled | Synonyms: inconsolable, unconsolable |
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(adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry |
discontent | (adjective) showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing | Synonyms: discontented |
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discontented | (adjective) showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing | Synonyms: discontent |
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discontinued | (adjective) stopped permanently or temporarily | - |
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discontinuous | (adjective) not continuing without interruption in time or space | Synonyms: noncontinuous |
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(adjective) of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities | - |
discordant | (adjective) not in agreement or harmony | - |
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(adjective) lacking in harmony | Synonyms: disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonic |
discorporate | (adjective) not having a material body | Synonyms: bodiless, disembodied, unbodied, unembodied |
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discouraged | (adjective) lacking in resolution | - |
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(adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic | Synonyms: demoralised, demoralized, disheartened |
discouraging | (adjective) depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action | - |
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(adjective) expressing disapproval in order to dissuade | - |
discourteous | (adjective) showing no courtesy; rude | - |
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(adjective) lacking social graces | Synonyms: ungracious |
discoverable | (adjective) capable of being ascertained or found out | Synonyms: ascertainable |
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discovered | (adjective) discovered or determined by scientific observation | Synonyms: ascertained, observed |
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discreditable | (adjective) tending to bring discredit or disrepute; blameworthy | - |
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discredited | (adjective) suffering shame | Synonyms: disgraced, dishonored, shamed |
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(adjective) being unjustly brought into disrepute | Synonyms: damaged |
discreet | (adjective) marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint | - |
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(adjective) heedful of potential consequences | Synonyms: circumspect |
(adjective) unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic | Synonyms: discerning |
discrepant | (adjective) not in accord | Synonyms: at variance, dissonant |
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(adjective) not in agreement | Synonyms: inconsistent |
(adjective) not compatible with other facts | Synonyms: incompatible |
discrete | (adjective) constituting a separate entity or part | Synonyms: distinct |
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discretional | (adjective) having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment | Synonyms: discretionary |
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discretionary | (adjective) having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment | Synonyms: discretional |
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(adjective) (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed | - |
discriminable | (adjective) capable of being discriminated | - |
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discriminate | (adjective) marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions | - |
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discriminating | (adjective) showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste | - |
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(adjective) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions | Synonyms: acute, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp |
discriminative | (adjective) expressing careful judgment | Synonyms: judicial |
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(adjective) capable of making fine distinctions | Synonyms: discriminatory |
discriminatory | (adjective) being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand | Synonyms: prejudiced |
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(adjective) manifesting partiality | Synonyms: preferential |
(adjective) capable of making fine distinctions | Synonyms: discriminative |
(adjective) containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice | Synonyms: invidious |
discursive | (adjective) (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects | Synonyms: digressive, excursive, rambling |
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(adjective) proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition | Synonyms: dianoetic |
disdainful | (adjective) expressing extreme contempt | Synonyms: contemptuous, insulting, scornful |
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(adjective) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | Synonyms: haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering |
diseased | (adjective) caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology | Synonyms: morbid, pathologic, pathological |
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disembodied | (adjective) not having a material body | Synonyms: bodiless, discorporate, unbodied, unembodied |
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disenchanted | (adjective) freed from enchantment | - |
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disenchanting | (adjective) freeing from illusion or false belief | Synonyms: disillusioning |
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disenfranchised | (adjective) deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote | Synonyms: disfranchised, voiceless, voteless |
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disentangled | (adjective) straightened out | Synonyms: loosened, unsnarled |
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disfigured | (adjective) having the appearance spoiled | - |
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disfranchised | (adjective) deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote | Synonyms: disenfranchised, voiceless, voteless |
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disgraced | (adjective) suffering shame | Synonyms: discredited, dishonored, shamed |
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disgraceful | (adjective) (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | Synonyms: black, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful |
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(adjective) giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation | Synonyms: scandalous, shameful, shocking |
disgruntled | (adjective) in a state of sulky dissatisfaction | Synonyms: dissatisfied |
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disguised | (adjective) having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading | Synonyms: cloaked, masked |
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disgusted | (adjective) having a strong distaste from surfeit | Synonyms: fed up, sick, sick of, tired of |
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disgustful | (adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | Synonyms: disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky |
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disgusting | (adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | Synonyms: disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky |
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disharmonious | (adjective) lacking in harmony | Synonyms: discordant, dissonant, inharmonic |
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disheartened | (adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic | Synonyms: demoralised, demoralized, discouraged |
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