drab | (adjective) of a light brownish green color | Synonyms: olive-drab |
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(adjective) lacking brightness or color; dull | Synonyms: sober, somber, sombre |
(adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry |
(adjective) lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise | Synonyms: dreary |
drafty | (adjective) not airtight | Synonyms: draughty |
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dragging | (adjective) marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner | - |
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draggled | (adjective) limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud | Synonyms: bedraggled |
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drained | (adjective) emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid) | - |
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(adjective) extremely exhausted | Synonyms: knackered |
(adjective) drained of electric charge; discharged | Synonyms: dead |
draining | (adjective) having a debilitating effect | Synonyms: exhausting |
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dramatic | (adjective) suitable to or characteristic of drama | - |
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(adjective) used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style | - |
(adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of drama | - |
(adjective) sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect | Synonyms: spectacular, striking |
dramaturgic | (adjective) relating to the technical aspects of drama | Synonyms: dramaturgical |
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dramaturgical | (adjective) relating to the technical aspects of drama | Synonyms: dramaturgic |
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draped | (adjective) covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak | Synonyms: cloaked, clothed, mantled, wrapped |
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(adjective) covered in folds of cloth | - |
drastic | (adjective) forceful and extreme and rigorous | - |
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draughty | (adjective) not airtight | Synonyms: drafty |
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drawn | (adjective) having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut | - |
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(adjective) showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering | Synonyms: careworn, haggard, raddled, worn |
dread | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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dreaded | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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dreadful | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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(adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, awful, painful, terrible, unspeakable |
(adjective) extremely disagreeable and unpleasant | - |
dreamed | (adjective) conceived of or imagined or hoped for | - |
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dreamless | (adjective) untroubled by dreams | - |
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dreamlike | (adjective) resembling a dream | Synonyms: surreal |
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dreamy | (adjective) dreamy in mood or nature | Synonyms: moony, woolgathering |
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(adjective) lacking spirit or liveliness | Synonyms: lackadaisical, languid, languorous |
drear | (adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry |
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dreary | (adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, gloomy, grim, sorry |
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(adjective) lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise | Synonyms: drab |
drenched | (adjective) abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination | Synonyms: drenched in |
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dress | (adjective) (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes | Synonyms: full-dress |
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(adjective) suitable for formal occasions | Synonyms: full-dress |
dressed | (adjective) dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination | Synonyms: appareled, attired, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed |
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(adjective) (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth | Synonyms: polished |
(adjective) treated with medications and protective covering | - |
(adjective) dressed in fancy or formal clothing | Synonyms: dolled up, dressed-up, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, spiffed up, spruced up, togged up |
dressy | (adjective) in fancy clothing | - |
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dried | (adjective) not still wet | - |
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(adjective) preserved by removing natural moisture | Synonyms: dehydrated, desiccated |
drifting | (adjective) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another | Synonyms: aimless, floating, vagabond, vagrant |
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drilled | (adjective) trained in a skill by repetitious practice | - |
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drinkable | (adjective) suitable for drinking | Synonyms: potable |
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dripless | (adjective) designed to prevent dripping | - |
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drippy | (adjective) effusively or insincerely emotional | Synonyms: bathetic, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy |
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(adjective) leaking in drops | - |
(adjective) wet with light rain | Synonyms: drizzly |
driven | (adjective) strongly motivated to succeed | Synonyms: compulsive, determined |
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(adjective) compelled forcibly by an outside agency | Synonyms: goaded |
(adjective) urged or forced to action through moral pressure | Synonyms: impelled |
driving | (adjective) having the power of driving or impelling | Synonyms: impulsive |
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(adjective) acting with vigor | - |
drizzling | (adjective) (of rain) falling lightly in very small drops | - |
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drizzly | (adjective) wet with light rain | Synonyms: drippy |
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droll | (adjective) comical in an odd or whimsical manner | - |
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drooping | (adjective) hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) | Synonyms: droopy, sagging |
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(adjective) weak from exhaustion | Synonyms: flagging |
(adjective) having branches or flower heads that bend downward | Synonyms: cernuous, nodding, pendulous, weeping |
droopy | (adjective) hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) | Synonyms: drooping, sagging |
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dropping | (adjective) coming down freely under the influence of gravity | Synonyms: falling |
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dropsical | (adjective) swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid | Synonyms: edematous |
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drowsing | (adjective) half asleep | Synonyms: dozy, drowsy |
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drowsy | (adjective) half asleep | Synonyms: dozy, drowsing |
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(adjective) showing lack of attention or boredom | Synonyms: oscitant, yawning |
drudging | (adjective) doing arduous or unpleasant work | Synonyms: laboring, labouring, toiling |
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drugged | (adjective) under the influence of narcotics | Synonyms: doped, narcotised, narcotized |
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drugless | (adjective) without the use of drugs | - |
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drumhead | (adjective) performed speedily and without formality | Synonyms: summary |
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drunk | (adjective) stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) | Synonyms: gone, inebriated, intoxicated, ripped |
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(adjective) as if under the influence of alcohol | Synonyms: intoxicated |
drunken | (adjective) given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol | Synonyms: bibulous, boozy, sottish |
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drupaceous | (adjective) of or related to a drupe | - |
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dry | (adjective) free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet | - |
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(adjective) not producing milk | - |
(adjective) (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation | - |
(adjective) opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages | - |
(adjective) lacking moisture or volatile components | - |
(adjective) without a mucous or watery discharge | - |
(adjective) having a large proportion of strong liquor | - |
(adjective) humorously sarcastic or mocking | Synonyms: ironic, ironical, wry |
(adjective) practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages | Synonyms: teetotal |
(adjective) used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones | - |
(adjective) not shedding tears | - |
(adjective) lacking warmth or emotional involvement | - |
(adjective) unproductive especially of the expected results | - |
(adjective) lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless | Synonyms: juiceless |
(adjective) (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish | - |
(adjective) having no adornment or coloration | - |