| abscond | (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off |
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| disco | (verb) dance to disco music | - |
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| discolor | (verb) change color, often in an undesired manner | Synonyms: color, colour, discolour |
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| (verb) lose color or turn colorless | - |
| (verb) cause to lose or change color | - |
| discolorise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorize, discolourise |
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| discolorize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolourise |
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| discolour | (verb) change color, often in an undesired manner | Synonyms: color, colour, discolor |
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| discolourise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize |
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| discombobulate | (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, fox, fuddle, throw |
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| (verb) cause to be confused emotionally | Synonyms: bemuse, bewilder, throw |
| discomfit | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discompose, disconcert, untune, upset |
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| discommode | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
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| discompose | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discomfit, disconcert, untune, upset |
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| disconcert | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discomfit, discompose, untune, upset |
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| (verb) cause to feel embarrassment | Synonyms: confuse, flurry, put off |
| disconnect | (verb) make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten | - |
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| (verb) pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable | Synonyms: unplug |
| discontent | (verb) make dissatisfied | - |
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| discontinue | (verb) prevent completion | Synonyms: break, break off, stop |
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| (verb) put an end to a state or an activity | Synonyms: cease, give up, lay off, quit, stop |
| (verb) come to or be at an end | - |
| discord | (verb) be different from one another | Synonyms: disaccord, disagree |
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| discount | (verb) bar from attention or consideration | Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside |
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| (verb) give a reduction in price on | - |
| discountenance | (verb) show disapproval by discouraging | - |
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| (verb) look with disfavor on | - |
| discourage | (verb) try to prevent; show opposition to | Synonyms: deter |
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| (verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: admonish, monish, warn |
| (verb) deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged | - |
| discourse | (verb) talk at length and formally about a topic | Synonyms: dissertate, hold forth |
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| (verb) carry on a conversation | Synonyms: converse |
| (verb) to consider or examine in speech or writing | Synonyms: discuss, talk about |
| discover | (verb) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | Synonyms: find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see |
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| (verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name |
| (verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | Synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap |
| (verb) make a discovery, make a new finding | Synonyms: find |
| (verb) see for the first time; make a discovery | - |
| (verb) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes | Synonyms: detect, find, notice, observe |
| (verb) find unexpectedly | Synonyms: attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike |
| ensconce | (verb) fix firmly | Synonyms: settle |
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| escort | (verb) accompany as an escort | - |
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| (verb) conduct someone someplace | Synonyms: see |
| fresco | (verb) paint onto wet plaster on a wall | - |
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| gasconade | (verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
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| misconceive | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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| misconduct | (verb) manage badly or incompetently | Synonyms: mishandle, mismanage |
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| (verb) behave badly | Synonyms: misbehave, misdemean |
| misconstrue | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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| miscount | (verb) count wrongly | - |
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| outscore | (verb) score more points than one's opponents | Synonyms: outpoint |
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| rediscover | (verb) discover again | - |
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| scoff | (verb) laugh at with contempt and derision | Synonyms: barrack, flout, gibe, jeer |
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| (verb) treat with contemptuous disregard | Synonyms: flout |
| scold | (verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, take to task, trounce |
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| (verb) show one's unhappiness or critical attitude | Synonyms: grouch, grumble |
| scollop | (verb) shape or cut in scallops | Synonyms: scallop |
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| (verb) fish for scallops | Synonyms: scallop |
| (verb) form scallops in | Synonyms: scallop |
| scoop | (verb) get the better of | Synonyms: best, outdo, outflank, trump |
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| (verb) take out or up with or as if with a scoop | Synonyms: lift out, scoop out, scoop up, take up |
| scoot | (verb) run or move very quickly or hastily | Synonyms: dart, dash, flash, scud, shoot |
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| scorch | (verb) burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | Synonyms: blacken, char, sear |
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| (verb) make very hot and dry | Synonyms: sear |
| (verb) become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions | - |
| (verb) destroy completely by or as if by fire | - |
| (verb) become superficially burned | Synonyms: sear, singe |
| (verb) subject to harsh criticism | Synonyms: blister, scald, whip |
| score | (verb) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation | Synonyms: grade, mark |
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| (verb) make underscoring marks | Synonyms: mark |
| (verb) gain points in a game | Synonyms: rack up, tally |
| (verb) get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance | - |
| (verb) make small marks into the surface of | Synonyms: mark, nock |
| (verb) induce to have sex | Synonyms: make, seduce |
| (verb) write a musical score for | - |
| scorn | (verb) reject with contempt | Synonyms: disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, spurn, turn down |
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| (verb) look down on with disdain | Synonyms: contemn, despise, disdain |
| scotch | (verb) make a small cut or score into | - |
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| (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, spoil, thwart |
| scour | (verb) rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid | Synonyms: flush, purge |
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| (verb) rub hard or scrub | Synonyms: abrade |
| (verb) clean with hard rubbing | Synonyms: scrub |
| (verb) examine minutely | - |
| scourge | (verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | Synonyms: desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, waste |
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| (verb) whip | Synonyms: flagellate |
| (verb) punish severely; excoriate | - |
| scout | (verb) explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody | Synonyms: reconnoiter, reconnoitre |
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| scowl | (verb) frown with displeasure | - |
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| telescope | (verb) make smaller or shorter | - |
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| (verb) crush together or collapse | - |
| underscore | (verb) give extra weight to (a communication) | Synonyms: emphasise, emphasize, underline |
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| (verb) draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to | Synonyms: underline |