disable | (verb) injure permanently | Synonyms: handicap, incapacitate, invalid |
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(verb) make unable to perform a certain action | Synonyms: disenable, incapacitate |
disabuse | (verb) free somebody (from an erroneous belief) | - |
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disaccord | (verb) be different from one another | Synonyms: disagree, discord |
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disadvantage | (verb) put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm | Synonyms: disfavor, disfavour |
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disaffect | (verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | Synonyms: alienate, estrange |
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disafforest | (verb) remove the trees from | Synonyms: deforest, disforest |
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disagree | (verb) be of different opinions | Synonyms: differ, dissent, take issue |
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(verb) be different from one another | Synonyms: disaccord, discord |
disallow | (verb) command against | Synonyms: forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto |
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disambiguate | (verb) state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from | - |
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disappear | (verb) get lost, as without warning or explanation | Synonyms: go away, vanish |
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(verb) cease to exist | Synonyms: vanish |
(verb) become less intense and fade away gradually | Synonyms: evaporate, melt |
(verb) become invisible or unnoticeable | Synonyms: go away, vanish |
disappoint | (verb) fail to meet the hopes or expectations of | Synonyms: let down |
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disapprove | (verb) consider bad or wrong | - |
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(verb) deem wrong or inappropriate | Synonyms: reject |
disarm | (verb) remove offensive capability from | Synonyms: demilitarise, demilitarize |
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(verb) take away the weapons from; render harmless | Synonyms: unarm |
(verb) make less hostile; win over | - |
disarrange | (verb) disturb the arrangement of | - |
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(verb) destroy the arrangement or order of | - |
disarray | (verb) bring disorder to | Synonyms: disorder |
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disarticulate | (verb) separate at the joints | Synonyms: disjoint |
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disassemble | (verb) take apart into its constituent pieces | Synonyms: break apart, break up, dismantle, take apart |
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disassociate | (verb) part; cease or break association with | Synonyms: disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce |
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disavow | (verb) refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with | - |
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disband | (verb) stop functioning or cohering as a unit | Synonyms: dissolve |
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(verb) cause to break up or cease to function | - |
disbar | (verb) remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action | - |
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disbelieve | (verb) reject as false; refuse to accept | Synonyms: discredit |
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disbud | (verb) destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle) | - |
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(verb) thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers | - |
disburden | (verb) take the burden off; remove the burden from | Synonyms: unburden |
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disburse | (verb) expend, as from a fund | Synonyms: pay out |
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discard | (verb) throw or cast away | Synonyms: cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out |
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discase | (verb) get undressed | Synonyms: disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress |
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discern | (verb) detect with the senses | Synonyms: distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart |
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discerp | (verb) divide into pieces | Synonyms: dismember, take apart |
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(verb) cut off from a whole | Synonyms: lop, sever |
discharge | (verb) eliminate (a substance) | Synonyms: eject, exhaust, expel, release |
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(verb) become empty or void of its content | Synonyms: empty |
(verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: acquit, assoil, clear, exculpate, exonerate |
(verb) release from military service | Synonyms: muster out |
(verb) cause to go off | Synonyms: fire |
(verb) go off or discharge | Synonyms: fire, go off |
(verb) pour forth or release | - |
(verb) remove the charge from | - |
(verb) remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave | Synonyms: drop, drop off, put down, set down, unload |
(verb) complete or carry out | Synonyms: complete, dispatch |
(verb) free from obligations or duties | Synonyms: free |
discipline | (verb) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience | Synonyms: correct, sort out |
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(verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control | Synonyms: check, condition, train |
disclaim | (verb) make a disclaimer about | - |
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(verb) renounce a legal claim or title to | - |
disclose | (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, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap |
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(verb) reveal to view as by removing a cover | Synonyms: expose, uncover |
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 |
discredit | (verb) reject as false; refuse to accept | Synonyms: disbelieve |
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(verb) cause to be distrusted or disbelieved | - |
(verb) damage the reputation of | Synonyms: disgrace |
discriminate | (verb) recognize or perceive the difference | Synonyms: know apart |
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(verb) distinguish | - |
(verb) treat differently on the basis of sex or race | Synonyms: separate, single out |
discuss | (verb) speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion | Synonyms: hash out, talk over |
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(verb) to consider or examine in speech or writing | Synonyms: discourse, talk about |
disdain | (verb) reject with contempt | Synonyms: freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down |
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(verb) look down on with disdain | Synonyms: contemn, despise, scorn |
disembark | (verb) go ashore | Synonyms: debark, set down |
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disembarrass | (verb) relieve from | Synonyms: free, rid |
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disembody | (verb) free from a body or physical form or reality | - |
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disembowel | (verb) remove the entrails of | Synonyms: draw, eviscerate |
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disembroil | (verb) free from involvement or entanglement | Synonyms: disentangle, disinvolve |
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disenable | (verb) make unable to perform a certain action | Synonyms: disable, incapacitate |
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disenchant | (verb) free from enchantment | Synonyms: disillusion |
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disencumber | (verb) release from entanglement of difficulty | Synonyms: disentangle, extricate, untangle |
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disenfranchise | (verb) deprive of voting rights | Synonyms: disfranchise |
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disengage | (verb) become free | - |
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(verb) release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles | Synonyms: withdraw |
(verb) free or remove obstruction from | Synonyms: free |
disentangle | (verb) smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb | Synonyms: comb, comb out |
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(verb) extricate from entanglement | Synonyms: straighten out, unsnarl |
(verb) separate the tangles of | Synonyms: unwind |
(verb) release from entanglement of difficulty | Synonyms: disencumber, extricate, untangle |
(verb) free from involvement or entanglement | Synonyms: disembroil, disinvolve |
disestablish | (verb) deprive (an established church) of its status | - |
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disesteem | (verb) have little or no respect for; hold in contempt | Synonyms: disrespect |
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disfavor | (verb) put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm | Synonyms: disadvantage, disfavour |
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disfavour | (verb) put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm | Synonyms: disadvantage, disfavor |
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disfigure | (verb) mar or spoil the appearance of | Synonyms: blemish, deface |
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disforest | (verb) remove the trees from | Synonyms: deforest, disafforest |
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disfranchise | (verb) deprive of voting rights | Synonyms: disenfranchise |
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disgorge | (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
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(verb) cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over | Synonyms: shed, spill |
disgrace | (verb) damage the reputation of | Synonyms: discredit |
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(verb) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | Synonyms: degrade, demean, put down, take down |
(verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, dishonor, dishonour, shame |
disgruntle | (verb) put into a bad mood or into bad humour | - |
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disguise | (verb) make unrecognizable | Synonyms: mask |
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disgust | (verb) cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of | Synonyms: churn up, nauseate, revolt, sicken |
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(verb) fill with distaste | Synonyms: gross out, repel, revolt |
dish | (verb) make concave; shape like a dish | - |
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(verb) provide (usually but not necessarily food) | Synonyms: dish out, dish up, serve, serve up |
disharmonize | (verb) cause to sound harsh and unpleasant | Synonyms: dissonate |
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dishearten | (verb) take away the enthusiasm of | Synonyms: put off |
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dishevel | (verb) disarrange or rumple; dishevel | Synonyms: tangle, tousle |
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dishonor | (verb) refuse to accept | Synonyms: dishonour |
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(verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonour, shame |
(verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish, violate |
dishonour | (verb) refuse to accept | Synonyms: dishonor |
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(verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, shame |
(verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, outrage, rape, ravish, violate |
disillusion | (verb) free from enchantment | Synonyms: disenchant |
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disincarnate | (verb) make immaterial; remove the real essence of | - |
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disincline | (verb) make unwilling | Synonyms: indispose |
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disinfect | (verb) destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing | - |
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disinfest | (verb) rid of vermin | - |
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disinherit | (verb) prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting | Synonyms: disown |
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disintegrate | (verb) break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity | - |
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(verb) lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | Synonyms: decay, decompose |
(verb) cause to undergo fission or lose particles | - |
disinter | (verb) dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies | Synonyms: exhume |
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disinvest | (verb) remove (someone's or one's own) clothes | Synonyms: divest, strip, undress |
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(verb) reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment) | Synonyms: divest |
(verb) deprive of status or authority | Synonyms: divest |
disinvolve | (verb) free from involvement or entanglement | Synonyms: disembroil, disentangle |
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disjoin | (verb) become separated, disconnected or disjoint | Synonyms: disjoint |
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(verb) make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of | Synonyms: disjoint |
disjoint | (verb) become separated, disconnected or disjoint | Synonyms: disjoin |
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(verb) make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of | Synonyms: disjoin |
(verb) separate at the joints | Synonyms: disarticulate |
(verb) part; cease or break association with | Synonyms: disassociate, dissociate, disunite, divorce |
disk | (verb) draw a harrow over (land) | Synonyms: harrow |
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dislike | (verb) have or feel a dislike or distaste for | - |
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