| dilatoriness | (noun) slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it | Synonyms: procrastination |
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| diminutiveness | (noun) the property of being very small in size | Synonyms: minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weeness |
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| dimness | (noun) the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity | Synonyms: subduedness |
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| (noun) the quality of being dim or lacking contrast | Synonyms: faintness |
| (noun) the state of being poorly illuminated | Synonyms: duskiness |
| dinginess | (noun) discoloration due to dirtiness | Synonyms: dinge |
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| directionless | (adjective) aimlessly drifting | Synonyms: adrift, afloat, aimless, planless, rudderless, undirected |
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| directiveness | (noun) the quality of being directive | Synonyms: directivity |
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| directness | (noun) trueness of course toward a goal | Synonyms: straightness |
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| (noun) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech | Synonyms: candidness, candor, candour, forthrightness, frankness |
| dirtiness | (noun) obscenity in speech or writing | Synonyms: smuttiness |
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| (noun) the state of being unsanitary | Synonyms: uncleanness |
| (noun) the state of containing dirty impurities | - |
| disagreeableness | (noun) an ill-tempered and offensive disposition | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being disagreeable and unpleasant | - |
| disconnectedness | (noun) state of being disconnected | Synonyms: disconnection, disjunction, disjuncture |
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| disconsolateness | (noun) feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless | Synonyms: despondence, despondency, heartsickness |
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| discontentedness | (noun) a longing for something better than the present situation | Synonyms: discontent, discontentment |
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| discreetness | (noun) subtly skillful handling of a situation | Synonyms: delicacy, diplomacy, finesse |
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| (noun) knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | Synonyms: circumspection, discretion, prudence |
| discreteness | (noun) the state of being several and distinct | Synonyms: distinctness, separateness, severalty |
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| discursiveness | (noun) the quality of being discursive | - |
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| disdainfulness | (noun) the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior | Synonyms: condescension, superciliousness |
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| disgracefulness | (noun) unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor | Synonyms: ignominiousness, shamefulness |
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| disgustingness | (noun) extreme unpalatability to the mouth | Synonyms: distastefulness, nauseatingness, sickeningness, unsavoriness |
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| (noun) the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind | Synonyms: unsavoriness |
| dishonorableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonourableness |
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| dishonourableness | (noun) the quality of not deserving honor or respect | Synonyms: dishonorableness |
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| disingenuousness | (noun) the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor | - |
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| disinterestedness | (noun) freedom from bias or from selfish motives | - |
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| disjointedness | (noun) lacking order or coherence | - |
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| disorderliness | (noun) untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance) | Synonyms: disarray |
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| (noun) a condition in which things are not in their expected places | Synonyms: disorder |
| (noun) rowdy behavior | Synonyms: roughness, rowdiness, rowdyism |
| disparateness | (noun) utter dissimilarity | Synonyms: distinctiveness |
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| dispassionateness | (noun) objectivity and detachment | Synonyms: dispassion, dryness |
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| dispensableness | (noun) the quality possessed by something that you can get along without | Synonyms: dispensability |
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| dispiritedness | (noun) a feeling of low spirits | Synonyms: dejectedness, downheartedness, low-spiritedness, lowness |
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| dispossess | (verb) deprive of the possession of real estate | - |
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| dispossessed | (adjective) physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security | Synonyms: homeless, roofless |
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| dispossession | (noun) the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law | Synonyms: eviction, legal ouster |
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| (noun) freeing from evil spirits | Synonyms: exorcism |
| disregardless | (adverb) in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks | Synonyms: disregarding, irrespective, no matter, regardless |
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| disreputableness | (noun) dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation | Synonyms: disreputability, unrespectability |
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| dissoluteness | (noun) indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures | Synonyms: incontinence, self-gratification |
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| distastefulness | (noun) the quality of being offensive | Synonyms: odiousness, offensiveness |
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| (noun) extreme unpalatability to the mouth | Synonyms: disgustingness, nauseatingness, sickeningness, unsavoriness |
| distinctiveness | (noun) utter dissimilarity | Synonyms: disparateness |
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| (noun) a distinguishing trait | Synonyms: peculiarity, speciality, specialness, specialty |
| distinctness | (noun) the quality of being sharp and clear | Synonyms: sharpness |
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| (noun) the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known | Synonyms: otherness, separateness |
| (noun) the state of being several and distinct | Synonyms: discreteness, separateness, severalty |
| distress | (noun) the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim | Synonyms: distraint |
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| (noun) psychological suffering | Synonyms: hurt, suffering |
| (noun) extreme physical pain | - |
| (noun) a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need) | - |
| (verb) cause mental pain to | - |
| (verb) bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship | Synonyms: straiten |
| distressed | (adjective) generalized feeling of distress | Synonyms: dysphoric, unhappy |
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| (adjective) facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty | Synonyms: hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way |
| (adjective) afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief | Synonyms: disquieted, disturbed, upset, worried |
| (adjective) suffering severe physical strain or distress | Synonyms: stressed |
| distressful | (adjective) causing distress or worry or anxiety | Synonyms: distressing, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying |
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| distressfully | (adverb) with distress | - |
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| distressfulness | (noun) the quality of arousing fear or distress | Synonyms: seriousness |
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| distressing | (adjective) bad; unfortunate | Synonyms: deplorable, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry |
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| (adjective) causing distress or worry or anxiety | Synonyms: distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying |
| distressingly | (adverb) unpleasantly | Synonyms: painfully |
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| distressingness | (noun) the quality of being painful | Synonyms: painfulness |
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| distrustfulness | (noun) the trait of not trusting others | Synonyms: distrust, mistrust |
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| diverseness | (noun) noticeable heterogeneity | Synonyms: diversity, multifariousness, variety |
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| dizziness | (noun) a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall | Synonyms: giddiness, lightheadedness, vertigo |
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| doggedness | (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity |
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| dolefulness | (noun) sadness caused by grief or affliction | - |
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| domineeringness | (noun) the trait of being imperious and overbearing | Synonyms: imperiousness, overbearingness |
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| doubtfulness | (noun) uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something | Synonyms: doubt, dubiousness, question |
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| (noun) the state of being unsure of something | Synonyms: doubt, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty |
| doubtless | (adverb) without doubt; certainly | Synonyms: doubtlessly, undoubtedly |
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| doubtlessly | (adverb) without doubt; certainly | Synonyms: doubtless, undoubtedly |
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| doughiness | (noun) The quality or state of having the characteristics of dough, especially in appearance or consistency. | - |
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| dovishness | (noun) any political orientation favoring compromise to avoid conflict | - |
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| dowdiness | (noun) having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance | Synonyms: drabness, homeliness |
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| dowerless | (adjective) lacking a dowry | - |
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| downheartedness | (noun) a feeling of low spirits | Synonyms: dejectedness, dispiritedness, low-spiritedness, lowness |
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| downiness | (noun) a light softness | Synonyms: featheriness, fluffiness |
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| downrightness | (noun) the quality of being direct and straightforward | Synonyms: straightforwardness |
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| drabness | (noun) having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance | Synonyms: dowdiness, homeliness |
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| dreadfulness | (noun) a quality of extreme unpleasantness | Synonyms: awfulness, horridness, terribleness |
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| dreaminess | (noun) a relaxed comfortable feeling | Synonyms: languor |
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| dreamless | (adjective) untroubled by dreams | - |
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| dreariness | (noun) extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest | Synonyms: boringness, insipidity, insipidness |
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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 |
| (noun) a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice | Synonyms: frock |
| (noun) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion | Synonyms: attire, garb |
| (noun) clothing in general | Synonyms: apparel, clothes, wearing apparel |
| (verb) put on clothes | Synonyms: get dressed |
| (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
| (verb) apply a bandage or medication to | - |
| (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, set |
| (verb) dress or groom with elaborate care | Synonyms: plume, preen, primp |
| (verb) give a neat appearance to | Synonyms: curry, groom |
| (verb) dress in a certain manner | Synonyms: dress up |
| (verb) kill and prepare for market or consumption | Synonyms: dress out |
| (verb) convert into leather | - |
| (verb) put a dressing on | - |
| (verb) put a finish on | - |
| (verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | Synonyms: clip, crop, cut back, lop, prune, snip, trim |
| (verb) provide with decoration | Synonyms: decorate |
| (verb) cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width | - |
| (verb) decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods | Synonyms: garnish, trim |
| (verb) arrange in ranks | Synonyms: line up |
| dressage | (noun) maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider | - |
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| 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 |
| dresser | (noun) furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | Synonyms: bureau, chest, chest of drawers |
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| (noun) a cabinet with shelves | - |
| (noun) low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup | Synonyms: dressing table, toilet table, vanity |
| (noun) a wardrobe assistant for an actor | Synonyms: actor's assistant |
| (noun) a person who dresses in a particular way | - |
| dressing | (noun) the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes | Synonyms: grooming |
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| (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: bandaging, binding |
| (noun) processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather | - |
| (noun) a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Synonyms: medical dressing |
| (noun) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | Synonyms: fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization |
| (noun) savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type | Synonyms: salad dressing |
| (noun) a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables | Synonyms: stuffing |
| dressmaker | (noun) a person who makes garments | Synonyms: garment-worker, garment worker, garmentmaker |
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| dressmaking | (noun) the craft of making dresses | - |
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| dressy | (adjective) in fancy clothing | - |
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| dripless | (adjective) designed to prevent dripping | - |
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| drippiness | (noun) the physical property of being soft and drippy | - |
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| (noun) falsely emotional in a maudlin way | Synonyms: mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness |
| drowsiness | (noun) a very sleepy state | Synonyms: sleepiness, somnolence |
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| drugless | (adjective) without the use of drugs | - |
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| drunkenness | (noun) the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | Synonyms: boozing, crapulence, drink, drinking |
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| (noun) a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol | Synonyms: inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication, tipsiness |
| (noun) habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms | Synonyms: alcohol addiction, alcoholism, inebriation |
| dryness | (noun) objectivity and detachment | Synonyms: dispassion, dispassionateness |
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| (noun) moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs | Synonyms: sobriety |
| (noun) the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water) | Synonyms: waterlessness, xerotes |
| dubiousness | (noun) uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something | Synonyms: doubt, doubtfulness, question |
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| (noun) the state of being unsure of something | Synonyms: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, incertitude, uncertainty |
| duchess | (noun) the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right | - |
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| ductileness | (noun) the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets | Synonyms: ductility |
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| ductless | (adjective) not having a duct | - |
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| dullness | (noun) lack of sensibility | - |
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| (noun) without sharpness or clearness of edge or point | Synonyms: bluntness |
| (noun) the quality of lacking interestingness | - |
| (noun) a lack of visual brightness | - |
| (noun) the quality of being slow to understand | Synonyms: obtuseness |
| dumbness | (noun) the quality of being mentally slow and limited | Synonyms: denseness, slow-wittedness |
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| dumpiness | (noun) a short and stout physique | Synonyms: squattiness |
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| duress | (noun) compulsory force or threat | - |
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| duskiness | (noun) a swarthy complexion | Synonyms: darkness, swarthiness |
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| (noun) the state of being poorly illuminated | Synonyms: dimness |
| dustiness | (noun) the state of being covered with dust | - |
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| dutifulness | (noun) piety by virtue of devotion to duty | - |
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| dwarfishness | (noun) the quality of being built like a dwarf | - |
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| eagerness | (noun) prompt willingness | Synonyms: forwardness, readiness, zeal |
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| (noun) a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something | Synonyms: avidity, avidness, keenness |
| earless | (adjective) lacking external ears | - |
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| earliness | (noun) quality of coming early or earlier in time | - |
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| earnestness | (noun) the trait of being serious | Synonyms: serious-mindedness, seriousness, sincerity |
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| (noun) an earnest and sincere feeling | Synonyms: seriousness, sincerity |
| easiness | (noun) the quality of being easy in behavior or style | - |
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| (noun) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort | Synonyms: ease, simpleness, simplicity |
| (noun) a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry | Synonyms: relaxation |
| easygoingness | (noun) being without worry or concern | - |
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| echoless | (adjective) having or producing no echo | - |
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| edgeless | (adjective) lacking a cutting edge | - |
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