demeanour | (noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people | Synonyms: behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, deportment |
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demented | (adjective) affected with madness or insanity | Synonyms: brainsick, crazy, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged |
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dementedly | (adverb) in an insane manner | Synonyms: crazily, insanely, madly |
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dementedness | (noun) mental deterioration of organic or functional origin | Synonyms: dementia |
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dementia | (noun) mental deterioration of organic or functional origin | Synonyms: dementedness |
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demerara | (noun) light brown cane sugar; originally from Guyana | Synonyms: demerara sugar |
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(noun) dark rum from Guyana | Synonyms: demerara rum |
(noun) a light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana | - |
demerit | (noun) the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection | Synonyms: fault |
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(noun) a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces | - |
demesne | (noun) territory over which rule or control is exercised | Synonyms: domain, land |
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(noun) extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use | Synonyms: acres, estate, land, landed estate |
demiglace | (noun) sauce Espagnole with extra beef stock simmered down and seasoned with dry wine or sherry | Synonyms: demi-glaze |
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demigod | (noun) a person who is part mortal and part god | Synonyms: daemon |
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(noun) a person with great powers and abilities | Synonyms: superman, Ubermensch |
demijohn | (noun) large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork | - |
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demilitarise | (verb) do away with the military organization and potential of | Synonyms: demilitarize |
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(verb) remove offensive capability from | Synonyms: demilitarize, disarm |
demilitarize | (verb) do away with the military organization and potential of | Synonyms: demilitarise |
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(verb) remove offensive capability from | Synonyms: demilitarise, disarm |
demimondaine | (noun) a female prostitute | - |
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demimonde | (noun) a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior | - |
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demineralisation | (noun) the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water) | Synonyms: demineralization |
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(noun) abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone) | Synonyms: demineralization |
demineralise | (verb) remove the minerals or salts from | Synonyms: demineralize |
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demineralization | (noun) the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water) | Synonyms: demineralisation |
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(noun) abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone) | Synonyms: demineralisation |
demineralize | (verb) remove the minerals or salts from | Synonyms: demineralise |
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demise | (noun) the time when something ends | Synonyms: death, dying |
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(verb) transfer by a lease or by a will | - |
demisemiquaver | (noun) a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note | Synonyms: thirty-second note |
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demist | (verb) free from mist | Synonyms: defog |
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demister | (noun) heater that removes mist from the windshield of a car | - |
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demitasse | (noun) small coffee cup; for serving black coffee | - |
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(noun) small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream | Synonyms: cafe noir |
demiurge | (noun) a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe | - |
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demo | (noun) a visual presentation showing how something works | Synonyms: demonstration |
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(verb) give an exhibition of to an interested audience | Synonyms: demonstrate, exhibit, present, show |
demob | (verb) retire from military service | Synonyms: demobilise, demobilize |
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demobilisation | (noun) act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops | Synonyms: demobilization |
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demobilise | (verb) retire from military service | Synonyms: demob, demobilize |
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(verb) release from military service or remove from the active list of military service | Synonyms: demobilize, inactivate |
demobilization | (noun) act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops | Synonyms: demobilisation |
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demobilize | (verb) retire from military service | Synonyms: demob, demobilise |
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(verb) release from military service or remove from the active list of military service | Synonyms: demobilise, inactivate |
democracy | (noun) the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives | - |
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(noun) the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group | Synonyms: majority rule |
(noun) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | Synonyms: commonwealth, republic |
democrat | (noun) an advocate of democratic principles | - |
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democratic | (adjective) characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality | - |
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(adjective) representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large | Synonyms: popular |
democratically | (adverb) in a democratic manner; based on democratic principles | - |
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democratisation | (noun) the action of making something democratic | Synonyms: democratization |
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democratise | (verb) become (more) democratic; of nations | Synonyms: democratize |
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(verb) introduce democratic reforms; of nations | Synonyms: democratize |
democratism | (noun) the theory, system, or principles of democracy. | - |
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democratization | (noun) the action of making something democratic | Synonyms: democratisation |
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democratize | (verb) become (more) democratic; of nations | Synonyms: democratise |
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(verb) introduce democratic reforms; of nations | Synonyms: democratise |
demode | (adjective) out of fashion | Synonyms: antique, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee |
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demodulate | (verb) extract information from a modulated carrier wave | - |
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demodulation | (noun) (electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave | - |
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demodulator | (noun) rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave | Synonyms: detector |
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demographer | (noun) a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics | Synonyms: demographist, population scientist |
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demographic | (adjective) of or relating to demography | - |
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(noun) a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.) | - |
demographist | (noun) a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics | Synonyms: demographer, population scientist |
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demography | (noun) the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations | Synonyms: human ecology |
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demoiselle | (noun) small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs | Synonyms: damselfish |
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(noun) a young unmarried woman | Synonyms: damoiselle, damosel, damozel, damsel |
demolish | (verb) defeat soundly and humiliatingly | Synonyms: destroy |
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(verb) eat up completely, as with great appetite | Synonyms: consume, devour, down, go through |
(verb) destroy completely | Synonyms: pulverise, pulverize |
(verb) ruin or destroy | - |
demolished | (adjective) torn down and broken up | Synonyms: dismantled, razed |
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demolishing | (noun) complete destruction of a building | Synonyms: leveling, razing, tearing down |
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demolition | (noun) the act of demolishing | - |
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(noun) an event that completely destroys something | Synonyms: destruction, wipeout |
demon | (noun) an evil supernatural being | Synonyms: daemon, daimon, devil, fiend |
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(noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person | Synonyms: devil, fiend, monster, ogre |
(noun) someone extremely diligent or skillful | - |
demonetisation | (noun) ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: demonetization |
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demonetise | (verb) deprive of value for payment | Synonyms: demonetize |
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demonetization | (noun) ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: demonetisation |
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demonetize | (verb) deprive of value for payment | Synonyms: demonetise |
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demoniac | (adjective) of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon | Synonyms: demoniacal, possessed |
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(noun) someone who acts as if possessed by a demon | - |
demoniacal | (adjective) of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon | Synonyms: demoniac, possessed |
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demoniacally | (adverb) in a very agitated manner; as if possessed by an evil spirit | Synonyms: frenetically |
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demonic | (adjective) extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell | Synonyms: diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy |
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demonisation | (noun) to represent as diabolically evil | Synonyms: demonization |
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demonise | (verb) make into a demon | Synonyms: demonize |
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demonism | (noun) a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan) | Synonyms: diabolism, Satanism |
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demonization | (noun) to represent as diabolically evil | Synonyms: demonisation |
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demonize | (verb) make into a demon | Synonyms: demonise |
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demonolatry | (noun) the acts or rites of worshiping devils | Synonyms: devil-worship, diabolatry |
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demonstrability | (noun) capability of being demonstrated or logically proved | Synonyms: provability |
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demonstrable | (adjective) necessarily or demonstrably true | Synonyms: incontrovertible |
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(adjective) capable of being demonstrated or proved | Synonyms: provable |
demonstrably | (adverb) in an obvious and provable manner | Synonyms: incontrovertibly, provably |
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demonstrate | (verb) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment | Synonyms: establish, prove, shew, show |
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(verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, certify, evidence, manifest |
(verb) give an exhibition of to an interested audience | Synonyms: demo, exhibit, present, show |
(verb) march in protest; take part in a demonstration | Synonyms: march |
demonstrated | (adjective) having been demonstrated or verified beyond doubt | - |
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demonstration | (noun) a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view | Synonyms: presentation, presentment |
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(noun) a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature) | Synonyms: manifestation |
(noun) a show of military force or preparedness | - |
(noun) a visual presentation showing how something works | Synonyms: demo |
(noun) proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion | Synonyms: monstrance |
demonstrative | (adjective) given to or marked by the open expression of emotion | - |
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(adjective) serving to demonstrate | Synonyms: illustrative |
(noun) a pronoun that points out an intended referent | Synonyms: demonstrative pronoun |
demonstratively | (adverb) in a demonstrative manner | - |
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demonstrativeness | (noun) tending to express your feelings freely | - |
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demonstrator | (noun) someone who participates in a public display of group feeling | Synonyms: protester |
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(noun) someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer | Synonyms: sales demonstrator |
(noun) a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught | - |
demoralisation | (noun) destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy | Synonyms: demoralization |
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(noun) depression resulting from an undermining of your morale | Synonyms: demoralization |
(noun) a state of disorder and confusion | Synonyms: demoralization |
demoralise | (verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down |
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(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
demoralised | (adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic | Synonyms: demoralized, discouraged, disheartened |
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demoralising | (adjective) destructive of morale and self-reliance | Synonyms: demoralizing, disheartening, dispiriting |
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demoralization | (noun) destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy | Synonyms: demoralisation |
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(noun) depression resulting from an undermining of your morale | Synonyms: demoralisation |
(noun) a state of disorder and confusion | Synonyms: demoralisation |
demoralize | (verb) confuse or put into disorder | - |
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(verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down |
(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
demoralized | (adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic | Synonyms: demoralised, discouraged, disheartened |
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demoralizing | (adjective) destructive of morale and self-reliance | Synonyms: demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting |
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demote | (verb) assign to a lower position; reduce in rank | Synonyms: break, bump, kick downstairs, relegate |
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demotic | (adjective) of or for the common people | - |
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demotion | (noun) act of lowering in rank or position | - |
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demulcent | (adjective) having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin | Synonyms: emollient, salving, softening |
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(noun) a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin | - |
demulsify | (verb) break down into components | - |
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(verb) cause to demulsify | - |
demur | (noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings | Synonyms: demurral, demurrer |
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(verb) object to | Synonyms: except |
(verb) enter a demurrer | - |
demure | (adjective) affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way | Synonyms: coy, overmodest |
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demurely | (adverb) in a demure manner | - |
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demureness | (noun) the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum | - |
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(noun) the affectation of being demure in a provocative way | Synonyms: coyness |
demurrage | (noun) detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure | - |
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(noun) a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure | - |
demurral | (noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings | Synonyms: demur, demurrer |
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demurrer | (noun) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | Synonyms: defence, defense, denial |
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(noun) (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings | Synonyms: demur, demurral |
(noun) (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings | - |
demyelinate | (verb) destroy the myelin sheath of | - |
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demyelination | (noun) loss of the myelin covering of some nerve fibers resulting in their impaired function | - |
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