desecrate | (verb) remove the consecration from a person or an object | Synonyms: deconsecrate, unhallow |
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(verb) violate the sacred character of a place or language | Synonyms: outrage, profane, violate |
desecrated | (adjective) treated with disrespect and contempt | - |
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desecration | (noun) blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character | Synonyms: blasphemy, profanation, sacrilege |
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desegrated | (adjective) rid of segregation; having had segregation ended | Synonyms: nonsegregated, unsegregated |
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desegregate | (verb) open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups | Synonyms: integrate, mix |
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desegregation | (noun) the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community | Synonyms: integrating, integration |
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desensitisation | (noun) the process of reducing sensitivity | Synonyms: desensitization |
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desensitise | (verb) make insensitive | Synonyms: desensitize |
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(verb) cause not to be sensitive | Synonyms: desensitize |
desensitising | (adjective) making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli | Synonyms: desensitizing |
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desensitization | (noun) the process of reducing sensitivity | Synonyms: desensitisation |
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desensitize | (verb) make insensitive | Synonyms: desensitise |
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(verb) cause not to be sensitive | Synonyms: desensitise |
desensitizing | (adjective) making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli | Synonyms: desensitising |
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desert | (noun) arid land with little or no vegetation | - |
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(noun) (usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment | - |
(verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch | Synonyms: abandon, desolate, forsake |
(verb) leave behind | - |
(verb) desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army | Synonyms: defect |
deserted | (adjective) forsaken by owner or inhabitants | Synonyms: abandoned, derelict |
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deserter | (noun) a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | Synonyms: defector |
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(noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | Synonyms: apostate, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat |
desertification | (noun) the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land | - |
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desertion | (noun) withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility | Synonyms: abandonment, defection |
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(noun) the act of giving something up | Synonyms: abandonment, forsaking |
deserve | (verb) be worthy or deserving | Synonyms: merit |
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deserved | (adjective) properly deserved | Synonyms: merited |
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deservedly | (adverb) as deserved | - |
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deserving | (adjective) (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way | Synonyms: worth |
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deservingness | (noun) the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance) | Synonyms: merit, meritoriousness |
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desex | (verb) make infertile | Synonyms: desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex |
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desexualise | (verb) make infertile | Synonyms: desex, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex |
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(verb) direct one's libidinous urges into another direction | Synonyms: desexualize |
desexualize | (verb) make infertile | Synonyms: desex, desexualise, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex |
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(verb) direct one's libidinous urges into another direction | Synonyms: desexualise |