Danger, hazard, peril. (Safety.) Dark, dismal, opaque, obscure, dim. (Light.) Deadly, fatal, destructive, mortal. Dear, beloved, precious, costly, expensive. (Despised, cheap.) Death, departure, decease, demise. (Life.) Decay, decline, cousumption. (Growth.) Deceive, delude, impose upon, over-reach, gull, dupe, cheat. Deceit, cheat, imposition, trick, delusion, guile, beguilement, treachery, sham. (Truthfulness.) Decide, determine, settle, adjudicate, terminate, solve. Decipher, read, spell, interpret, solve. Decision, determination, conclusion, resolution, firmness. (Vacillation.) Declamation, oratory, elocution, harangue, effusion, debate. Declaration, avowal, manifestation, statement, profession. Decrease, diminish, lessen, wane, decline, retrench, curtail, reduce. (Growth.) Dedicate, devote, consecrate, offer, set, apportion. Deed, act, action, commission, achievement, instrument, document, muniment. Deem, judge, estimate, consider, think, suppose, conceive. Deep, profound, subterranean, submerged, designing, abstruse, learned. (Shallow.) Deface, mar, spoil, injure, disfigure. (Beautify.) Default, lapse, forfeit, omission, absence, want, failure. Defect, imperfection, flaw, fault, blemish. (Beauty, improvement. ) Defend, guard, protect, justify.

Defense, excuse, plea, vindication, bulwark, rampart. Defer, delay, postpone, put off, prorogue, adjourn. (Force, expedite.) Deficient, short, wanting, inadequate, scanty, incomplete. (Complete, perfect.) Defile, v., pollute, corrupt, sully. (Beautify.) Define, fix, settle, determine, limit. Defray, meet, liquidate, pay, discharge. Degree, grade, extent, measure. Deliberate, v., consider, meditate, consult, ponder, debate. Deliberate, a., purposed, intentional, designed, determined. (Hasty.) Delicacy, nicety, dainty, refinement, tact, softness, modesty. (Boorishness, indelicacy.) Delicate, tender, fragile, dainty, refined. (Coarse.) Delicious, sweet, palatable. (Nauseous.) Delight, enjoyment, pleasure, happiness, transport, ecstasy, gladness, rapture, bliss. (Annoyance.) Deliver, liberate, free, rescue, pronounce, give, hand over. (Retain.) Demonstrate, prove, show, exhibit, illustrate. Depart, leave, quit, decamp, retire, withdraw, vanish. (Remain.) Deprive, strip, bereave, despoil, rob, divest. Depute, appoint, commission, charge, intrust, delegate, authorize, accredit. Derision, scorn, contempt, contumely, disrespect. Derivation, origin, source, beginning, cause, etymology, root. Describe, delineate, portray, explain, illustrate, define, picture.

Desecrate, profane, secularize, misuse, abuse, pollute. (Keep holy.) Deserve, merit, earn, justify, win. Design, n.,delineation,sketch, drawing, cunning, artfulness, contrivance. Desirable, expedient, advisable, valuable, acceptable, proper, judicious, beneficial, profitable, good. Desire, n.f longing, affection, craving. Desist, cease, stop, discontinue, drop, abstain, forbear. (Continue, persevere.) Desolate, bereaved,forlorn, forsaken, deserted, wild, waste, bare, bleak, lonely. (Pleasant, happy.) Desperate, wild, daring, audacious, determined, reckless, hopeless. Destiny, fate, decree, doom, end. Destructive, detrimental, hurtful, noxious, injurious, deleterious, baleful, baneful, subversive. (Creative, constructive.) Desuetude, disuse, discontinuance. (Maintenance.) Desultory, rambling, discursive, loose, unmethodical, superficial, unsettled, erratic, fitful. (Thorough.) Detail, n., particular, specification, minutiae. Detail, v., particularize, enumerate, specify. (Generalize.) Deter, warn, stop, dissuade, terrify, scare. (Encourage.) Detriment, loss, harm, injury, deterioration. (Benefit.) Develop, unfold, amplify, expand, enlarge. Device, artifice, expedient, contrivance.

Devoid, void, wanting, destitute, unendowed, unprovided. (Full, complete.) Devoted, attached, fond, absorbed, dedicated. Dictate, prompt, suggest, enjoin, order, command. Dictatorial, imperative, imperious, domineering, arbitrary, tyrannical, overbearing. (Submissive.) Die, expire, depart, perish, decline, languish, pass away, fade, decay. Diet, food, victuals, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, fare. Difference, separation, disagreement, discord, dissent, estrangement, variety. Different, various, manifold, diverse, unlike, separate, distinct. (Similar, homogeneous.) Difficult, hard, intricate, involved, perplexing, obscure, unmanageable. (Easy.) Diffuse, discursive, prolix, diluted, copious. Dignify, aggrandize, elevate, invest, exalt, advance, promote, honor. (Degrade.) Dilate, stretch, widen, expand, swell, distend, enlarge, descant, expatiate. Dilatory, tardy, procrastinating, behindhand, lagging, dawdling. (Prompt.) Diligence, care, assiduity, attention, heed, industry. (Negligence.) Diminish-, lessen, reduce, contract, curtail, retrench. (Increase.) Disability, unfitness, incapacity. Discern, descry, observe, recognize, see, discriminate, separate, perceive.

Discipline, order, strictness, training, coercion, punishment, organization. (Confusion, demoralization.) Discover, make known, find, invent, contrive, expose, reveal. Discreditable, shameful, disgraceful, scandalous, disreputable. (Creditable.) Discreet, cautious, prudent, wary, judicious. (Indiscreet.) Discrepancy, disagreement, difference, variance. (Agreement.) Discrimination, acuteness, discernment, judgment, caution. Disease, complaint, malady, disorder, ailment, sickness. Disgrace, n., disrepute, reproach, dishonor, shame, odium. (Honor.) Disgrace, v., debase, degrade, defame, discredit. (Exalt.) Disgust, dislike, distaste, loathing, abomination, abhorrence. (Admiration.) Dishonest, unjust, fraudulent, unfair, deceitful, cheating, deceptive, wrongful. (Honest.) Dismay, v., terrify, frighten, scare, daunt, appall, dishearten. (Encourage.) Dismay, n., terror, dread, fear, fright. (Assurance.) Dismiss, send off, discharge, discard, banish. (Retain.) Dispel, scatter, drive away, disperse, dissipate. (Collect.) Display, show, spread out, exhibit, expose. (Hide.) Dispose, arrange, place, order, give, bestow.