Dealing, n.
- 1. Conduct, behavior, action.
- 2. Commerce, intercourse, business, trade, traffic.
Dear, a.
- 1. Costly, expensive, high-priced, at a high price, of great price.
- 2. Precious, beloved, darling, much loved, highly esteemed or valued.
- 3. Earnest, deep, passionate, intense, furious.
Dear, n. See darling, n.
Dearth, n.
- 1. Scarcity, insufficiency, deficiency, short supply.
- 2. Need, want, lack, famine, short commons.
Death, n. Decease, demise, dying, dissolution, departure, exit, end of life, King of terrors, debt of nature.
Death-like, a. Cadaverous, pale, wan, ghastly.
Death’s-head-moth, n. Hawk-moth.
Debacle, n.
- 1. Break up (especially of ice), rush, crashing flood, cataclysm.
- 2. Rout, wild flight, stampede.
Debar, v. a. Exclude, prohibit, prevent, hinder, restrain, withhold, shut out.
Debark, v. n. Land, disembark, go on shore, come to land, leave ship.
Debase, v. a.
- 1. Lower, depress, reduce, deteriorate, impair, vitiate, injure, pervert, alloy.
- 2. Degrade, abase, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, shame, mortify, bring low, take down.
- 3. Contaminate, taint, defile, pollute, foul, befoul, corrupt, soil.