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disoriented

adjective · socially disoriented

Example: anomic loners musing over their fate

disparage

verb · express a negative opinion of

Example: She disparaged her student's efforts

disparagingly

adverb · in a disparaging manner

Example: these mythological figures are described disparagingly as belonging `only to a story'

displeasingly

adverb · in a displeasing manner

Example: he made displeasingly cutting remarks about his friends

disport

verb · play boisterously

Example: The children frolicked in the garden

dispose of

verb · deal with or settle

Example: He disposed of these cases quickly

disproportionately

adverb · to a disproportionate degree

Example: his benefits were disproportionately generous

disqualify

verb · make unfit or unsuitable

Example: Your income disqualifies you

disqualifying

adjective · depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified

Example: certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship

disregardless

adverb · in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks

Example: he carried on regardless of the difficulties

dissentient

adjective · disagreeing, especially with a majority

dissertate

verb · talk at length and formally about a topic

Example: The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England

dissuasive

adjective · deterring from action

Example: dissuasive advice

distally

adverb · far from the center

Example: the bronchus is situated distally

distant

adjective · located far away spatially

Example: distant lands

distantly

adverb · from or at a distance

Example: dimly, distantly, voices sounded in the stillness

distastefully

adverb · in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree

Example: the beggar was disgustingly filthy

distinctive

adjective · of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing- Curtis Wilkie

Example: Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor

distinctively

adverb · in an identifiably distinctive manner

Example: the distinctively conservative district of the county

distinctly

adverb · clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment

Example: it's distinctly possible

distortable

adjective · capable of having the meaning altered or twisted

Example: our words are distortable things--as in a crooked mirror held up to nature

distract

verb · disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

Example: She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill

distractedly

adverb · in a distracted manner

Example: `Come in,' he said distractedly

distressfully

adverb · with distress

Example: `Doctor Rother says it's his only chance,' she added distressfully

distressingly

adverb · unpleasantly

Example: his ignorance was painfully obvious

distrustfully

adverb · with distrust

Example: she looked at him distrustfully

disturb

verb · damage as if by shaking or jarring

Example: Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!

disturbingly

adverb · in a disturbing manner

Example: the details of the kidnaper's letter had sounded disturbingly convincing

disused

adjective · no longer in use

Example: obsolete words

diverge

verb · move or draw apart

Example: The two paths diverge here

divers

adjective · many and different

Example: tourist offices of divers nationalities

diverse

adjective · distinctly dissimilar or unlike

Example: celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan

diversely

adverb · in diverse ways

Example: the alternatives that are variously represented by the participants

divertingly

adverb · in an entertaining and amusing manner

Example: Hollywood has grown too sophisticated to turn out anything really amusingly bad these days

divinatory

adjective · based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

Example: theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural

divine service

noun · the act of public worship following prescribed rules

Example: the Sunday service

divisible

adjective · capable of being or liable to be divided or separated

Example: even numbers are divisible by two

divisional

adjective · constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit

Example: American divisional (fractional) coins include the dime and the nickel

dizzily

adverb · in a giddy light-headed manner

Example: he walked around dizzily

djinni

noun · (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals

dkm

noun · a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

dna chip

noun · a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested

do

noun · doctor's degree in osteopathy

do justice

verb · show due and full appreciation

Example: The diners did the food and wine justice

docile

adjective · willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed

Example: the docile masses of an enslaved nation

doctrinal

adjective · relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine

Example: quibbling over doctrinal minutiae

docudrama

noun · a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event

dog violet

noun · Old World leafy-stemmed blue-flowered violet

doggedly

adverb · with obstinate determination

Example: he pursued her doggedly

doggo

adverb · quietly in concealment

Example: he lay doggo

dogmatically

adverb · in a narrow-minded dogmatic manner

Example: he is a dogmatically opinionated critic of Modern Art

dole out

verb · administer or bestow, as in small portions

Example: administer critical remarks to everyone present

dolefully

adverb · with sadness; in a sorrowful manner

Example: his mother looked at him dolefully when he told her he had joined the Army

dolled up

adjective · dressed in fancy or formal clothing