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SYNONYMS: longing, want, wish
desk desks
NOUN a piece of furniture with a flat or sloping top, which you sit at to write, read or work
desktop
ADJECTIVE small enough to be used at a desk • a desktop computer
desolate
ADJECTIVE 1 deserted and bleak • a desolate mountain top
2 lonely, very sad, and without hope
desolation NOUN
despair despairs, despairing, despaired
NOUN 1 a total loss of hope
VERB 2 If you despair, you lose hope.
desperate
ADJECTIVE 1 If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
2 A desperate situation is extremely dangerous or serious.
despicable
ADJECTIVE Something that is despicable is nasty, cruel or evil.
despise despises, despising, despised
VERB If you despise someone or something, you have a very low opinion of them.
despite
PREPOSITION If you do something despite some difficulty, you manage to do it anyway.
dessert desserts
NOUN a sweet food that you eat at the end of a meal
destination destinations
NOUN the place you are going to
destined
ADJECTIVE meant to happen • They were destined to meet.
destiny destinies
NOUN Your destiny is your fate: the things that will happen to you in the future.
destitute
ADJECTIVE without money or possessions, and therefore in great need
destitution NOUN
destroy destroys, destroying, destroyed
VERB If you destroy something, you damage it so much that it is completely ruined.
SYNONYMS: demolish, ruin, wreck
destruction NOUN
destructive
ADJECTIVE Something that is destructive can cause great damage, harm or injury.
SYNONYM: damaging
detach detaches, detaching, detached
VERB If you detach something, you remove or unfasten it.
detachable ADJECTIVE
detached
ADJECTIVE separate or standing apart • It was a detached house, standing alone at the top of the hill.
detail details
NOUN 1 an individual fact or feature of something • I remember every detail of that film.
PLURAL NOUN 2 Details about something are information about it. For example, your details might be your name and address.
detain detains, detaining, detained
VERB If you detain someone, you keep them from going somewhere or doing something.
detect detects, detecting, detected
VERB If you detect something, you notice or find it. • X-rays can detect broken bones.
detective detectives
NOUN a person, usually a police officer, whose job is to investigate crimes
detector detectors
NOUN an instrument used to detect the presence of something • a metal detector
detention
NOUN 1 a form of punishment in which a pupil is made to stay in school for extra time when other children do not have to
2 arrest or imprisonment
deter deters, deterring, deterred
VERB If you deter someone from doing something, you persuade them not to do it or try to stop them in some way.
detergent detergents
NOUN a chemical substance used for washing or cleaning things
deteriorate deteriorates, deteriorating, deteriorated
VERB If something deteriorates, it gets worse.
deterioration NOUN
determination
NOUN a great strength and will to do something
determined
ADJECTIVE having your mind firmly made up • She was determined to pass her exams.
deterrent deterrents
NOUN something that prevents people from doing something, usually by making them afraid to do it • We have a car alarm as a deterrent to car thieves.
detest detests, detesting, detested
VERB If you detest someone or something, you dislike them intensely.
[from Latin detestari meaning to curse]
detestable ADJECTIVE
detonate detonates, detonating, detonated
VERB If someone detonates a bomb or mine, they cause it to explode.
detonation NOUN detonator NOUN
detour detours
NOUN If you make a detour on a journey, you go by a longer or less direct route.
devastate devastates, devastating, devastated
VERB A place that has been devastated has been severely damaged or destroyed.
devastation NOUN
develop develops, developing, developed
VERB 1 When something develops, it grows or becomes more advanced.
2 If you develop photographs or film, you produce a visible image from them.
development developments
NOUN gradual growth or progress • There have been great developments in technology over the past fifty years.
device devices
NOUN a machine or tool that is used for a particular purpose
devil devils
NOUN an evil spirit
devious
ADJECTIVE Devious people behave in an underhand, nasty and secretive way.
devise devises, devising, devised
VERB If you devise something, you invent it or design it.
devoted
ADJECTIVE very loving and loyal
devour devours, devouring, devoured
VERB 1 If you devour food, you eat it quickly and greedily.
2 If one creature devours another, it eats it.
3 If you devour a book, you read it very quickly.
devout
ADJECTIVE very deeply religious
dew
NOUN drops of moisture that form on the ground and other cool surfaces at night
diabetes
NOUN a condition in which a person has too much sugar in their blood
diabetic