e, inexplicable, unfathomable,
incomprehensible, recondite, abstruse; abysmal; sagacious, cunning,
astute, shrewd; dark, intense; grave, grum, full-toned, guttural.
Antonyms: superficial, shallow.

deepen, v. intensify.

deer, n. Cervidae; fallow deer, red deer, mule deer, reindeer; buck
(fawn, brocket, pricket, sorel, sore, spitter); (female) doe, roe;
(male red deer) stag, hart; hind, roe (female red deer); havier
(castrated); halfer; antelope hummel; staggard. Associated Words:
venison, fumet, umbles, cervine, deerstalking, capreoline.

deerhound, n. staghound.

deface, v. mar, disfigure, mutilate.

defacement, n. disfigurement, mutilation, marring.

defamation, n. calumny, libel, lampoon, traducement, roorback. See
slander.

defamatory, a. slanderous, calumnious, libellous, vituperative,
contumelious.

defame, v. calumniate, malign, vilify, lampoon, vituperate, slander.

defaulter, n. delinquent, peculator, embezzler, defalcator.

defeat, n. repulse, overthrow, vanquishment, foil, rout, frustration,
disappointment.

defeat, v. conquer, vanquish, repulse, discomfit, rout, checkmate,
outwit, balk, foil, frustrate.

defect, n. blemish, flaw, imperfection, foible, failing, shortcoming,
infirmity.

defend, v. guard, protect, shield, secure, screen, shelter, fortify,
garrison, preserve, harbor, countenance; uphold, espouse, vindicate,
advocate, plead, justify, maintain.

defender, n. defendant, vindicator, advocate, champion, pleader,
asserter, upholder, guardian.

defense, n. protection, defending, maintenance; guard, protection,
palisade, rampart, bulwark, fortress, blockhouse, fortification,
earthwork, breastwork, shield, armor, stockade, buckler, redoubt, remblai,
palladium, garrison, ravelin, reliance, muniment, machicolation;
vindication, advocacy, plea, excuse. Antonyms: betrayal, exposure,
surrender, abandonment, capitulation.

defiance, n. challenge, provocation; opposition, insubmission,
contumacy, contempt, insubordination, insurgency, mutiny, rebellion,
recalcitration.

defiant, a. disobedient, insubmissive, contumacious, bellicose,
rebellious, contumelious, refractory, cockahoop, mutinous. Antonyms:
obedient, tractable, submissive.

deficiency, n. inadequacy, insufficiency, shortage, meagreness.

deficient, a. defective, imperfect, meagre, scanty, inadequate,
insufficient.

defile, v. contaminate, pollute, soil, befoul, vitiate, taint,
corrupt, infect, sully.

defilement, n. con