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dido, n. trick, antic, caper, prank.
die, v. expire, perish, decease; wither, fade, vanish, recede, wane,
subside, languish.
die, n. dice; stamp.
differ, v. be unlike; disagree. Antonyms: agree, concur.
difference, n. dissimilarity, unlikeness, distinction, variation,
contrast, discrepancy, discrimination, disparity, diversity,
dissimilitude, incompatibility, inequality, heterogeneity, variety;
dissension, variance. See disagreement. Antonyms: uniformity,
similarity, agreement consonance, correspondence, indiscrimination,
promiscuity, identity.
different, a. dissimilar, unlike, contrary, opposite, contrasted,
variant, diversified, manifold, various, diverse, sundry, incompatible,
heterogeneous, nondescript, miscellaneous unclassifiable, unique.
Antonyms: similar, like, same.
differentiate, v. discriminate.
differentiation, n. discrimination.
difficult, a. arduous, onerous, complicated, intricate, hard;
uncompliant, intractable, perverse, fastidious, exacting. Antonyms:
facile, light, easy.
difficulty, n. obstacle, impediment, obstruction; arduousness,
hardness; controversy, disagreement, objection, cavil; predicament,
quandary, dilemma. Antonyms: ease, facility, extrication, release.
diffidence, n. timidity, bashfulness.
diffident, a. bashful, timid, shy.
diffuse, a. copious, full, verbose, prolix.
dig, v. delve, excavate, scoop; thrust, poke, punch, jab; exhume
(dig up).
dig, n. thrust, punch, poke; grind (student).
digest, v. codify, systematize, methodize, classify.
digest, n. pandect, summary, code, system, abridgment.
digestion, n. eupepsia. Antonyms: indigestion, dyspepsia.
Associated Words: peptics, pepsin, peptic, pepticity, chyme, chyle,
digestible, digestibility, indigestible, indigestibility.
digging, n. excavation; exhumation (digging up). Associated
words: fossorial, fodient.
diggings, n. pl. (Slang) region, locality.
dignified, a. stately, majestic, august, imposing, decorous.
Antonyms: See undignified.
dignify, v. exalt, grace, ennoble, honor, elevate.
dignity, n. exaltation, eminence; stateliness; honor, preferment.
digress, v. deviate, depart, wander, turn aside.
digression, n. deviation, divergence; episode, incident.
dike, n. levee, embankment.
dike warden. dikereeve.
dilapidated, a. ramshackle, dismantled.
dilate, v. expand, distend; expatiate.
dilation, n. expansion, dilatation, distention; expatiation.
dilemma, n. predicam
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