Chapter Darken to Deceitful of D by Soule's Synonymes

Debilitate, v. a. Weaken, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, prostrate, relax, render weak, make languid.

Debility, n. Weakness, feebleness, languor, prostration, exhaustion, enervation, imbecility, infirmity, frailty, loss of strength.

Debonair, a.

1. Courteous, affable, polite, refined, civil, urbane, complaisant, obliging, gracious, easy, kind, well-bred.

2. Light-hearted, buoyant, vivacious, sparkling, sprightly, cheery, bright, lightsome.

3. Elegant, graceful, lithe, easy, of fine bearing.

Débris, n. [Fr.] Rubbish, fragments, ruins, remains, detritus.

Debt, n.

1. Due, obligation, liability, debit.

2. Trespass, offence, transgression, sin, fault, shortcoming, misdoing.

Debt of nature. See death.

Début, n. [Fr.] First attempt, first appearance.

Decadence, Decadency, n. Decay, decline, fall, declension, degeneracy, caducity.

Decalogue, n. The ten commandments.

Decamp, v. n.

1. Break up camp, march away, march off, move off.

2. Flee, fly, escape, hasten away, run away, go away, make off, pack off, steal away.

Decant, v. a. Pour off.

Decapitate, v. a. Behead, decollate, guillotine, deprive of the head, bring to the scaffold, bring to the block, bring under the headsman’s or executioner’s axe.

Decapitation, n. Beheading, decollation.

Decarbonize, v. a. Deprive of carbon, free from carbon.

Decay, v. n.

1. Decline, fail, deteriorate, wither, waste, perish, be impaired, waste away, fall into decay.

2. Rot, putrefy, be spoiled.