Chapter Dickens to Direct of D by Soule's Synonymes

2. Bashful, timid, sheepish, over-modest, shy, distrustful of one’s self.

Diffuse, v. a. Disperse, scatter, disseminate, spread, circulate, propagate, distribute, pour out, send abroad, spread abroad.

Diffuse, a.

1. Prolix, copious, rambling, loose, verbose, wordy, long-winded, long-spun, spun out.

2. (Med.) Spreading, ill-defined, vaguely defined.

Diffusion, n. Dispersion, spread, extension, propagation, circulation, distribution.

Diffusive, a.

1. Expansive, wide-reaching, permeating.

2. Spreading in every direction.

Dig, v. a.

1. Excavate, delve, scoop, hollow out.

2. Break up (with a spade, hoe, or the like).

Dig, v. n. Delve, work with a spade, hoe, etc.

Dig, n.

1. Punch, poke, thrust.

2. [At colleges, U. S.] Plodding student.

Digest, n.

1. Pandect.

2. Code, system.

3. Abridgment, abstract, compend, compendium, epitome, summary, synopsis, conspectus, breviary, brief, sum and substance.

Digest, v. a.

1. Methodize, systematize, arrange, codify, classify, dispose, reduce to order.