Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 38
Desperadoes (n. pl. ) of Desperado.
Desperado (n.) 暴徒，亡命之徒 A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions, and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian.
Desperado (n.) A bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) [syn: {desperado}, {desperate criminal}].
Desperate (a.) 情急拼命的，鋌而走險的；危急的；絕望的；孤注一擲的 Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. [Obs.]
I am desperate of obtaining her. -- Shak.
Desperate (a.) Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.
Desperate (a.) Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort. "Desperate expedients." -- Macaulay.
Desperate (a.) Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.
A desperate offendress against nature. -- Shak.
The most desperate of reprobates. -- Macaulay.
Syn: Hopeless; despairing; desponding; rash; headlong; precipitate; irretrievable; irrecoverable; forlorn; mad; furious; frantic.
Desperate (n.) One desperate or hopeless. [Obs.]
Desperate (a.) Arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; "a despairing view of the world situation"; "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"; "her desperate screams" [syn: {despairing}, {desperate}].
Desperate (a.) Desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do- or-die conflict" [syn: {desperate}, {do-or-die(a)}].
Desperate (a.) (Of persons) Dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men."
Desperate (a.) Showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life" [syn: {desperate}, {heroic}].
Desperate (a.) Showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire; "felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a desperate need for recognition."
Desperate (a.) Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G. C. Marshall; "a dire emergency" [syn: {desperate}, {dire}].
Desperate (n.) A person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate."
Desperate (a.) Of which there is no hope.
Desperate (a.) This term is used frequently, in making an inventory of a decedent's effects, when a debt is considered so bad that there is no hope of recovering it. It is then called a desperate debt, and, if it be so returned, it will be prima facie, considered as desperate. See Toll. Ex. 248 2 Williams, Ex. 644; 1 Chit. Pr. 580. See Sperate.
Desperately (adv.) 絕望地；不顧一切地，拼命地；【口】極度地；猛烈地 In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately.
She fell desperately in love with him. -- Addison.
Desperately (adv.) With great urgency; "health care reform is needed urgently"; "the soil desperately needed potash" [syn: {urgently}, {desperately}].
Desperately (adv.) In intense despair; "the child clung desperately to her mother."
Desperately (adv.) (Seriously) (B2) 非常；極其 Extremely or very much.
// He was desperately ill.
// They desperately wanted a child.
// (UK) She always seems to be desperately busy!
// (UK) He was desperately in love with her.
Desperately (adv.) (Taking risks) (B2) （因絕望而）拚命地；孤注一擲地 In a way that shows you are frightened and ready to try anything to change a situation.
// They fought desperately for their lives.
Desperateness (n.) 自暴自棄；拚命 Desperation; virulence.
Desperation (n.) 絕望；不顧一切，拼命 [U] The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
This desperation of success chills all our industry. -- Hammond.
Desperation (n.) A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.
In the desperation of the moment, the officers even tried to cut their way through with their swords. -- W. Irving.
Desperation (n.) A state in which all hope is lost or absent; "in the depths of despair"; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"; "courage born of desperation" [syn: {despair}, {desperation}].
Desperation (n.) Desperate recklessness; "it was a policy of desperation."
Despicability (n.) Despicableness.
Despicable (a.) 可鄙的，卑劣的 Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.
Syn: Contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; pitiful; paltry; sordid; low; base. See {Contemptible}.
Despicable (a.) Morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" [syn: {despicable}, {ugly}, {vile}, {slimy}, {unworthy}, {worthless}, {wretched}].
Despicableness (n.) The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.
Despicableness (n.) Unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values [syn: {baseness}, {sordidness}, {contemptibility}, {despicableness}, {despicability}].
Despicably (adv.) 可鄙地；卑劣地 In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly; as, despicably stingy.
Despicably (adv.) In a despicable manner; "he acted despicably."
Despiciency (n.) A looking down; despection.
Despisable (a.) Despicable; contemptible.
Despisal (n.) A despising; contempt.
Despised (imp. & p. p.) of Despise.
Despising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despise.
Despise (v. t.) 鄙視；看不起 To look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous dislike of.
Despisedness (n.) The state of being despised.
Despisement (n.) A despising.
Despiser (n.) One who despises; a contemner; a scorner.
Despisingly (adv.) Contemptuously.
Compare: Contemptuously
Contemptuously (adv.) 輕蔑地In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully.
The apostles and most eminent Christians were poor, and used contemptuously. -- Jer. Taylor.
Contemptuously (adv.) Without respect; in a disdainful manner; "she spoke of him contemptuously" [syn: contemptuously, disdainfully, scornfully, contumeliously].
Despited (imp. & p. p.) of Despite.
Despiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despite.
Despite (v. t.) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously. [Obs.] -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Despite (prep.) 不管，儘管，任憑 In spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; as, despite his prejudices.
Syn: See Notwithstanding.
Despite (n.) [U] 惡意；怨恨；侮辱；損害 Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate.
With all thy despite against the land of Israel. -- Ezek. xxv. 6.
Despite (n.) An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt.
A despite done against the Most High. -- Milton.
In despite, In defiance of another's power or inclination.
In despite of, In defiance of; in spite of. See under Spite. "Seized my hand in despite of my efforts to the contrary." -- W. Irving.
In your despite, In defiance or contempt of you; in spite of you. [Obs.]
Despite (n.) Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary" [syn: {contempt}, {disdain}, {scorn}, {despite}].
Despite (n.) Contemptuous disregard; "she wanted neither favor nor despite."
Despiteful (a.) Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious. -- De*spite"ful*ly, adv. -- De*spite"ful*ness, n.
Haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters. -- Rom. i. 30.
Pray for them which despitefully use you. -- Matt. v. 44.
Let us examine him with despitefulness and fortune. -- Book of Wisdom ii. 19.
Despiteful (a.) Showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; "a despiteful fiend"; "a truly spiteful child"; "a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment" [syn: despiteful, spiteful, vindictive].
Despitefully (adv.) In a maliciously spiteful manner; "pray for them that despitefully use us" [syn: despitefully, spitefully].
Despiteous (a.) Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous. [Obs.] "Despiteous reproaches." -- Holland.
Despiteously (adv.) Despitefully. [Obs.]
Despitous (a.) Despiteous; very angry; cruel. [Obs.]
He was to sinful man not despitous. -- Chaucer. -- De*spit"ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Despoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Despoil.
Despoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despoil.
Despoil (v. t.) To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Despoil (v. t.) To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.
The clothed earth is then bare, Despoiled is the summer fair. -- Gower.
A law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been despoiled. -- Macaulay.
Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss. -- Milton.
Syn: To strip; deprive; rob; bereave; rifle.
Despoil (n.) Spoil. [Obs.] -- Wolsey.
Despoil (v.) Steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray].
Despoil (v.) Destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" [syn: rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder].
Despoiler (n.) One who despoils.
Despoiler (n.) Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter]
Despoilment (n.) Despoliation. [R.]
Despoilment (n.) 搶奪 The act of stripping and taking by force [syn: spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation].
Despoliation (n.) 掠奪 A stripping or plundering; spoliation. -- Bailey.
Despoliation (n.) The act of stripping and taking by force [syn: spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation].
Desponded (imp. & p. p.) of Despond.
Desponding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despond.
Despond (v. i.) To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view.
I should despair, or at least despond. -- Scott's Letters.
Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the first difficulty. -- Locke.
We wish that . . . desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that the foundations of our national power still stand strong. -- D. Webster.
Syn: Despond, Dispair.
Usage: Despair implies a total loss of hope, which despond does not, at least in every case; yet despondency is often more lasting than despair, or than desperation, which impels to violent action.
Despond (n.) Despondency. [Obs.]
The slough of despond. -- Bunyan.
Despond (v.) Lose confidence or hope; become dejected; "The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election."
Despondence (n.) Despondency.
The people, when once infected, lose their relish for happiness [and] saunter about with looks of despondence. -- Goldsmith.
Despondence (n.) Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless [syn: despondency, despondence, heartsickness, disconsolateness].
Despondency (n.) The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.
The unhappy prince seemed, during some days, to be sunk in despondency. -- Macaulay.
Despondency (n.) Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless [syn: despondency, despondence, heartsickness, disconsolateness].
Despondent (a.) Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner. -- De*spond"ent*ly, adv.
Despondent (a.) Without or almost without hope; "despondent about his failure"; "too heartsick to fight back" [syn: despondent, heartsick].
Desponder (n.) One who desponds.
Despondingly (adv.) In a desponding manner.
Desponsage (n.) Betrothal. [Obs.]
Ethelbert . . . went peaceably to King Offa for desponsage of Athilrid, his daughter. -- Foxe.
Desponsate (v. t.) To betroth. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Desponsation (n.) A betrothing; betrothal. [Obs.]
For all this desponsation of her . . . she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage. -- Jer. Taylor.
Desponsories (n. pl. ) of Desponsory.
Desponsory (n.) A written pledge of marriage. -- Clarendon.
Desport (v. t. & i.) See Disport.
Despot (n.) [C] 專制君主，暴君；暴君似的掌權者 A master; a lord; especially, an absolute or irresponsible ruler or sovereign.
Irresponsible power in human hands so naturally leads to it, that cruelty has become associated with despot and tyrant. -- C. J. Smith.
Despot (n.) One who rules regardless of a constitution or laws; a tyrant.
Despot (n.) A cruel and oppressive dictator [syn: tyrant, autocrat, despot].
Despot. () This word, in its most simple and original acceptation, signifies master and supreme lord; it is synonymous with monarch; but, taken in bad part, as it is usually employed, it signifies a tyrant. In some states, despot is the title given to the sovereign, as king is given in others. Encyc. Lond.
Despotat (n.) The station or government of a despot; also, the domain of a despot. -- Freeman. Despotic
Despotic (a.) Alt. of Despotical.
Despotical (a.) Having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary. -- Des*pot"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Des*pot"ic*al*ness, n.
Despotic (a.) Belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot [syn: despotic, despotical].
Despotic (a.) Ruled by or characteristic of a despot; "moved from a feudal to a despotic order"; "his administration was arrogant and despotic."
Despotic (a.) Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government" [syn: authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical].
Despotism (n.) The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny. "The despotism of vice." -- Byron.
Despotism (n.) A government which is directed by a despot; a despotic monarchy; absolutism; autocracy.
Despotism . . . is the only form of government which may with safety to itself neglect the education of its infant poor. -- Bp. Horsley.
Despotism (n.) Dominance through threat of punishment and violence [syn: absolutism, tyranny, despotism].
Despotism (n.) A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) [syn: dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny].
Despotism, () government. That abuse of government, where the sovereign power is not divided, but united in the hands of a single man, whatever may be his official title. It is not, properly, a form of government. Toull. Dr. Civ. Fr. tit. prel. n. 32; Rutherf Inst. b. 1, c. 20, Sec. 1. Vide Tyranny; Tyrant.
Despotist (n.) A supporter of despotism. [R.]
Despotize (v. t.) To act the despot.
Despread (v. t. & i.) See Dispread.
Despumated (imp. & p. p.) of Despumate.
Despumating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despumate.
Despumate (v. t. & i.) To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam.
Despumation (n.) The act of throwing up froth or scum; separation of the scum or impurities from liquids; scumming; clarification.
Despume (v. t.) To free from spume or scum. [Obs.]
If honey be despumed. -- Holland.
Desquamate (v. i.) (Med.) To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases.
Desquamate (v.) Peel off in scales; "dry skin desquamates" [syn: desquamate, peel off].
Desquamation (n.) (Med.) The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones. Desquamative.
Desquamation (n.) Loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales [syn: desquamation, peeling, shedding].
Desquamative (a.) Alt. of Desquamatory.
Desquamatory (a.) Of, pertaining to, or attended with, desquamation.
Desquamatory (n.) (Surg.) An instrument formerly used in removing the laminae of exfoliated bones.
Desquamative, Desquamatory (a.) Of, pertaining to, or attended with, desquamation.
Dess (n.) Dais. [Obs.]
Dessert (n.) A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner.
"An 't please your honor," quoth the peasant, "This same dessert is not so pleasant." -- Pope.
{Dessert spoon}, A spoon used in eating dessert; a spoon intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon.
{Dessert-spoonful}, (n., pl.) {Dessert-spoonfuls}, As much as a dessert spoon will hold, usually reckoned at about two and a half fluid drams.
Dessert (n.) A dish served as the last course of a meal [syn: {dessert}, {sweet}, {afters}].
Destabilization (n.) 不穩定 An event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft).
Destabilization (n.) The action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy) [syn: {destabilization}, {destabilisation}] [ant: {stabilisation}, {stabilization}].
Destemper (n.) A kind of painting. See Distemper.
Destin (n.) Destiny. [Obs.] -- Marston.
Destin, FL -- U.S. city in Florida
Population (2000): 11119
Housing Units (2000): 10599
Land area (2000): 7.527543 sq. miles (19.496247 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.649906 sq. miles (1.683248 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.177449 sq. miles (21.179495 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17325
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 30.393407 N, 86.475276 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Destinable (a.) Determined by destiny; fated. -- Chaucer.
Destinably (adv.) In a destinable manner.
Destinal (a.) Determined by destiny; fated. [Obs.] "The order destinal." -- Chaucer.
Destinate (a.) Destined. [Obs.] "Destinate to hell." -- Foxe.
Destinate (v. t.) To destine, design, or choose. [Obs.] "That name that God . . . did destinate." -- Udall.
Destination (n.) [C] 目的地，終點；目標，目的 The act of destining or appointing.
Destination (n.) Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design.
Destination (n.) The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
Syn: Appointment; design; purpose; intention; destiny; lot; fate; end.
Destination (n.) The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view" [syn: {finish}, {destination}, {goal}].
Destination (n.) The ultimate goal for which something is done [syn: {destination}, {terminus}].
Destination (n.) Written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location [syn: {address}, {destination}, {name and address}].
Destination (n.) Com. Law. The port at which a ship is to end her voyage is called her port of destination. Pard. n. 600.
Destined (imp. & p. p.) of Destine.
Destining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Destine.
Destine (v. t.) 命定，注定 [H [（+for/ to）] [O2]；預定；指定（作某種用處）[（+to/ for）] To determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or preordain; to appoint; -- often with the remoter object preceded by to or for.
We are decreed, Reserved, and destined to eternal woe. -- Milton.
Till the loathsome opposite Of all my heart had destined, did obtain. -- Tennyson.
Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way. -- Longfellow.
Syn: To design; mark out; determine; allot; choose; intend; devote; consecrate; doom.
Destine (v.) Decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" [syn: destine, fate, doom, designate].
Destine (v.) Design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" [syn: intend, destine, designate, specify].
Destinist (n.) (pl. Destinists) A believer in destiny; a fatalist. [R.]
Destinies (n. pl. ) of Destiny.
Destiny (n.) 命運 [C]；天數，天命，神意 [U]；（大寫）命運之神 That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.
Thither he Will come to know his destiny. -- Shak.
No man of woman born, Coward or brave, can shun his destiny. -- Bryant.
Destiny (n.) The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.
But who can turn the stream of destiny? -- Spenser.
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. -- Longfellow.
The Destinies (Anc. Myth.), The three Parc[ae], or Fates; the supposed powers which preside over human life, and determine its circumstances and duration.
Marked by the Destinies to be avoided. -- Shak.
Destiny (n.) An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future [syn: destiny, fate].
Destiny (n.) The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of destiny" [syn: destiny, fate].
Destiny (n.) Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" [syn: fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion].
Destiny (n.) A tyrant's authority for crime and fool's excuse for failure.
Destituent (a.) Deficient; wanting; as, a destituent condition. [Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Destituent (a.) (Obs.) Deficient; lacking.
// A destituent condition.
Destitute (a.) 缺乏的，沒有的 [F] [（+of）]； 窮困的，貧困的；【廢】被拋棄的；被捨棄的 Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of.
In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. -- Ps. cxli. 8.
Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. -- Burke.
Destitute (a.) Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor.
They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented. -- Heb. xi. 37.