harmful and often untrue, usually about statements
denigratory
Adjective
(used of statements) harmful and often untrue
disabling
Adjective
that cripples or disables or incapacitates
disabling
Adjective
depriving of legal right
detrimental
Adjective
(sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury
demulcent
Adjective
having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin
demulcent
Noun
a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin
diploid
Adjective
of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
diploid
Noun
(genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell
downlike
Adjective
like down or as soft as down
disharmonious
Adjective
lacking in harmony
drugless
Adjective
without the use of drugs
diseased
Adjective
caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology
dropsical
Adjective
swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid
disparate
Adjective
including markedly dissimilar elements
disparate
Adjective
fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
decapitated
Adjective
having had the head cut off
doughy
Adjective
having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking
distressful
Adjective
causing distress or worry or anxiety
disturbing
Adjective
causing distress or worry or anxiety
disqualifying
Adjective
depriving of legal right
digestible
Adjective
capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal
double-faced
Adjective
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
double-faced
Adjective
having faces on both sides of a fabric
double-tongued
Adjective
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
deceptive
Adjective
designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
deceptive
Adjective
causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
diagonal
Adjective
having an oblique or slanted direction
diagonal
Adjective
connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face
diagonal
Noun
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
diagonal
Noun
(mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry
diagonal
Noun
an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard
diagonal
Noun
a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
diagonal
Noun
a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
double-bass
Adjective
pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range
decollete
Adjective
(of a garment) having a low-cut neckline
dishonourable
Adjective
lacking honor or integrity
disgraceful
Adjective
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
disgraceful
Adjective
giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
debasing
Adjective
used of conduct
degrading
Adjective
used of conduct
degrading
Adjective
harmful to the mind or morals
decumbent
Adjective
lying down
devalued
Adjective
lowered in value
drooping
Adjective
having branches or flower heads that bend downward