deserted
ADJECTIVE A deserted building or place is one that people have left and never come back to.
deserve deserves, deserving, deserved
VERB If you deserve something, you earn it or have a right to it.
design designs, designing, designed
VERB 1 If you design something new, you plan what it should be like.
NOUN 2 a drawing from which something can be built or made
3 a decorative pattern of lines or shapes
desire desires, desiring, desired
VERB 1 If you desire something, you want it.
NOUN 2 a strong feeling of wanting something
SYNONYMS: longing, want, wish
desk desks
NOUN a piece of furniture with a flat or sloping top, which you sit at to write, read or work
desktop
ADJECTIVE small enough to be used at a desk • a desktop computer
desolate
ADJECTIVE 1 deserted and bleak • a desolate mountain top
2 lonely, very sad, and without hope
desolation NOUN
despair despairs, despairing, despaired
NOUN 1 a total loss of hope
VERB 2 If you despair, you lose hope.
desperate
ADJECTIVE 1 If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
2 A desperate situation is extremely dangerous or serious.
despicable
ADJECTIVE Something that is despicable is nasty, cruel or evil.
despise despises, despising, despised
VERB If you despise someone or something, you have a very low opinion of them.
despite
PREPOSITION If you do something despite some difficulty, you manage to do it anyway.
dessert desserts
NOUN a sweet food that you eat at the end of a meal
destination destinations
NOUN the place you are going to
destined
ADJECTIVE meant to happen • They were destined to meet.
destiny destinies
NOUN Your destiny is your fate: the things that will happen to you in the future.
destitute
ADJECTIVE without money or possessions, and therefore in great need
destitution NOUN
destroy destroys, destroying, destroyed
VERB If you destroy something, you damage it so much that it is completely ruined.
SYNONYMS: demolish, ruin, wreck
destruction NOUN
destructive
ADJECTIVE Something that is destructive can cause great damage, harm or injury.
SYNONYM: damaging