DISARRAY | a state of disorder or confusion; disorderly dresses ( not arrayed or arranged properly ) | |
DISBURSE | to pay out ( to take away from the purse ) | |
DISCOMFIT | to thwart the plans of ; to make uneasy (to undo) | |
DISCONCERT | to upset ; to frustrate | |
DISCONSOLATE | not able to be consoled ; hopelessly sad | |
DISCORDANT | not in accord, disagreeable to the ear ( hearts apart ) | |
DISMANTLE | to take a man's cloak off his back; to strip a house of furnishing; to take apart | |
DISPARATE | unlike ( not equal ) | |
DISPARITY | difference ; unlikeness | |
DISPROPORTIONATE | not proportionate; out of proportion in size etc. | |
DISSECT | to cut apart for anatomical study | |
DISSEMINATE | to spread abroad as if sowing seed | |
DISSENT | to differ in opinion or feeling; to withhold approval | |
DISSIDENT | one who disagrees; a dissenter ( sitting apart ) | |
DISSUADE | to turn a person away by persuasion | |
DIVERSE | unlike, as diverse opinions ( turned away from each other ) | |
DIVERSION | something that turns the mind away and relaxes or entertains | |