Index of English words, starting with "de"

(1) - Desolateness (n.) The state of being desolate.

(1) - Desolation (n.) A place or country wasted and forsaken.
(2) - Desolation (n.) The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
(3) - Desolation (n.) The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

(1) - Despair (n.) That which is despaired of.
(2) - Despair (n.) Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
(3) - Despair (v. t.) To cause to despair.
(4) - Despair (v. t.) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
(5) - Despair (v. i.) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.

(1) - Despatch (n. & v.) Same as Dispatch.