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Derogating
- verb - cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence"
Derogation
- noun - (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law; "any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed"
- a communication that belittles somebody or something
Derogative
- adjective - expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house"
Derogatory
- adjective - expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house"
- insulting
Descant On
- verb - sing a descant on a main tune or melody
Descanting
- verb - sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
- sing in descant
- talk at great length about something of one's interest
Desmanthus
- noun - genus of American herbs or shrubs with sensitive pinnate leaves and small whitish flowers
Desolately
- adverb - in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects
Desolating
- verb - cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
- leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
- reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
Desolation
- noun - a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape"
- an event that results in total destruction
- sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
- the state of being decayed or destroyed