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Disparages
- verb - Cast aspersions, run someone's character down
- express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"
- slight
- to put down
Disparates
- - Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other.
Dispermous
- - Containing only two seeds; two-seeded.
Dispersals
- noun - the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge"
Dispersing
- verb - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
- cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
- distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
- move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
- Scatter
- separate (light) into spectral rays; "the prosm disperses light"
- to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
Dispersion
- noun - spreading widely or driving off
- the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge"
- the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume; "worldwide in distribution"; "the distribution of nerve fibers"; "in complementary distribution"
Dispersive
- adjective - spreading by diffusion
Dispirited
- verb - filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
- marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; "a dispirited and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with listless resignation"
Disporting
- verb - occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies"
- play boisterously;
Dispurpose
- - To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots.