📖 D — The English dictionary · page 37

disfigure — Everyday, meaning 1: To disfigure is to spoil the way a person or thing looks, so that it is ugly or damaged.↗ Example: The scar disfigured his face.↗ · A curse disfigured the old witch.↗ · Graffiti disfigured the wall of the school.↗ · The fire disfigured the old church.↗

disfigured — Everyday, meaning 1: Disfigured means spoiled in looks, so that a face or shape is no longer as it was; marked or damaged.↗ Example: The disfigured doll had lost one arm.↗ · His face was disfigured by the bee stings.↗ · The old statue was badly disfigured by rain.↗ · A disfigured tree stood at the edge of the wood.↗ · By the great force of my disease is my garment disfigured; it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.↗ (Writings JOB.30.18, JPS 1917)↗

disgrace — Everyday, meaning 1: Disgrace is losing other people's respect because you did something very bad or shameful.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A disgrace is something or someone so bad that it is shocking.↗ e.g. "This mess is a disgrace!"↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To disgrace someone means to bring shame on them, such as your family or school.↗ Example: Your bedroom is a disgrace!↗ · He was sent home in disgrace after the fight.↗ · The cheating brought disgrace on the whole team.↗ · It's a disgrace that the park is full of litter.↗ · She didn't want to disgrace her family.↗ · The disgraced minister left her job.↗ · After the disgrace, he worked hard to earn back their trust.↗ · Grown-ups and children sneered and hooted at Iktomi's disgrace.↗

disgraceful — Everyday, meaning 1: Very bad, shameful, and deserving strong disapproval.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Shocking in a way that makes people feel ashamed for whoever did it.↗ Example: Throwing litter in the river is disgraceful.↗ · «Your bedroom is disgraceful!» said Mum.↗ · The referee called the foul disgraceful.↗ · It is disgraceful that some children have no warm coat.↗ · The players' behaviour after the match was disgraceful.↗ · Grandpa thought the price of a coffee was disgraceful.↗ · The newspaper called the broken promise disgraceful.↗ · “It’s disgraceful,” he said, blowing out his nostrils.↗ “Those camels have racketed through our lines again--the third time this week.↗

disgracefully — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that is shameful and very bad, so that people disapprove strongly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (as an intensifier) Shockingly; far too much, as in «disgracefully late» or «disgracefully dirty».↗ Example: The fans behaved disgracefully and threw bottles on the pitch.↗ · You have been disgracefully rude to your grandmother.↗ · The bus was disgracefully late again this morning.↗ · The old park was disgracefully neglected, with weeds everywhere.↗ · Badger told Toad that he had behaved disgracefully with his motor-cars.↗ · The workers were disgracefully paid for such hard work.↗ · Our classroom was left disgracefully messy after the party.↗ · The beach is disgracefully crowded this season.↗

disguise — Everyday, meaning 1: A disguise is clothes, a mask or make-up that make you look like someone else so others do not know you.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To disguise yourself is to change how you look so you are not known.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To disguise something is to hide what it really is, like disguising a voice or a feeling.↗ Example: The children made 5 disguises for the play.↗ · Each disguise needs 2 metres of cloth.↗ · He wore a disguise of a pirate.↗ · How many masks for the disguises?↗ · The detective was in disguise with a fake beard.↗ · In the story the wolf disguised himself as Grandma.↗ · A stick insect is disguised as a twig.↗ · She disguised her voice on the phone as a joke.↗ · No one can attempt to disguise family descent.↗ · So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.↗ (Prophets 1KI.20.38, JPS 1917)↗ · And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat: 'I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes.'↗ And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.↗ (Prophets 1KI.22.30, JPS 1917)↗ · And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat: 'I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes.'↗ So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went into the battle.↗ (Writings 2CH.18.29, JPS 1917)↗

disgust — Everyday, meaning 1: Disgust is a strong feeling that something is very unpleasant, dirty or wrong, so you want to turn away.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To disgust someone is to make them feel this.↗ Example: She wrinkled her nose in disgust at the smell.↗ · The rotten egg filled him with disgust.↗ · To my disgust, there was a slug in my shoe.↗ · Cheating disgusts me.↗ · He walked away in disgust.↗ · We were disgusted by the litter on the beach.↗ · Disgust helps us stay away from food that has gone bad.↗ · The Cattle looked at the Dog in disgust.↗

disgusting — Everyday, meaning 1: Disgusting means very unpleasant, making you feel sick or strongly dislike something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Disgusting can describe very bad or unfair behaviour.↗ Example: The bin smells disgusting.↗ · That mouldy bread looks disgusting.↗ · Dropping litter in the park is disgusting.↗ · Eww, there's a disgusting hair in the bath!↗ · He thought broccoli was disgusting until he tried it roasted.↗ · It is disgusting to treat animals cruelly.↗ · The pond water was green and disgusting.↗ · Three days more and this unholy spell would have fallen from me, and now, who knows how long I may have to go about in this disgusting shape?↗

dish — Everyday, meaning 1: A dish is a shallow bowl or plate for serving or cooking food.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The dishes are all the plates, bowls, cups and cutlery used for a meal that need washing.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A dish is food cooked in a certain way, like a meal from a menu.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A satellite dish is a round bowl-shaped object that receives signals.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To dish up or dish out is to put food onto plates or give things out to people.↗ Example: Can you help me do the dishes after dinner?↗ · Put the dish in the oven for twenty minutes.↗ · Pasta is my favourite dish.↗ · Fish and chips is a famous British dish.↗ · Grandpa dished up the soup.↗ · The scientist grew mould in a petri dish.↗ · A satellite dish is on our roof.↗ · Aunt Em was washing the dishes.↗ · And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and the pans thereof, and the jars thereof, and the bowls thereof, wherewith to pour out; of pure gold shalt thou make them.↗ (Torah EXO.25.29, JPS 1917)↗ · This was the dedication-offering of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, at the hands of the princes of Israel: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver basins, twelve golden pans; (Torah NUM.7.84, JPS 1917)↗ · each silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and each basin seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; (Torah NUM.7.85, JPS 1917)↗ · The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; it wearieth him to bring it back to his mouth.↗ (Writings PRO.26.15, JPS 1917)↗ · The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it back to his mouth.↗ (Writings PRO.19.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.↗ (Prophets 2KI.21.13, JPS 1917)↗

dishcloth — Everyday, meaning 1: A cloth used for washing or wiping dishes, cups and pans.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, UK) Sometimes also a cloth for drying dishes, usually called a tea towel.↗ Example: Wring out the dishcloth after you wash up.↗ · Mum wiped the table with a damp dishcloth.↗ · The dishcloth smelled sour, so Dad put it in the washing machine.↗ · Granny hung the dishcloth over the tap to dry.↗ · In the busy kitchen the cook threw a dishcloth over her shoulder.↗ · Germs grow fast in a wet dishcloth, so change it often.↗ · I knitted a cotton dishcloth in craft club.↗

disheartened — Everyday, meaning 1: Disheartened means feeling sad and losing hope or courage, so that you want to give up.↗ Example: After three losses, the team felt disheartened.↗ · Don't be disheartened; keep practising.↗ · He grew disheartened when the rain spoiled the picnic.↗ · The knight was disheartened, but he rode on.↗

dishevelled — Everyday, meaning 1: Dishevelled means untidy and messy, especially hair or clothes that look as if they have not been brushed or put straight.↗ Example: Her dishevelled hair blew in the wind.↗ · After the race he looked dishevelled.↗ · The dog came in with dishevelled fur.↗ · The old man had a dishevelled beard.↗

dishonest — Everyday, meaning 1: Dishonest means not honest: lying, cheating, stealing or tricking people.↗ Example: It is dishonest to copy someone's answers.↗ · The dishonest shopkeeper gave the wrong change on purpose.↗ · Saying you did your homework when you didn't is dishonest.↗ · A dishonest advert may promise things that aren't true.↗ · Being dishonest makes people stop trusting you.↗ · The fox in the story was sly and dishonest.↗ · The dishonest get no credit, even if they act honestly.↗ · Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey: to shed blood, and to destroy souls, so as to get dishonest gain.↗ (Prophets EZK.22.27, JPS 1917)↗ · Behold, therefore, I have smitten My hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.↗ (Prophets EZK.22.13, JPS 1917)↗

dishonestly — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that is not honest; by lying, cheating or stealing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (law) With the intention of cheating someone or taking what is not yours.↗ Example: He won the game dishonestly by peeking at the cards.↗ · The money was obtained dishonestly.↗ · She answered dishonestly when Mum asked who broke the vase.↗ · Acting dishonestly can lose you your friends.↗ · The man dishonestly claimed the lost wallet was his.↗ · If you score points dishonestly, they don't really count.↗

dishonesty — Everyday, meaning 1: Behaviour that is not honest, such as lying, cheating or stealing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The quality of being a person who is not honest.↗ Example: Copying in a test is dishonesty.↗ · The team was punished for dishonesty in the race.↗ · Dishonesty breaks trust between friends.↗ · He was sacked for dishonesty at work.↗ · The story teaches that dishonesty always comes out in the end.↗ · She was ashamed of her dishonesty and said sorry.↗

dishonor — Everyday, meaning 1: To dishonor someone is to bring shame on them or treat them with disrespect.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Dishonor is loss of respect or shame; a bad name.↗ Example: Lying would dishonor your family.↗ · Never dishonor your teacher by being rude.↗ · He brought dishonor on the king.↗ · Stealing is a dishonor.↗

dishonour — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: To shame someone or take away their dignity and respect.↗ Example: Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should be dishonoured before thine eyes.↗ (Torah DEU.25.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Wounds and dishonour shall he get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away.↗ (Writings PRO.6.33, JPS 1917)↗ · When their carouse is over, they take to harlotry; her rulers deeply love dishonour.↗ (Prophets HOS.4.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Do not contemn us, for Thy name's sake, do not dishonour the throne of Thy glory; remember, break not Thy covenant with us.↗ (Prophets JER.14.21, JPS 1917)↗

dishwasher — Everyday, meaning 1: A machine in the kitchen that washes plates, cups, cutlery and pans with hot water and soap.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person whose job is washing dishes, for example in a restaurant.↗ Example: Please load your plate into the dishwasher.↗ · I empty the dishwasher every morning.↗ · Put the knives in point down.↗ · Is this cup dishwasher-safe?↗ · Dishwasher tablets are not sweets — never eat them.↗ · The dishwasher beeped when it finished.↗ · Hot steam came out when Dad opened the dishwasher.↗ · My uncle worked as a dishwasher in a restaurant.↗

disinclined — Everyday, meaning 1: Not wanting to do something; unwilling.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Not in the mood to do something, often because you are tired or lazy.↗ Example: After the long walk, I felt disinclined to do my homework.↗ · The cat was disinclined to leave the warm radiator.↗ · He was disinclined to believe the strange story.↗ · The king seemed disinclined to listen.↗ · On rainy Sundays, I am disinclined to get out of bed.↗ · The shopkeeper was disinclined to give a refund.↗

disinfectant — Everyday, meaning 1: A chemical liquid or spray that kills germs and bacteria on surfaces.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective: used to kill germs, as in disinfectant wipes.↗ Example: The caretaker mopped the floor with disinfectant.↗ · The hospital smelled of disinfectant.↗ · Use disinfectant wipes to clean the table.↗ · Never drink disinfectant: it is poisonous.↗ · Mum keeps the disinfectant on a high shelf.↗ · The nurse put disinfectant on my cut knee.↗ · Disinfectant kills most germs in seconds.↗

disinformation — Everyday, meaning 1: Disinformation is false information that is spread on purpose to trick people, often to change what they think or how they vote.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It is different from misinformation, which is false information spread by mistake.↗ Example: The fake video was part of a disinformation campaign.↗ · Disinformation spreads fast on social media.↗ · Always check a story with trusted sources to avoid disinformation.↗ · The website was shut down for spreading disinformation.↗ · During the war, both sides were accused of disinformation.↗ · Our teacher showed us how to spot disinformation.↗ · Bots can share disinformation thousands of times.↗

disintegrate — Everyday, meaning 1: To break into many small pieces and fall apart.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To become weaker and stop working as a whole, like a team, plan or friendship.↗ Example: The old book was so dry that it disintegrated in my hands.↗ · The meteor disintegrated in the atmosphere.↗ · Wet paper soon disintegrates.↗ · The sandcastle disintegrated when the wave hit it.↗ · Their friendship disintegrated after the argument.↗ · Leaves disintegrate on the forest floor and make soil.↗ · The rocket disintegrated in a flash of light.↗