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DETACHED - verbs
• UNCLEAVE to become unfastened or detached ...1596
DETAIL - adjectives
• PUNCTILIOUS extremely attentive to details, ceremony, or procedure; strict or exact in the observance of formalities or amenities ...1625
detail - adverbs
• PARCELLY † by parcels or portions; in detail, item by item ...1469
• SUNDRY †* in detail ...a1300
• TO A COCK'S HAIR to the last detail, accurately ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TO A FROG'S HAIR to the last detail, accurately ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TO A GNAT'S HAIR to the last detail, accurately ...1940 Amer. dial.
• TO THE BONE to perfection; to the last detail ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TO THE LAST HAIR ON A GNAT'S ASS to the last detail, accurately ...1954 Amer. dial.
detail(s) - nouns
• ACCOUNTS news, details, information ...1745 Sc.
• BUM-FLUFFERIES details; the small print ...2001 UK sl.
• EERIES AND ORRIES particulars, details; ins and outs ...1911 Sc.
• EERIORUMS particulars, details; fancy work, ornamentation ...1880 Sc.
• INWARDS the ins and outs, the inner details of a case ...1898 Eng. dial.
• ODDLINGS particulars, details ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDLINS particulars, details ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARTICULARITIES details, small points, 'ins and outs' ...1822 Sc.
• PARTICULARITY a personal or private trait or characteristic; an idiosyncrasy; a detail, a particular ...1783 Sc.
• PARTICULE † a detail, an item, a particular ...1731 Sc.
• RATTLE the ins and outs of anything; all the details ...1891 Eng. dial.
• STRENGTH the essential facts; the pertinent details ...1908 Aust. sl.
DETAILED - nouns
• VERBAL PROCESS † a detailed account or report ...1681
DETAIN - verbs
• ABSENT † to keep away; to detain or withhold from being present ...1530
• BELATE to make late, to detain beyond the usual time, to delay; to hinder ...1642
• PUT THE ARM ON SOMEONE to detain or restrain by physical force; spec. to arrest ...20C Amer. sl.
• RAIL to arrest or detain someone ...1995 US sl.
• REMORATE †* to detain, delay, hinder, obstruct ...1638
• TAIGLE to entangle, to impede, or to hinder in course or action; to keep back, to retard, to detain, to delay ...1635 Sc.
• TARRY † to detain, to delay, to retard, to keep back a person or agent for a time; to keep waiting; to hold in check, to impede, to hinder ...1340
• TEAGLE to entangle, to impede, or to hinder in course or action; to keep back, to retard, to detain, to delay ...1635 Sc.
• TETHER BY THE TOOTH to attract by good feeding, to detain by eating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DETAINED - nouns
• TAMTARRIE † the state of being detained under frivolous pretenses; the state of being hindered ...1773 Sc.
• TAMTARY † the state of being detained under frivolous pretenses; the state of being hindered ...1773 Sc.
DETECT - verbs
• COME A TUMBLE to detect something; to understand something ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'rumble'
• COPPER to detect ...20C tramps’ sl.
• DECIPHER † to find out, to discover, to detect ...1528
• NAIL to detect ...1889 Winchester College sl.
• PALL to detect...1851 UK sl.
• TAKE A PERSON TARDY † to overtake; to surprise; to come upon unprepared or unawares; hence, to detect, 'catch' in a crime, fault, error, etc. ...1530
• TAKE TO to detect ...1842 Eng. dial.
• UMBLE-CUM-STUMBLE to thoroughly understand, to detect, to suspect ...1866
• VENT † of animals, hounds, etc.: to become aware of, to detect or perceive, by means of the sense of smell ...1576
DETECTION - verbs
• GET AWAY WITH THE BAGGAGE to escape detection in or to avoid the consequences of mischief or wrongdoing ...1873 Amer. sl.
DETECTIVE - person (also see POLICE)
• ACE a detective ...1940s US sl.
• BADGE a police officer or detective who has a badge ...1921 US sl.
• BADGE-MAN a detective ...1926 US sl.
• BAG a police detective ...1929 criminals' sl.
• BEAGLE a spy; an informer; a policeman, a detective; also, a general term of contempt ...Bk1891 sl.
• BIG MAN a Pinkerton detective ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
• BIRD DOG an antique dealer or art dealer commissioned to find a specific object; a detective who specializes in finding missing persons; a business agent who hunts for prospective customers; a baseball scout who searches for promising athletes ...1929 Amer. sl.
• BISHOP a private detective ...1972 UK sl.
• BIZZIE, BIZZY a policeman; specifically, a CID officer, a detective ...1904 sl.
• BULL a police officer; a private detective or guard ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• BUSY a policeman; specifically, a CID officer, a detective ...1904 Brit. sl.
• BUSYBODY a policeman; specifically, a CID officer, a detective ...20C sl.
• COMPANY BULL a detective or guard who works for a private firm ...Bk2006 US sl.
• D a police detective; a policeman in plain clothes ...1879 sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
• DEE a detective; any police officer whatsoever ...c1840 sl.
• DEMON a detective or policeman ...1900 Aust. & NZ colloq. arch.
• DETEC a detective ...L19 sl.
• DICK a detective ...1908 sl.
• DOG a detective or police officer, esp. a plainclothesman ...1867 US sl.
• DOOR-BASHER a private detective ...1950s sl.
• EAGLE-EYE a detective ...1919 Amer. criminals' sl.
• ELBOW a police officer or detective ...1899 US criminals' sl.
• EYE a detective or a detective agency, esp. a private one ...1901 sl.
• FINK a detective ...1925 sl.
• FLY COP a detective, a plain-clothes policeman ...1859 US sl.
• FUZZ a policeman or detective; the police ...1929 sl., orig. US
• FUZZ MAN the police; a detective; a jail keeper ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• FUZZY a police officer or detective ...1942 US sl.
• FUZZY TAIL the police; a detective; a jail keeper ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• GATHER a police officer; a detective ...1999 UK criminals' sl.
• GEORGIE a policeman; a detective ...1929 UK sl.
• GHEE FROM DOWNTOWN a detective or the top police official in a large city ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
• GIG a detective, or any intrusive person; one who cannot mind his own business, a nosy or inquisitive person; a busybody; an eavesdropper ...1959 Aust. sl.
• GLUE a police detective ...1950 US sl.
• GUM BOOT a police officer, esp. a detective or plainclothes officer ...20C Amer. sl.
• GUMFOOT a police officer, esp. a detective or plainclothes officer; one known for wearing, silent, gum-rubber shoes ...E20 Amer. sl.
• GUMHEEL a police officer, esp. a detective or plainclothes officer; one known for wearing, silent, gum-rubber shoes ...E20 Amer. sl.
• GUMSHOE a detective or policeman ...1906 US sl.
• GUMSHOE MAN a police officer, esp. a detective or plainclothes officer ...20C Amer. sl.
• GUMSHOE WORKER a private detective ...1908 US sl.
• HARNESS DICK a detective officer in uniform ...1903 criminals' sl.
• HAWK a detective ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAWKSHAW a detective ...1903
• HEAVY a detective or investigator ...1967 Aust. sl.
• HEAVY-FOOT a plain-clothes detective; a policeman; one who betrays himself by his large feet and heavy shoes ...1934 US criminals' sl.
• HESSIAN a Pinkerton detective ...1925 criminals' sl.
• HICK DICK a small-town policeman or detective ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• HOT DUCK IN A CANOE a detective in an automobile ...1935 US sl.
• JACK a policeman or detective in plain clothes; a military policeman ...1889 sl.
• LAW a police officer, a sheriff, or other representative of the law; occasionally, a private detective ...1910s sl.
• MOLL DICK a female detective ...1926 criminals' sl.
• MOUSER * a detective ...1863
• NAB a police officer or detective ...1813 US criminals' & Black sl.
• NAILER a police officer or detective ...c1863 sl.
• OFFICE MAN a headquarters detective ...1901 US sl.
• OP a (private) detective ...1926 sl.
• OPERATOR a private detective ...1940s US sl.
• P. MAN a plain-clothes detective ...1920s UK sl.
• PINK a member of the Pinkerton detective agency ...1904 US sl.
• RICHARD a detective ...1914 sl., chiefly US
• SCONE (AND STOPPER) a policeman, a detective ...1940s rhyming Aust. sl. for 'copper'
• SEARS ROEBUCK DETECTIVE a rural, incompetent detective ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SHAMUS a police officer; a private detective ...1925 US sl.
• SHARMUS a detective ...1925 US sl.
• SHERLOCK a policeman or detective ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• SHERLOCKO a policeman or detective ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• SHOMMUS a detective ...1925 US sl.
• SNATCHER a police detective ...1948 US sl.
• SNITCHER a detective ...1900s sl.
• SNOOP a detective ...1920s US sl.
• SPARKS police detectives, or officers in plain clothes ...Bk1992 US criminals' sl.
• SPB a Special Branch Policeman; a British detective ...Bk1992 UK police usage
• SPLIT a detective ...L19 sl.
• STOOL a plain-clothes detective ...1920s sl.
• TAILOR-MADE a plainclothes policeman or detective ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• TEC a detective ...1879 sl.
• TIN STAR a private detective ...20C US sl.
• UNDERCOVER a plain-clothes detective or undercover agent ...1930s sl.
• UNDER-COVER MAN 1. an informer to the police; a policeman, a detective on a special watching job ...1931 US sl.
2. an employer's detective spying on the employees ...1931 US sl.
• UNDER-COVER OPERATIVE a detective, esp. a Federal ...1924 US police sl.
• WIRE SPLIT a detective who concentrates on pickpockets ...1930 pickpockets' sl.
• WISE BULL a police detective ...1924 criminals' sl.
detective - verbs
• GUMBOOT to work as a police officer or detective ...20C Amer. sl.
• GUMFOOT to work as a police officer or detective ...20C Amer. sl.
• GUMHEEL to work as a police officer or detective ...20C Amer. sl.
• GUMSHOE to work as a police officer or detective ...20C Amer. sl.
DETENTION - nouns
• CLINK detention ...1919 school sl.
• D detention ...M19 US criminals' sl.
• SKID-BID a term in prison or in juvenile detention ...1990s US prison sl.
DETER - verbs
• ABSTER †* to deter, to hinder, to frighten off ...1542
• BLUFF to confuse, to mislead or deter by a show of confidence or superiority; to fob off ...L18
• DARE to deter by threatening; to forbid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FEAR † to deter from a course of conduct, etc. ...c1380
DETERIORATE - verbs
• ABASTARD † to make or declare bastard or illegitimate; hence, to make spurious or degenerate; to debase, to corrupt, to deteriorate ...1610
• ABASTARDIZE † to render bastard, spurious, or degenerate; to debase, to deteriorate ...1580
• BASTARDIZE to make degenerate, to deteriorate, to debase ..1587
• BE SLIPPING to deteriorate in quality ...1914 sl.
• DECAY † to cause to fall off or deteriorate ...1529
• GO TO SHIT to be ruined or destroyed; to deteriorate; to go to pieces ...1973 sl.
• GO TO THE BAD to deteriorate morally or physically; to become slovenly, careless, or immoral ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• GO TO THE DOGS to go to destruction or ruin; to deteriorate shockingly ...1619
• GO TO THE PACK to go to pieces; to lose a leading position; to deteriorate; to fall into disrepute ... 1919 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• MAR † to become deteriorated; to spoil; to perish ...c1230
• PAIR † to become or grow worse, to deteriorate, to fall off ...c1320 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PEJORATE to make or grow worse; to deteriorate; to worsen ...1653
• TURN TO SHIT to be ruined or destroyed; to deteriorate; to go to pieces ...1988 sl.
DETERIORATING - adjectives
• ON THE BUM deteriorating ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
DETERIORATION - nouns
• DECLENSION the state of declining or sinking into a lower of inferior condition; gradual diminution, deterioration, or decay; decline ...1602
• OFF-FALLING a decline, a falling off, as in health and appearance, or in morals; a deterioration ...1825 Sc.
• PAIRMENT † impairment; injury, deterioration ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
DETERMINATION - nouns
• ASS ability and determination; the actual ability and determination to carry out a promise, threat, etc., as opposed to an empty boast ...1961 Amer. sl.
• BENSEL strong bent or determination; impetus of a body in motion ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• BESIGHT †* consideration, determination, ordinance ...1258
• DECREET †* a decision, determination ...c1400
• GAME FACE a look or manner characterized by single-minded dedication, determination, or seriousness ...1950 US colloq.
• GET-UP energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination ...1841 sl., orig. US
• GET-UP-AND-GET energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination ...1870 sl., orig. US
• GET-UP-AND-GO energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination ...1907 sl., orig. US
• GUT CHECK a test of courage or determination ...1968 US sl.
• GUTS BALL a ballgame such as baseball played with great aggressiveness and tenacity; hence, any action or actions requiring or demonstrating fortitude, extreme competitiveness, courage, determination, etc. ...1962 Amer. sl.
• READ determination; resolve ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SAND courage; tenacity; stamina; pluck; determination; perseverance; obstinacy ...1867 Amer. dial.
determination - verbs
• HARELIP HELL to show great determination regardless of consequences ....1970 Amer. dial.
determination - interjections/phrases
• BY GEORGE! a mild exclamation of surprise, approval, determination, emphasis, etc. ...1731
• PIKE'S PEAK OR BUST an expression of determination - formerly painted on 'prairie schooners' bound for Colorado ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
DETERMINATION, LACKING - adjectives
• LACKADAISY lackadaisical; lacking enthusiasm and determination ...1792
DETERMINE - verbs
• CAST † to design, to purpose, to intend, to determine to do a thing ...a1380
• DECERN † to decide, to determine a matter disputed or doubtful ...c1425
• DECREE † to determine, to resolve, to decide to do something ...1526 obs. or arch.
• DECREET † to decide, to determine, to resolve to do something ...1582-8
• LOOK-SEE to investigate; to determine, to ascertain ...1939 Amer. dial.
• ORDAIN † to determine, to settle, to resolve ...1375
• ORDER † to settle, to determine ...1523
• TAIL † to decide or determine in a specified way; to settle, to arrange, to fix a matter ...c1315
• TAILYE † to determine, to settle, to appoint, to arrange ...1375 Sc.
• TAILZIE † to determine, to settle, to appoint, to arrange ...1375 Sc.
• TERMINE † to make a judgement about; to determine, to decide, to settle ...a1325
DETERMINED - adjectives
• ADVISED † of persons: purposed, determined ...c1325
• BENT † determined, resolute, devoted, inclined ...1548
• BOUND determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAIN-MAD determined; keenly bent on; hurried on with the greatest impetuosity ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEAD ON very fond of; determined to do something ...M19 sl.
• DEAD-SET fully committed; determined ...M19 sl.
• DEAD SET ON fascinated by, obsessed with, in love with, determined ...L19 sl.
• DEE-TERMINED determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DERN determined, earnest, eager; careful ...1881 Eng. dial.
• DIERNED determined, enthusiastic ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DOUBLE-BOUND determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLAT-FOOTED. determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FULL OF BEANS determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FULL OF GUTS courageously determined or persevering ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRITTY courageously determined or persevering, courageous ...Bk1905 Amer. sl.
• HAIR expert at something; determined ...1936 Amer. dial.
• HARD AS NAILS determined ...1862
• HARD-BOILED determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HARD-SET determined, obstinate ...1818
• HELLBENT unshakably or recklessly determined ...1835 Amer. sl.
• HELLBENT FOR BREAKFAST recklessly determined ...1924 Amer. sl.
• HELLBENT FOR ELECTION unshakably determined ...1899 Amer. sl.
• HELL-BENT FOR LEATHER determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HELL-BENT FOR LEXINGTON determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HELL-FOR-CERTAIN determined ...1976 Amer. dial.
• INTARMINED. determined ...1860 Eng. dial.
• INTERMINED. determined ...1860 Eng. dial.
• ONSTANDIN determined, unyielding, esp. in bargaining; importunate, stolidly persistent in trying to get one's way ...1866 Sc.
• POSSESSED determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SET determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOT determined ...1913 Amer. dial.
• STICK-AT-NOTHING determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TARMINED aphetic form of determined ...1857 Eng. dial.
determined - nouns
• NECESSITY † the fact of being inevitably fixed or determined ...c1374
determined - person
• GETTER - a go-getter; an enterprising or ambitious person; a determined person, one likely to succeed ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• HARD-NOSE - an indefatigable person, who will struggle on no matter what the odds; a tough, determined person ...1968 sl.
• SACKET a determined little fellow ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAR-HORSE an aggressive or determined woman ...Bk1934 US college sl.
determined - verbs
• FLUMP to move determinedly ...M19 sl.
• TEEL to be obstinately set or determined on doing anything ...1873 Eng. dial.
DETERMINEDLY - adverbs
• BENTLY † determinedly, with set purpose ...1645
• FULL STEAM AHEAD with determination Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• HEAD UP in a lively, impetuous, or determined manner ...1854 Amer. dial.
• HEAD UP AND TAIL UP in a lively, impetuous, or determined manner ...1854 Amer. dial.
• PICK AND MELL thoroughly; with determination; 'hammer and tongs' ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WITH ALL SAIL SET in a quick and determined manner; hurriedly ...1916 Amer. dial.
DETERMINING - adjectives
• DECRETORY † such as to decide the question; decisive, determinative ...1674
• ORDINATIVE * having the character or function of ordering, determining, or regulating; of the nature of ordering ...1605
DETEST - person
• ABOMINATOR one who abominates or thoroughly detests; an abhorrer or extreme hater ...1671
detest, verbs
• ABSONATE † to avoid, to detest (a law term) ...Bk1775
• BEHATE † to hold in hatred, to hate greatly, to detest ...c1340
• DETESTATE †* to detest, to abhor, to abominate ...1548
• DISGUST to detest, to be disgusted by ...1913 Amer. dial.
• UG † to abhor, to loathe, to detest; to cause disgust or nausea ...a1340 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
DETESTABLE - adjectives
• ABHORRIBLE †* to be abhorred, detestable ...1633
• CARRION vile, loathsome, detestable; expressing disgust ...1826
• EXECRABLE deserving to be execrated or cursed; abominable, detestable ...1490
• INFERNAL detestable; fit only for Hell ...1602 colloq.
• NEFAST * wicked, abominable, detestable, vile ...1849
• UGGING adj. causing loathing or disgust; loathsome, detestable, frightful ...1832 Sc.
• UNRUDE † base, detestable, diabolical, vile ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WLATSOME † loathsome, detestable; disgusting, abominable, hateful ...a1300
detestable - nouns
• ASSHOLE OF CREATION a detestable place ...1926 Amer. sl.
• ASSHOLE OF THE LAND a detestable place ...1927 Amer. sl.
• ASSHOLE OF THE UNIVERSE a detestable place ...1950 sl.
• ASSHOLE OF THE WORLD a detestable place ...1959 Amer. sl.
detestable - person
• ACCURSED an accursed person; a detestable or hateful person ...1340
• BAWBAG an ignorant, obnoxious, or otherwise detestable person, esp. a man; often used as a disparaging form of address ...1999 Sc.
• GHOUL a person reputed to feed on corpses; a person whose habits are detestable ...Bk1988
• KVETCH a detestable or unpleasant person, esp., a person who criticizes or complains a great deal ...1936 US colloq., chiefly Jewish usage
• KVETCHER a detestable or unpleasant person, esp., a person who criticizes or complains a great deal ...1968 US colloq.
• LICKSKILLET a contemptible or detestable person; a sycophant ...1893 Amer. dial.
• LICK-SPITTLE a mean or abject parasite, sycophant, or toady; a servile flatterer; a contemptible, detestable, or fawning person ...1796
• MOMSER, MOMZER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a disliked person; a brute; a detestable man ...1955 US sl.
• SHIT-SACK a detestable person; orig. an opprobrious name applied to nonconformists ...1769 sl.
DETESTATION - nouns
• ABHORMENT † the action of abhorring; detestation ...1576
detestation - phrases
• I WOULDN'T BE SEEN CROSSING A FORTY-ACRE FIELD WITH HIM a phrase of detestation, contempt, or derision ...L19 orig. Cockneys' usage
DETESTED - adjectives
• DETESTATE † abominated, detested
• LONG-HEADED stubborn, obstinate, pigheaded; detested ...1883 Amer. dial.
detested - person
• ABOMINATE - a detested person ...1691
• RUBBER KNACKERS - an unpleasant or detested man ...20C Brit. sl.
• SATAN - * a term of abhorrence applied to a person; a diabolical person; a detested, devilish or hellish person ...1596
DETOUR - verbs
• FETCH A CIRCUMBENDIBUS to make a detour ...1831
DETRACT - verbs
• OBTRACT † to detract from; to disparage, to decry, to slander ...1596
• OBTRECT † to detract from; to disparage, to decry, to slander ...1596
• PULL THE FEATHERS OFF (A PERSON'S FAME) † to detract from ...c1430
DETRACTION - adjectives
• OPPROBRATORY †* conveying reproach or detraction ...1833
detraction - nouns
• MEDISANCE † evil speaking; reproach; obloquy; detraction ...1656
• OBLOQUY evil-speaking directed against a person or thing; abuse, detraction, calumny, slander ...1460
• OBTRACTATION † detraction, disparagement, slander, calumny ...1563-83
• OBTRECTATION † detraction, disparagement, slander, calumny ...1563-83
• SUBTRACTION * detraction; depreciation ...1890
DETRIMENT - nouns
• DENIAL a disadvantage, detriment, hindrance; loss, injury; a disappointment ...1895 Eng. dial.
• IMPEACH † injury, damage, detriment ...1575
• IMPEACHMENT † detriment, impairment, injury, damage ...1548
• INDETERMENT detriment, loss, injury; a stumbling-block ...1860 Eng. dial.
• INDETRIMENT n. detriment, loss, injury; a stumbling-block ...1860 Eng. dial.
• JACTURE † loss, injury, detriment ...1515
• TINSEL † the losing of something, or the sustaining of harm, damage, or detriment; loss ...a1300
• UNBIHEVE † disadvantage, detriment ...c1200
• UNBIHOOF † disadvantage, detriment ...c1205
detriment - verbs
• TAINT † to affect injuriously; to cause detriment to; to hurt, to injure, to impair ...1601.
detriment - phrases
• ONE UP AGAINST YOUR DUCKHOUSE phr. something to your detriment; one against you ...1933 Aust. sl.
DETRIMENTAL - adjectives
• DAMNIFIABLE †* injurious, hurtful, detrimental ...1604
DEVASTATE - verbs
• HARASS † to lay waste, to devastate, to plunder ...a1618
• SHAMBLE to wreck, to devastate, to make a shambles of ...M20 US
DEVASTATED - adjectives
• GUTTED bitterly disappointed; devastated, shattered; utterly fed up ...1984 sl.
• VASTATE † laid waste; devastated ...1629
devastated - nouns
• VASTATION † the fact or condition of being devastated or laid waste ...1578
DEVASTATING - adjectives
• VASTATIVE † devastating ...1667
devastating - nouns
• BOMBSHELL a sudden or devastating action or effect; something surprising ...1860 sl.
• VASTATION † the act of laying waste, devastating, or destroying; also, an instance of this ...1545
DEVASTATION - nouns
• HARRY † the act of harrying; devastation, molestation, vexation ...c1330
• HARRYING warlike incursion; devastation, laying waste; ravaging, plundering, raiding ...c900
• VASTITUDE † devastation; a laying waste ...1545
DEVASTATOR - person
• VASTATOR † a devastator ...1659
DEVELOP - verbs
• MAJORATE †* to make greater; to cause to increase or develop ...1656
DEVELOPMENT - nouns
• DEAL a turn of events, a development ...1920s US sl.
• ONCOME the approach, advent, beginning, or commencement of a thing, esp. of one that requires great exertion; an onset; development, progress ...1823 Sc.
DEVIANT - adjectives
• FRENCH deviant, sensuous, lewd, kinky, illicit ...sl.
DEVIATE - person
• DECLINER † one who deviates, or falls away from his duty or allegiance, or from an approved standard of conduct or belief ...1601
deviate - verbs
• ABERRATE * to diverge or deviate from the straight path ...1765
• DEBORD † to go out of bounds, to deviate; to go beyond bounds, to go to excess ...c1620
• DECLINE † to turn or bend aside; to deviate; to turn away ...c1325
• EXORBITATE † to deviate from the usual path or course; to stray ...1600 obs. or arch.
• EXTRAVAGE † to deviate in discourse from the proper subject; to digress; to talk incoherently; to ramble ...c1690 obs. exc. Sc.
• FLY THE TRACK to turn from the usual or expected course ...1847 US colloq.
• SKLENT to deviate from a straightforward course, or from the truth ...1581 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAW to deviate, to go out of course, to go or move unsteadily ...1584
DEVIATING - adjectives
• ABERRANT 1. deviating widely from the ordinary or natural type, exceptional, irregular, abnormal ...1830
2. wandering away or straying from a defined path; hence, diverging or deviating from any moral standard ...1848
DEVIATION - nouns
• ABERRATION 1. a deviation or divergence from a direct, prescribed, or ordinary course of action ...1610-31
2. a wandering away; a straying; a deviation or divergence from the straight or recognized path ...1615
• DECLENSION deviation or declining from a standard; falling away from one's allegiance, apostasy ...1594
• DECLINATION † a turning aside, swerving, deviation from a standard; a falling away ...1533
• EGRESSION † a deviation from accustomed rules; an outburst of feeling, poetic fervour, etc. ...1509
DEVICE - nouns
• ADDRESS † that which is prepared; a device, a contrivance ...1598
• SKIFT † an artifice, device, or trick ...c1460
DEVIL - adjectives
• DEUCED damned; pert. to the devil ...L18 sl.
devil - nouns
• ADDER † the 'old serpent', the devil ...c950
• ADONNET a devil ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ADVERSARY the enemy of mankind, the Devil ..1667
• AULD ANE the devil ...Bk1898 Sc.
• AULD CHIEL the devil ...Bk1898 Sc.
• AULD HANGIE the devil ...1785 Sc.
• AULD HORNIE the devil ...1785 Sc.
• AULD KEEKUM the devil ...1880 Sc.
• AULD MAHOUN † the Devil ...1792 Sc.
• AULD MAN, THE the devil ...1721 Sc.
• AULD MISCHANTER the Devil ...1788 Sc.
• AULD NEIL the devil ...1898 Sc.
• AULD SANNIE a nickname for the devil ...1898 Sc.
• AULD SANNY the devil ...1898 Sc.
• AULD SAUNDERS the devil ...a1846 Sc.
• AULD SMITH the devil ...1871 Sc.
• AULD THIEF the devil ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAD LAD the devil ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BAD MAN a child's name for the devil ...1884 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BAD MAN BELOW the Devil ...20C US Black sl.
• BEAST † the devil; evil spirits ...c1220 obs. exc. Sc.
• BEELZEBUB the Devil ...c950
• BELIAL the spirit of evil personified; the devil ...c1225
• BELSABUB the Devil ...c950
• BELSEBUB the Devil ...c950
• BELZEBUB the Devil ...c950
• BENDY the devil ...19C
• BIGHORNIE the devil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BILLY DEVIL the devil ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BLACKAMOOR a devil, the devil ...M17
• BLACK LAD, THE the devil ...1891 Sc.
• BLACK MAN an evil spirit, boogeyman, the devil ...1692
• BODACH the devil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGIE the devil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOHO the devil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOGERBOO. a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOGERMAN the devil ...1913 Amer. dial.
• BOOGEY-MAN the devil ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BOOGIEBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUGABO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BUGABOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1787 Amer. dial.
• BUGGER-MAN the devil ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BUGGYBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUGGYMAN the devil ...1905 Amer. dial.
• CARMAGNOLE the devil, as the author of mischief or ruin ...1796
• CLOOTIE the devil (usually in the form "Auld Clootie") ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• CLOOTS the Devil ...L18 Sc. & N. Eng.
• COALY the devil ...1950 US sl.
• DAD the devil ...20C sl.
• DADDY CLOOTS the devil ...1861 Sc.
• DARBLE the devil ...c1850 colloq.
• DARK MAN the devil ...1874 Eng. dial.
• DEBLAT † a little devil ...1473
• DEEDLE † a devil ...1653 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DEVILICK a little imp or devil ...1844 Sc.
• DIBBLE the devil ...19C colloq.
• DICKENS the devil; hell ...L16
• DICKINGS the devil; hell ...L16
• DIVEL the devil ...20C Amer. dial.
• DIVIL the devil ...20C Amer. dial.
• EARL O' HELL the Devil ...1817 Sc.
• ENEMY the devil; a person of evil disposition ...1814 Sc.
• ERROR the devil ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FATHER OF LIES, THE the Devil ...1825
• FED † an enemy; the fiend, the devil ...a1300
• FEDE † an enemy; the fiend, the devil ...a1300
• FIRE hell; the devil ...1917 Amer. dial.
• FIRE MAN the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FLIBBERTIGIBBET a devil or a fiend ...Shakespeare
• FLITTERTIGIBBET a devil or a fiend ...Shakespeare
• GYARBRO the devil ...1930 Amer. dial.
• HANGIE the devil ...1785 Sc.
• HARRY DICK the devil ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HELLCAT the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HIS NEILSHIP the devil ...1898 Sc.
• HIS SATANIC MAJESTY the Devil, Satan ...19C
• ILL-MAN the devil ...1721 Sc.
• ILL THIEF the devil ...1789 Sc.
• LEVIATHAN † the Devil, Satan ...c1400
• LORD HARRY the devil ...M17 sl.
• MAHO † the devil ...1603
• MAHOUN † the Devil ...1839 Sc.
• MAHOUND † the devil ...1377 Sc.
• MAHU † the devil ...1603
• MALISON the plague, the devil ...1898 Sc.
• MAN'S ENEMY the Devil ...a1800
• MIFFY a nickname for the Devil; a devil ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MISCHIEF euphemism for the devil ...L16 sl.
• MUCKLE-DEVIL the Devil ...1786 Sc.
• MUCKLE-HORNED DEVIL the Devil ...1838 Eng. dial.
• MUCKLE-SHEELD the Devil ...1898 Sc.
• NAB the Devil ...1990s Irish sl.
• NABE the Devil ...1990s Irish sl.
• NAUGHTY MAN the devil ...1892 Eng. dial.
• NED the devil ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• NICHOLAS the devil ...1822 sl.
• NICK † the Devil ...1647 colloq.
• NICKIE, NICKY the Devil ...1806 Sc.
• NICKIE-BEN, NICKY-BEN the Devil ...1786 Sc.
• NICKY TAM the Devil ...1963 Sc.
• OLD ADAM the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD A'ILL THING the devil ...1823 Sc.
• OLD BAD MAN the Devil ...1954 Amer. dial.
• OLD BEN the devil ...19C
• OLD BENDY the Devil ...18C sl.
• OLD BILLY the devil; a hobgoblin or boogeyman ...1894
• OLD BILLY HELL the devil; a hobgoblin or boogeyman ...1969 Amer. dial.
• OLD BILLY-O the devil ...1923
• OLD BLACKIE the devil ...1953 Amer. dial.
• OLD BLAZES the devil ...1849 sl.
• OLD BOGEY the devil; an apparition, a spectre ...1897 Eng. dial.
• OLD BOTHERATION. the devil ...1858 Eng. dial.
• OLD BOY the devil ...1782
• OLD BOY, THE the devil ...1782 US sl.
• OLD CAIN the devil ...1942 Amer. dial.
• OLD CARLE the devil ...1891 Sc.
• OLD CHAP the devil ...19C
• OLD CHILD the devil ...19C
• OLD CLOOTIE the Devil ...M18 chiefly Sc.
• OLD CLOOTS the devil ...1785 Sc.
• OLD CLOVEN-FOOT the devil ...1943 Amer. dial.
• OLD DAD the devil ...1895 Eng. dial.
• OLD DELUDER the devil ...1986 Amer. dial.
• OLD DICKENS the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD DRIVER the Devil ...L18 sl.
• OLD ENEMY the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD FELLOW, THE the devil ...1843 Amer. sl.
• OLD FORKED TOES the devil ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD GENTLEMAN the devil ...1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD GENTLEMAN, THE the devil ...1700
• OLD GENTLEMAN IN BLACK, THE the devil ...1700
• OLD GOOSEBERRY the devil ...L18 sl.
• OLD HACK the devil ...L19 sl.
• OLD HAGGY the devil ...1986 Amer. dial.
• OLD HAGGY BILL the devil ...1986 Amer. dial.
• OLD HAIRY the devil ...1939 Amer. dial.
• OLD HAIRY TOE the devil ...1930s sl.
• OLD HALLELUJAH the devil ...1942 Amer. dial.
• OLD HANGIE the devil ...1785 Sc.
• OLD HARRINGTON the devil ...M17 sl.
• OLD HARRY the devil ...c1746
• OLD HARRY DICK the devil ...1950 Amer. dial.
• OLD HENRY the devil ...M17 sl.
• OLD HOOKY the devil ...19C
• OLD HORNIE the devil ...1785 Sc.
• OLD HORNS the devil ...1956 Amer. dial.
• OLD HORNY the devil ...1853 US sl.
• OLD IMP the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD JACK the devil ...1986 Amer. dial.
• OLD JIMSON the devil ...1953 Amer. dial.
• OLD LAD the devil ...1873 Eng. dial.
• OLD LAD, THE the devil ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD LUTHERFUD the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD MAHOUN the devil ...19C
• OLD MAN the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD MAN DOWN BELOW, THE the devil ...1950 Amer. dial.
• OLD MAN SATAN the devil ...1942 Amer. dial.
• OLD MAN WITH THE HORNS the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD MR. GRIM the Devil ...L18 sl.
• OLD NED the devil ...1939 US sl.
• OLD NICHOLAS the devil ...M17 sl.
• OLD NICK the Devil ...a1643 sl.
• OLD NICKER the devil ...19C
• OLD NICKIE the devil ...19C
• OLD NICKIE BEN the devil ...1785 Sc.
• OLD ONE the devil ...1893 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD ONE, THE the devil; Satan ...c1000
• OLD PITCHFORK the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD POGER the devil ...L18 sl.
• OLD POKER n. the devil ...1784 colloq.
• OLD RED the devil ...1953 Amer. dial.
• OLD RIP the devil ...1905 Amer. dial.
• OLD RIP HIMSELF the devil ...1905 Amer. dial.
• OLD ROGER the Devil ...L17 sl.
• OLD ROUND FOOT the devil ...1909 Amer. dial.
• OLD RUFFIAN the devil ...15C
• OLD RUFFIN the devil ...M15 colloq.
• OLD SAM the devil ...1805 Amer. dial.
• OLD SAMSON the devil ...1953 Amer. dial.
• OLD SANDY the devil ...1848 Sc. euphemism
• OLD SANKO the devil, a devil ...1860 Amer. dial.
• OLD SANNERS the devil ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OLD SANNY the devil ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OLD SAUNDERS the devil ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OLD SCOOTY the devil ...19C
• OLD SCRAT the devil ...1851 Eng. dial.
• OLD SCRATCH the Devil ...1740 sl.
• OLD SCRATCHEM the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD SCRATCHER, THE the devil ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OLD SCROOGE the devil ...1986 Amer. dial.
• OLD SERPENT the devil ...1942 Amer. dial.
• OLD SIMPSON the devil ...1953 Amer. dial.
• OLD SIN the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD SMITH the devil ...1871 Sc.
• OLD SMOKE the devil ...1878 Eng. dial.
• OLD SOOTY the devil ...1865 Eng. dial.
• OLD SOSS the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD SPLITFOOT the devil ...19C sl.
• OLD TANTARABOBUS a name for the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD THIEF, THE. the devil ...1838 Eng. dial.
• OLD TOAST the devil ...L17
• PANTO-DEVIL † a complete or entire devil ...1694
• QUED † the evil one; the Devil ...c1250
• QUEDE † the evil one; the Devil ...c1250
• RAGMAN † the devil ...1377
• RASTUS the devil ...1966 Amer. dial.
• REDEYE the devil ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RUFFIAN the devil ...15C
• SAGAN 'Satan'; a devil ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAINT NICHOLAS the devil ...1822 sl.
• SAM PATCH the devil; hell ...1905 Amer. dial. euphemism
• SAM SCRATCH the devil; hell ...1905 Amer. dial. euphemism
• SANDIE the devil, Satan ...1786 Sc.
• SANDIE FRY the devil ...1868 Sc.
• SANDY FRY the devil ...1868 Sc.
• SANKO the devil, a devil ...1856 Amer. dial.
• SANNOCK GARNER the Devil ...a1779 Sc.
• SATANAS † the supreme evil spirit, the Devil ...a1000
• SAWNIE the devil, Satan ...1786 Sc.
• SCRAT a hobgoblin; the devil ...1865 Eng. dial.
• SCRATCH the devil ...1760 Eng. dial.
• SCRAT-HARRY the devil ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHREW the devil; Satan ...14C
• SKRATCH the devil ...1856 Amer. dial.
• TAIL-'N'-HORNS the devil ...1969 Amer. dial.
• TANKERABOGUS a name for the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANTARABOBS a name for the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANTARABOBUS a name for the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANTIBOGUS the devil ...1912 Amer. dial.
• TANTRABOBUS a name for the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANTRUMBOBUS a name for the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THAT-A-DONNET the devil; an idle, worthless person ...1781 Eng. dial.
• THIEF OF THE WORLD, THE the devil ...1898 Ireland
• TOM TUMBLER an imp or devil ...Bk1926
• TOOT the devil ...19C Brit. sl.
• VENGEANCE the Devil ...1746 Eng. dial.
• WAGGIE the devil, Satan ...1921 Sc.
• WAGHORN the devil ...1870 Sc.
• WALAWAY a name for the devil ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WARLOCK 1. †* a devil, a demon, spirit of hell ...a900
2. † the Devil; Satan ...a1000
devil - person
• ADAEMONIST, ADEMONIST a person who denies the existence of the Devil ...1837
• ADIABOLIST * one who does not believe in the existence of a Devil ...1646
• BELIALIST a specialist of Belial, or the Devil ...1617
devil - verbs
• SATANIZE * to make into or like a devil ...1598
DEVILISH - adjectives
• BEELZEBUBIAN * devilish ...1867
• SATANICAL † resembling Satan, devilish ...a1548
• VILE devilish, cunning ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
devilish - nouns
• SATANITY * devilish conduct or character ...1864
• SATANRY * devilish conduct or wiles ...1895
devilish - person
• BAD CHILD a malicious or devilish child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CACAFOGO a cacafuego; a spitfire; a furious, fierce fellow; a braggart; a blusterer; a noisy bully; a very difficult or devilish person; one with a fiery temper ...1625 sl.
• CACAFUEGO, CACAFUGO, CACOFUEGO a spitfire; a furious, fierce fellow; a braggart; a blusterer; a noisy bully; a very difficult or devilish person; one with a fiery temper ...1625
• DICKENS a devilish or impish child ...Bk2006 US sl.
• LITTLE DICKENS a devilish or impish child ...Bk2006 US sl.
• PANDEMONIAC a devilish or hellish person ...1923
• SATAN * a term of abhorrence applied to a person; a diabolical person; a detested, devilish or hellish person ...1596
DEVILISHNESS, DEVILRY - nouns
• DEVILTRY mischief, teasing, frolicking, roguery, trickery, wickedness, devilry ...1839 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• OLD NICK devilishness, mischief ...1817 US sl.
DEVIL-MAY-CARE - adjectives
• RAM-GAM headstrong, precipitate, devil-may-care, heedless, rash, unrestrained ...1929 Sc.
• RAMPLER rowdy, devil-may-care ...1822 Sc.
• RAM-STAM headstrong, precipitate, devil-may-care, rash, heedless, unrestrained ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
devil-may-care - person
• HANGMAN - a hard-case or a hard drinker; a devil-may-care person ...Bk1995 NZ sl.
• HARD ROOT - a tough, devil-may-care person ...1939 Irish sl.
• HELLCAT a mean, spiteful or malicious person, esp. a woman; a reckless, impertinent, bad-tempered, or vexatious person; a troublemaker; a devil-may-care person; one who pesters or annoys ...1899 Amer. dial.
• RAMPLER a rowdy, devil-may-care, roving lad ...1889 Sc.
DEVIOUS - adjectives
• BACK-DOOR mean, stealthy, underhand, devious, cunning, untrustworthy ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• FAR-FETCHED † devious, circuitous ...a1656
• NOT TOO COOL devious, unfair ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SCHEMY scheming; devious, tricky, sly ...1888 Amer. dial.
• VAGANT †* devious, erratic...1382
devious - nouns
• ARTISTIC PURPOSES devious or illicit intentions ...1975 Amer. dial.
• MECHANICAL AND ARTISTIC PURPOSES devious or illicit intentions ...1975 Amer. dial.
devious - person
• POSSUM a dissembler, a hypocrite; a devious or crafty person ...1846 US sl.
• SCHLENTERER a devious, untrustworthy person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• SNOKE-HORN a sneak; a devious rascal ...M15
• WRONG GEE a devious and corrupt man; an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• WRONG GUY a devious and corrupt man; an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person ...1920s US criminals' sl.
devious - verbs
• FANIGGLE to wangle, to manoeuvre, to obtain by devious means ...1930s Amer. dial.
• SMOU(T)CH to cheat; to engage in devious or underhanded activities, to finagle ...1840 Amer. dial.
• SMOUGE to cheat; to engage in devious or underhanded activities, to finagle ...1855 Amer. dial.
• WANGLE to obtain something by deceitful or devious means ...1888 sl., orig. printers' usage
DEVISE - verbs
• ADVISE † to devise, to purpose ...c1340
• AND † to breathe; to whisper; to devise; to imagine ...B1900 Sc.
• BETHINK † to devise, to contrive, to plan, to arrange ...a1225
• BLOCK to plan, to devise ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAST 1. † to put into shape, dispose, arrange, or order; to lay out in order, to plan, to devise ...a1300
2. † to machinate, to contrive, to devise, to scheme ...c1325
• DECOCT †* to prepare, to devise, to concoct ...1602
• EIN † to breathe, to whisper, to devise, to imagine ...1887 Sc.
• FAKE to concoct or devise, esp. for a deceptive purpose ...1889 sl.
• FAKE UP to concoct or devise, esp. for a deceptive purpose ...1889 sl.
• IMAGE † to devise, to plan ...c1440
• ORDAIN † to plan, to devise, to contrive ...1340
• SKIFT † to arrange, devise, manage, or order something ...a1300
• SUBTLE † to devise cleverly ...1377
• TIGHT † to prepare, to get ready; to devise, to contrive ...a1300
• WORK UP to devise ...M19 Amer. sl.
DEVISING - nouns
• HAMMERING † a devising, contriving, or constructing ...1589
• ORDINANCE † the arrangement of plans; devising, contriving, planning; a device, contrivance, plan ...a1330
DEVOID - adjectives
• SINCERE * devoid of something ...a1754
• SKERE † destitute, devoid, of something ...c1250
• UNBESEEN † unprovided, destitute, devoid ...1390
DEVOTE - verbs
• ADDICT † to bind, to attach, or devote oneself as a servant, disciple, or adherent to any person or cause ...1560
DEVOTED - adjectives
• BENT † determined, resolute, devoted, inclined ...1548
• EVER-LOVING devoted; faithful ...1930s Amer. sl.
• HEART AND SOUL devoted and enthusiastic ...1836
• HEART-BOUND having the heart entirely devoted to an object ...1580
• JEALOUS † devoted, eager, zealous, zealously enthusiastic ...1535
• SOLID ON devoted to ...L19
• STUCK obsessed with, devoted to ...M19 orig. US
• STUCK AFTER obsessed with, devoted to ...M19 orig. US
• STUCK ON obsessed with, devoted to ...M19 orig. US
• WHALES ON obsessed with, devoted to ...L19 US sl.
devoted - person (includes DEVOTEE)
• FREAK a devotee, an enthusiast ...1895 US sl.
• HEAD a person who is very enthusiastic about a particular interest or activity; a devotee, an avid fan; usually with a preceding modifying word, as soccer-head ...1960
• NUT a person who pursues a particular interest or activity with ardent or excessive enthusiasm; an avid fan, a devotee ...1915 colloq.
• SPANIEL an obsequiously devoted person ...1598
DEVOTEDLY - adverbs
• HEART AND SOUL with all one's energy and devotion; enthusiastically ...1798
DEVOTION - nouns
• JEALOUSY † zeal or vehemence of feeling in favour of a person or thing; devotion, eagerness, anxiety to serve ...1436
• SILVER CORD a symbol of excessive devotion between mother and child
devotion - phrases
• I'D EAT MY CHIPS OUT OF HER KNICKERS a statement of absolute (sexual) devotion ...1970s sl.
DEVOUR - verbs
• BELLOCK to eat greedily, to devour ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FANG AWAY to devour food eagerly and quickly, to snatch at one's food ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAMF to eat greedily, to devour, to gulp ...1805 Sc.
• GAMPH to eat greedily, to devour, to gulp ...1805 Sc.
• GAMP to eat greedily, to devour, to gulp ...1805 Sc.
• GAUMP † to eat or drink greedily; to devour hurriedly; to gulp ...1805 Sc.
• GLOM to devour greedily ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GROUZE to devour or munch with a crunching sound ...1624 Eng. dial.
• GROWZE to devour or munch with a crunching sound ...1624 Eng. dial.
• GURGITATE †* to swallow greedily, to devour ...1656
• GUTTLE to devour or swallow greedily ...1685
• MAW to eat, to devour ...1862 Eng. dial.
• RAUNCH to eat or devour greedily; to munch, to gnaw; to tear up ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAUNGE to eat or devour greedily; to munch, to gnaw ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOFF to eat noisily and greedily; to swallow food or drink quickly; to devour; to gulp down, to toss off ...1826
• SLONK * to swallow greedily; to devour ...1481
• TO-FRET † to gnaw, to devour, to consume ...a1225
• VOUR † to devour, to eat ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAFF to devour ravenously ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DEVOURING - adjectives
• SCADE † ravenous, devouring ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
devouring - nouns
• LURCATION † a greedy eating or gluttonous devouring ...1661
DEVOUT - adjectives
• HEARSUM † ready to hear; obedient, compliant; dutiful, devout ...c900
• HEAVENLY-MINDED having the thoughts and affections set on things above; holy, devout ...a1656
• HERSUM † ready to hear; obedient, compliant; dutiful, devout ...c900
• TIMORATE †* devout, full of reverence ...1570
DEVOUTLY - adverbs
• GODLY piously, devoutly ...1942 Amer. dial.
DEW, DEWY - adjectives
• BEDEWY †* dewy ...1607
• RORAL * consisting of dew, dewy ...1656
• RORANT † falling as dew ...1686
• RORULENT * full of, or abounding in dew ...1656
• RORY †* dewy ...1600
• ROSCID * resembling dew; falling like dew; abounding with dew; dewy, moist, dank ...1626
dew, dewy - nouns
• BEAUTY-WATER early morning dew ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEDEWMENT †* a wetting with or as with dew ...a1679
• DAG dew ...1674-91 Eng. dial.
• DAGS dewdrops ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAWCH a very heavy dew or drizzling rain ...Bk1900 Sc.
• MELDROP a dew-drop; any drop in a pendant state ...1800 Sc. & N.
• PRIDE OF THE MORNING a light shower, or dew at sunrise ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
dew, dewy - verbs
• DAG to drizzle, to bedew, to rain ...1825 Eng. dial.
• DAWCH to moisten as with dew; to damp ...Bk1900 Sc.
DEXTERITY - nouns
• HANDSOMENESS † skill, dexterity, ability, cleverness; propriety, becomingness, decency ...1555
• HICCIUS DOCIUS * a formula used by a juggler when performing a trick; a feat of dexterity; a clever trick ...L17
• MALADDRESS n. want of dexterity or tact; awkwardness ...1804
• SUBTILTY † skill, cleverness, dexterity ...c1386
• SUBTLETY † skill, cleverness, dexterity ...c1375
DEXTEROUS - adjectives
• DEXTERICAL † dexterous, adroit, skilful ...1607
• FEAT † of movements: dexterous, graceful ...1519 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
• FEATOUS † dexterous ...1755
• FLY of the fingers: dexterous, nimble, skilful ...1834
• GAIN handy, expert, skilful, deft, dexterous; workmanlike ...a1300 Eng. dial.
• GEMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GIMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HABILE having general readiness; handy, ready; skilful, deft, adroit, dexterous ...1485
• HAGHER † skilful, clever, dexterous; apt, fit ...c1200
• JEMMY † spruce, dandified, neat, smart; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JIMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NACKY ingenious; dexterous ...Bk1902 sl.
• NEAT-HANDED having a deft manner of handling things; dexterous ...1632
• NEFFOW dexterous with the hands ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NICK-NACKIE dexterous or skilful in doing any piece of delicate work ...B1900 Sc.
• RAD † quick, hasty, speedy; active, prompt, ready, dexterous; eager, elated ...a700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SLEIGHTFUL †* full of craft or artifice; crafty, cunning, artful, dexterous ...1380
• SLY † marked or characterized by skill or dexterity; showing skilfulness or ingenuity; cleverly or finely made ...1297
• SUBTILE † of persons: clever, dexterous, skilful ...c1374
• SUBTLE of craftsmen, etc.: skilful, clever, expert, dexterous ...a1300 arch.
• TALL OF HIS HANDS † ready, active, deft, skilful with one's hands; dexterous, handy ...1530
dexterous - person
• DAB - a clever or dexterous person; a skilful person; an expert; a proficient; an adept ...1691
• DEVELER a celebrated boxer; a dexterous young fellow ...B1900 Sc.
DEXTEROUSLY - adverbs
• FEATOUSLY † of actions: cleverly, dexterously, nimbly, properly ...c1350
• GAINLY handily, readily, dexterously, cleverly, successfully; easily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HANDSOMELY † skilfully, dexterously, cleverly ...1551
• SUBTILELY † cleverly, dexterously; also, with acuteness or perspicacity ...c1400 now rare or obs.
• SUBTILLY † cleverly, dexterously; also, with acuteness or perspicacity ...c1400 now rare or obs.
• SUBTLY cleverly, dexterously, skilfully; ingeniously, artfully, cunningly ...c1350 arch.
• UNCLEAVE to become unfastened or detached ...1596
DETAIL - adjectives
• PUNCTILIOUS extremely attentive to details, ceremony, or procedure; strict or exact in the observance of formalities or amenities ...1625
detail - adverbs
• PARCELLY † by parcels or portions; in detail, item by item ...1469
• SUNDRY †* in detail ...a1300
• TO A COCK'S HAIR to the last detail, accurately ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TO A FROG'S HAIR to the last detail, accurately ...1966 Amer. dial.
• TO A GNAT'S HAIR to the last detail, accurately ...1940 Amer. dial.
• TO THE BONE to perfection; to the last detail ...1967 Amer. dial.
• TO THE LAST HAIR ON A GNAT'S ASS to the last detail, accurately ...1954 Amer. dial.
detail(s) - nouns
• ACCOUNTS news, details, information ...1745 Sc.
• BUM-FLUFFERIES details; the small print ...2001 UK sl.
• EERIES AND ORRIES particulars, details; ins and outs ...1911 Sc.
• EERIORUMS particulars, details; fancy work, ornamentation ...1880 Sc.
• INWARDS the ins and outs, the inner details of a case ...1898 Eng. dial.
• ODDLINGS particulars, details ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ODDLINS particulars, details ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARTICULARITIES details, small points, 'ins and outs' ...1822 Sc.
• PARTICULARITY a personal or private trait or characteristic; an idiosyncrasy; a detail, a particular ...1783 Sc.
• PARTICULE † a detail, an item, a particular ...1731 Sc.
• RATTLE the ins and outs of anything; all the details ...1891 Eng. dial.
• STRENGTH the essential facts; the pertinent details ...1908 Aust. sl.
DETAILED - nouns
• VERBAL PROCESS † a detailed account or report ...1681
DETAIN - verbs
• ABSENT † to keep away; to detain or withhold from being present ...1530
• BELATE to make late, to detain beyond the usual time, to delay; to hinder ...1642
• PUT THE ARM ON SOMEONE to detain or restrain by physical force; spec. to arrest ...20C Amer. sl.
• RAIL to arrest or detain someone ...1995 US sl.
• REMORATE †* to detain, delay, hinder, obstruct ...1638
• TAIGLE to entangle, to impede, or to hinder in course or action; to keep back, to retard, to detain, to delay ...1635 Sc.
• TARRY † to detain, to delay, to retard, to keep back a person or agent for a time; to keep waiting; to hold in check, to impede, to hinder ...1340
• TEAGLE to entangle, to impede, or to hinder in course or action; to keep back, to retard, to detain, to delay ...1635 Sc.
• TETHER BY THE TOOTH to attract by good feeding, to detain by eating ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DETAINED - nouns
• TAMTARRIE † the state of being detained under frivolous pretenses; the state of being hindered ...1773 Sc.
• TAMTARY † the state of being detained under frivolous pretenses; the state of being hindered ...1773 Sc.
DETECT - verbs
• COME A TUMBLE to detect something; to understand something ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'rumble'
• COPPER to detect ...20C tramps’ sl.
• DECIPHER † to find out, to discover, to detect ...1528
• NAIL to detect ...1889 Winchester College sl.
• PALL to detect...1851 UK sl.
• TAKE A PERSON TARDY † to overtake; to surprise; to come upon unprepared or unawares; hence, to detect, 'catch' in a crime, fault, error, etc. ...1530
• TAKE TO to detect ...1842 Eng. dial.
• UMBLE-CUM-STUMBLE to thoroughly understand, to detect, to suspect ...1866
• VENT † of animals, hounds, etc.: to become aware of, to detect or perceive, by means of the sense of smell ...1576
DETECTION - verbs
• GET AWAY WITH THE BAGGAGE to escape detection in or to avoid the consequences of mischief or wrongdoing ...1873 Amer. sl.
DETECTIVE - person (also see POLICE)
• ACE a detective ...1940s US sl.
• BADGE a police officer or detective who has a badge ...1921 US sl.
• BADGE-MAN a detective ...1926 US sl.
• BAG a police detective ...1929 criminals' sl.
• BEAGLE a spy; an informer; a policeman, a detective; also, a general term of contempt ...Bk1891 sl.
• BIG MAN a Pinkerton detective ...Bk1945 criminals' sl.
• BIRD DOG an antique dealer or art dealer commissioned to find a specific object; a detective who specializes in finding missing persons; a business agent who hunts for prospective customers; a baseball scout who searches for promising athletes ...1929 Amer. sl.
• BISHOP a private detective ...1972 UK sl.
• BIZZIE, BIZZY a policeman; specifically, a CID officer, a detective ...1904 sl.
• BULL a police officer; a private detective or guard ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• BUSY a policeman; specifically, a CID officer, a detective ...1904 Brit. sl.
• BUSYBODY a policeman; specifically, a CID officer, a detective ...20C sl.
• COMPANY BULL a detective or guard who works for a private firm ...Bk2006 US sl.
• D a police detective; a policeman in plain clothes ...1879 sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
• DEE a detective; any police officer whatsoever ...c1840 sl.
• DEMON a detective or policeman ...1900 Aust. & NZ colloq. arch.
• DETEC a detective ...L19 sl.
• DICK a detective ...1908 sl.
• DOG a detective or police officer, esp. a plainclothesman ...1867 US sl.
• DOOR-BASHER a private detective ...1950s sl.
• EAGLE-EYE a detective ...1919 Amer. criminals' sl.
• ELBOW a police officer or detective ...1899 US criminals' sl.
• EYE a detective or a detective agency, esp. a private one ...1901 sl.
• FINK a detective ...1925 sl.
• FLY COP a detective, a plain-clothes policeman ...1859 US sl.
• FUZZ a policeman or detective; the police ...1929 sl., orig. US
• FUZZ MAN the police; a detective; a jail keeper ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• FUZZY a police officer or detective ...1942 US sl.
• FUZZY TAIL the police; a detective; a jail keeper ...Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• GATHER a police officer; a detective ...1999 UK criminals' sl.
• GEORGIE a policeman; a detective ...1929 UK sl.
• GHEE FROM DOWNTOWN a detective or the top police official in a large city ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
• GIG a detective, or any intrusive person; one who cannot mind his own business, a nosy or inquisitive person; a busybody; an eavesdropper ...1959 Aust. sl.
• GLUE a police detective ...1950 US sl.
• GUM BOOT a police officer, esp. a detective or plainclothes officer ...20C Amer. sl.
• GUMFOOT a police officer, esp. a detective or plainclothes officer; one known for wearing, silent, gum-rubber shoes ...E20 Amer. sl.
• GUMHEEL a police officer, esp. a detective or plainclothes officer; one known for wearing, silent, gum-rubber shoes ...E20 Amer. sl.
• GUMSHOE a detective or policeman ...1906 US sl.
• GUMSHOE MAN a police officer, esp. a detective or plainclothes officer ...20C Amer. sl.
• GUMSHOE WORKER a private detective ...1908 US sl.
• HARNESS DICK a detective officer in uniform ...1903 criminals' sl.
• HAWK a detective ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAWKSHAW a detective ...1903
• HEAVY a detective or investigator ...1967 Aust. sl.
• HEAVY-FOOT a plain-clothes detective; a policeman; one who betrays himself by his large feet and heavy shoes ...1934 US criminals' sl.
• HESSIAN a Pinkerton detective ...1925 criminals' sl.
• HICK DICK a small-town policeman or detective ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• HOT DUCK IN A CANOE a detective in an automobile ...1935 US sl.
• JACK a policeman or detective in plain clothes; a military policeman ...1889 sl.
• LAW a police officer, a sheriff, or other representative of the law; occasionally, a private detective ...1910s sl.
• MOLL DICK a female detective ...1926 criminals' sl.
• MOUSER * a detective ...1863
• NAB a police officer or detective ...1813 US criminals' & Black sl.
• NAILER a police officer or detective ...c1863 sl.
• OFFICE MAN a headquarters detective ...1901 US sl.
• OP a (private) detective ...1926 sl.
• OPERATOR a private detective ...1940s US sl.
• P. MAN a plain-clothes detective ...1920s UK sl.
• PINK a member of the Pinkerton detective agency ...1904 US sl.
• RICHARD a detective ...1914 sl., chiefly US
• SCONE (AND STOPPER) a policeman, a detective ...1940s rhyming Aust. sl. for 'copper'
• SEARS ROEBUCK DETECTIVE a rural, incompetent detective ...1927 Amer. dial.
• SHAMUS a police officer; a private detective ...1925 US sl.
• SHARMUS a detective ...1925 US sl.
• SHERLOCK a policeman or detective ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• SHERLOCKO a policeman or detective ...1940s US criminals' sl.
• SHOMMUS a detective ...1925 US sl.
• SNATCHER a police detective ...1948 US sl.
• SNITCHER a detective ...1900s sl.
• SNOOP a detective ...1920s US sl.
• SPARKS police detectives, or officers in plain clothes ...Bk1992 US criminals' sl.
• SPB a Special Branch Policeman; a British detective ...Bk1992 UK police usage
• SPLIT a detective ...L19 sl.
• STOOL a plain-clothes detective ...1920s sl.
• TAILOR-MADE a plainclothes policeman or detective ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• TEC a detective ...1879 sl.
• TIN STAR a private detective ...20C US sl.
• UNDERCOVER a plain-clothes detective or undercover agent ...1930s sl.
• UNDER-COVER MAN 1. an informer to the police; a policeman, a detective on a special watching job ...1931 US sl.
2. an employer's detective spying on the employees ...1931 US sl.
• UNDER-COVER OPERATIVE a detective, esp. a Federal ...1924 US police sl.
• WIRE SPLIT a detective who concentrates on pickpockets ...1930 pickpockets' sl.
• WISE BULL a police detective ...1924 criminals' sl.
detective - verbs
• GUMBOOT to work as a police officer or detective ...20C Amer. sl.
• GUMFOOT to work as a police officer or detective ...20C Amer. sl.
• GUMHEEL to work as a police officer or detective ...20C Amer. sl.
• GUMSHOE to work as a police officer or detective ...20C Amer. sl.
DETENTION - nouns
• CLINK detention ...1919 school sl.
• D detention ...M19 US criminals' sl.
• SKID-BID a term in prison or in juvenile detention ...1990s US prison sl.
DETER - verbs
• ABSTER †* to deter, to hinder, to frighten off ...1542
• BLUFF to confuse, to mislead or deter by a show of confidence or superiority; to fob off ...L18
• DARE to deter by threatening; to forbid ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FEAR † to deter from a course of conduct, etc. ...c1380
DETERIORATE - verbs
• ABASTARD † to make or declare bastard or illegitimate; hence, to make spurious or degenerate; to debase, to corrupt, to deteriorate ...1610
• ABASTARDIZE † to render bastard, spurious, or degenerate; to debase, to deteriorate ...1580
• BASTARDIZE to make degenerate, to deteriorate, to debase ..1587
• BE SLIPPING to deteriorate in quality ...1914 sl.
• DECAY † to cause to fall off or deteriorate ...1529
• GO TO SHIT to be ruined or destroyed; to deteriorate; to go to pieces ...1973 sl.
• GO TO THE BAD to deteriorate morally or physically; to become slovenly, careless, or immoral ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• GO TO THE DOGS to go to destruction or ruin; to deteriorate shockingly ...1619
• GO TO THE PACK to go to pieces; to lose a leading position; to deteriorate; to fall into disrepute ... 1919 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• MAR † to become deteriorated; to spoil; to perish ...c1230
• PAIR † to become or grow worse, to deteriorate, to fall off ...c1320 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PEJORATE to make or grow worse; to deteriorate; to worsen ...1653
• TURN TO SHIT to be ruined or destroyed; to deteriorate; to go to pieces ...1988 sl.
DETERIORATING - adjectives
• ON THE BUM deteriorating ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
DETERIORATION - nouns
• DECLENSION the state of declining or sinking into a lower of inferior condition; gradual diminution, deterioration, or decay; decline ...1602
• OFF-FALLING a decline, a falling off, as in health and appearance, or in morals; a deterioration ...1825 Sc.
• PAIRMENT † impairment; injury, deterioration ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
DETERMINATION - nouns
• ASS ability and determination; the actual ability and determination to carry out a promise, threat, etc., as opposed to an empty boast ...1961 Amer. sl.
• BENSEL strong bent or determination; impetus of a body in motion ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• BESIGHT †* consideration, determination, ordinance ...1258
• DECREET †* a decision, determination ...c1400
• GAME FACE a look or manner characterized by single-minded dedication, determination, or seriousness ...1950 US colloq.
• GET-UP energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination ...1841 sl., orig. US
• GET-UP-AND-GET energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination ...1870 sl., orig. US
• GET-UP-AND-GO energy, vigour, vitality, enterprise, determination ...1907 sl., orig. US
• GUT CHECK a test of courage or determination ...1968 US sl.
• GUTS BALL a ballgame such as baseball played with great aggressiveness and tenacity; hence, any action or actions requiring or demonstrating fortitude, extreme competitiveness, courage, determination, etc. ...1962 Amer. sl.
• READ determination; resolve ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SAND courage; tenacity; stamina; pluck; determination; perseverance; obstinacy ...1867 Amer. dial.
determination - verbs
• HARELIP HELL to show great determination regardless of consequences ....1970 Amer. dial.
determination - interjections/phrases
• BY GEORGE! a mild exclamation of surprise, approval, determination, emphasis, etc. ...1731
• PIKE'S PEAK OR BUST an expression of determination - formerly painted on 'prairie schooners' bound for Colorado ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
DETERMINATION, LACKING - adjectives
• LACKADAISY lackadaisical; lacking enthusiasm and determination ...1792
DETERMINE - verbs
• CAST † to design, to purpose, to intend, to determine to do a thing ...a1380
• DECERN † to decide, to determine a matter disputed or doubtful ...c1425
• DECREE † to determine, to resolve, to decide to do something ...1526 obs. or arch.
• DECREET † to decide, to determine, to resolve to do something ...1582-8
• LOOK-SEE to investigate; to determine, to ascertain ...1939 Amer. dial.
• ORDAIN † to determine, to settle, to resolve ...1375
• ORDER † to settle, to determine ...1523
• TAIL † to decide or determine in a specified way; to settle, to arrange, to fix a matter ...c1315
• TAILYE † to determine, to settle, to appoint, to arrange ...1375 Sc.
• TAILZIE † to determine, to settle, to appoint, to arrange ...1375 Sc.
• TERMINE † to make a judgement about; to determine, to decide, to settle ...a1325
DETERMINED - adjectives
• ADVISED † of persons: purposed, determined ...c1325
• BENT † determined, resolute, devoted, inclined ...1548
• BOUND determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRAIN-MAD determined; keenly bent on; hurried on with the greatest impetuosity ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DEAD ON very fond of; determined to do something ...M19 sl.
• DEAD-SET fully committed; determined ...M19 sl.
• DEAD SET ON fascinated by, obsessed with, in love with, determined ...L19 sl.
• DEE-TERMINED determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DERN determined, earnest, eager; careful ...1881 Eng. dial.
• DIERNED determined, enthusiastic ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• DOUBLE-BOUND determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FLAT-FOOTED. determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FULL OF BEANS determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FULL OF GUTS courageously determined or persevering ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRITTY courageously determined or persevering, courageous ...Bk1905 Amer. sl.
• HAIR expert at something; determined ...1936 Amer. dial.
• HARD AS NAILS determined ...1862
• HARD-BOILED determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HARD-SET determined, obstinate ...1818
• HELLBENT unshakably or recklessly determined ...1835 Amer. sl.
• HELLBENT FOR BREAKFAST recklessly determined ...1924 Amer. sl.
• HELLBENT FOR ELECTION unshakably determined ...1899 Amer. sl.
• HELL-BENT FOR LEATHER determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HELL-BENT FOR LEXINGTON determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HELL-FOR-CERTAIN determined ...1976 Amer. dial.
• INTARMINED. determined ...1860 Eng. dial.
• INTERMINED. determined ...1860 Eng. dial.
• ONSTANDIN determined, unyielding, esp. in bargaining; importunate, stolidly persistent in trying to get one's way ...1866 Sc.
• POSSESSED determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SET determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SOT determined ...1913 Amer. dial.
• STICK-AT-NOTHING determined ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TARMINED aphetic form of determined ...1857 Eng. dial.
determined - nouns
• NECESSITY † the fact of being inevitably fixed or determined ...c1374
determined - person
• GETTER - a go-getter; an enterprising or ambitious person; a determined person, one likely to succeed ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
• HARD-NOSE - an indefatigable person, who will struggle on no matter what the odds; a tough, determined person ...1968 sl.
• SACKET a determined little fellow ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAR-HORSE an aggressive or determined woman ...Bk1934 US college sl.
determined - verbs
• FLUMP to move determinedly ...M19 sl.
• TEEL to be obstinately set or determined on doing anything ...1873 Eng. dial.
DETERMINEDLY - adverbs
• BENTLY † determinedly, with set purpose ...1645
• FULL STEAM AHEAD with determination Bk1990 Amer. sl.
• HEAD UP in a lively, impetuous, or determined manner ...1854 Amer. dial.
• HEAD UP AND TAIL UP in a lively, impetuous, or determined manner ...1854 Amer. dial.
• PICK AND MELL thoroughly; with determination; 'hammer and tongs' ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WITH ALL SAIL SET in a quick and determined manner; hurriedly ...1916 Amer. dial.
DETERMINING - adjectives
• DECRETORY † such as to decide the question; decisive, determinative ...1674
• ORDINATIVE * having the character or function of ordering, determining, or regulating; of the nature of ordering ...1605
DETEST - person
• ABOMINATOR one who abominates or thoroughly detests; an abhorrer or extreme hater ...1671
detest, verbs
• ABSONATE † to avoid, to detest (a law term) ...Bk1775
• BEHATE † to hold in hatred, to hate greatly, to detest ...c1340
• DETESTATE †* to detest, to abhor, to abominate ...1548
• DISGUST to detest, to be disgusted by ...1913 Amer. dial.
• UG † to abhor, to loathe, to detest; to cause disgust or nausea ...a1340 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
DETESTABLE - adjectives
• ABHORRIBLE †* to be abhorred, detestable ...1633
• CARRION vile, loathsome, detestable; expressing disgust ...1826
• EXECRABLE deserving to be execrated or cursed; abominable, detestable ...1490
• INFERNAL detestable; fit only for Hell ...1602 colloq.
• NEFAST * wicked, abominable, detestable, vile ...1849
• UGGING adj. causing loathing or disgust; loathsome, detestable, frightful ...1832 Sc.
• UNRUDE † base, detestable, diabolical, vile ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WLATSOME † loathsome, detestable; disgusting, abominable, hateful ...a1300
detestable - nouns
• ASSHOLE OF CREATION a detestable place ...1926 Amer. sl.
• ASSHOLE OF THE LAND a detestable place ...1927 Amer. sl.
• ASSHOLE OF THE UNIVERSE a detestable place ...1950 sl.
• ASSHOLE OF THE WORLD a detestable place ...1959 Amer. sl.
detestable - person
• ACCURSED an accursed person; a detestable or hateful person ...1340
• BAWBAG an ignorant, obnoxious, or otherwise detestable person, esp. a man; often used as a disparaging form of address ...1999 Sc.
• GHOUL a person reputed to feed on corpses; a person whose habits are detestable ...Bk1988
• KVETCH a detestable or unpleasant person, esp., a person who criticizes or complains a great deal ...1936 US colloq., chiefly Jewish usage
• KVETCHER a detestable or unpleasant person, esp., a person who criticizes or complains a great deal ...1968 US colloq.
• LICKSKILLET a contemptible or detestable person; a sycophant ...1893 Amer. dial.
• LICK-SPITTLE a mean or abject parasite, sycophant, or toady; a servile flatterer; a contemptible, detestable, or fawning person ...1796
• MOMSER, MOMZER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a disliked person; a brute; a detestable man ...1955 US sl.
• SHIT-SACK a detestable person; orig. an opprobrious name applied to nonconformists ...1769 sl.
DETESTATION - nouns
• ABHORMENT † the action of abhorring; detestation ...1576
detestation - phrases
• I WOULDN'T BE SEEN CROSSING A FORTY-ACRE FIELD WITH HIM a phrase of detestation, contempt, or derision ...L19 orig. Cockneys' usage
DETESTED - adjectives
• DETESTATE † abominated, detested
• LONG-HEADED stubborn, obstinate, pigheaded; detested ...1883 Amer. dial.
detested - person
• ABOMINATE - a detested person ...1691
• RUBBER KNACKERS - an unpleasant or detested man ...20C Brit. sl.
• SATAN - * a term of abhorrence applied to a person; a diabolical person; a detested, devilish or hellish person ...1596
DETOUR - verbs
• FETCH A CIRCUMBENDIBUS to make a detour ...1831
DETRACT - verbs
• OBTRACT † to detract from; to disparage, to decry, to slander ...1596
• OBTRECT † to detract from; to disparage, to decry, to slander ...1596
• PULL THE FEATHERS OFF (A PERSON'S FAME) † to detract from ...c1430
DETRACTION - adjectives
• OPPROBRATORY †* conveying reproach or detraction ...1833
detraction - nouns
• MEDISANCE † evil speaking; reproach; obloquy; detraction ...1656
• OBLOQUY evil-speaking directed against a person or thing; abuse, detraction, calumny, slander ...1460
• OBTRACTATION † detraction, disparagement, slander, calumny ...1563-83
• OBTRECTATION † detraction, disparagement, slander, calumny ...1563-83
• SUBTRACTION * detraction; depreciation ...1890
DETRIMENT - nouns
• DENIAL a disadvantage, detriment, hindrance; loss, injury; a disappointment ...1895 Eng. dial.
• IMPEACH † injury, damage, detriment ...1575
• IMPEACHMENT † detriment, impairment, injury, damage ...1548
• INDETERMENT detriment, loss, injury; a stumbling-block ...1860 Eng. dial.
• INDETRIMENT n. detriment, loss, injury; a stumbling-block ...1860 Eng. dial.
• JACTURE † loss, injury, detriment ...1515
• TINSEL † the losing of something, or the sustaining of harm, damage, or detriment; loss ...a1300
• UNBIHEVE † disadvantage, detriment ...c1200
• UNBIHOOF † disadvantage, detriment ...c1205
detriment - verbs
• TAINT † to affect injuriously; to cause detriment to; to hurt, to injure, to impair ...1601.
detriment - phrases
• ONE UP AGAINST YOUR DUCKHOUSE phr. something to your detriment; one against you ...1933 Aust. sl.
DETRIMENTAL - adjectives
• DAMNIFIABLE †* injurious, hurtful, detrimental ...1604
DEVASTATE - verbs
• HARASS † to lay waste, to devastate, to plunder ...a1618
• SHAMBLE to wreck, to devastate, to make a shambles of ...M20 US
DEVASTATED - adjectives
• GUTTED bitterly disappointed; devastated, shattered; utterly fed up ...1984 sl.
• VASTATE † laid waste; devastated ...1629
devastated - nouns
• VASTATION † the fact or condition of being devastated or laid waste ...1578
DEVASTATING - adjectives
• VASTATIVE † devastating ...1667
devastating - nouns
• BOMBSHELL a sudden or devastating action or effect; something surprising ...1860 sl.
• VASTATION † the act of laying waste, devastating, or destroying; also, an instance of this ...1545
DEVASTATION - nouns
• HARRY † the act of harrying; devastation, molestation, vexation ...c1330
• HARRYING warlike incursion; devastation, laying waste; ravaging, plundering, raiding ...c900
• VASTITUDE † devastation; a laying waste ...1545
DEVASTATOR - person
• VASTATOR † a devastator ...1659
DEVELOP - verbs
• MAJORATE †* to make greater; to cause to increase or develop ...1656
DEVELOPMENT - nouns
• DEAL a turn of events, a development ...1920s US sl.
• ONCOME the approach, advent, beginning, or commencement of a thing, esp. of one that requires great exertion; an onset; development, progress ...1823 Sc.
DEVIANT - adjectives
• FRENCH deviant, sensuous, lewd, kinky, illicit ...sl.
DEVIATE - person
• DECLINER † one who deviates, or falls away from his duty or allegiance, or from an approved standard of conduct or belief ...1601
deviate - verbs
• ABERRATE * to diverge or deviate from the straight path ...1765
• DEBORD † to go out of bounds, to deviate; to go beyond bounds, to go to excess ...c1620
• DECLINE † to turn or bend aside; to deviate; to turn away ...c1325
• EXORBITATE † to deviate from the usual path or course; to stray ...1600 obs. or arch.
• EXTRAVAGE † to deviate in discourse from the proper subject; to digress; to talk incoherently; to ramble ...c1690 obs. exc. Sc.
• FLY THE TRACK to turn from the usual or expected course ...1847 US colloq.
• SKLENT to deviate from a straightforward course, or from the truth ...1581 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAW to deviate, to go out of course, to go or move unsteadily ...1584
DEVIATING - adjectives
• ABERRANT 1. deviating widely from the ordinary or natural type, exceptional, irregular, abnormal ...1830
2. wandering away or straying from a defined path; hence, diverging or deviating from any moral standard ...1848
DEVIATION - nouns
• ABERRATION 1. a deviation or divergence from a direct, prescribed, or ordinary course of action ...1610-31
2. a wandering away; a straying; a deviation or divergence from the straight or recognized path ...1615
• DECLENSION deviation or declining from a standard; falling away from one's allegiance, apostasy ...1594
• DECLINATION † a turning aside, swerving, deviation from a standard; a falling away ...1533
• EGRESSION † a deviation from accustomed rules; an outburst of feeling, poetic fervour, etc. ...1509
DEVICE - nouns
• ADDRESS † that which is prepared; a device, a contrivance ...1598
• SKIFT † an artifice, device, or trick ...c1460
DEVIL - adjectives
• DEUCED damned; pert. to the devil ...L18 sl.
devil - nouns
• ADDER † the 'old serpent', the devil ...c950
• ADONNET a devil ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ADVERSARY the enemy of mankind, the Devil ..1667
• AULD ANE the devil ...Bk1898 Sc.
• AULD CHIEL the devil ...Bk1898 Sc.
• AULD HANGIE the devil ...1785 Sc.
• AULD HORNIE the devil ...1785 Sc.
• AULD KEEKUM the devil ...1880 Sc.
• AULD MAHOUN † the Devil ...1792 Sc.
• AULD MAN, THE the devil ...1721 Sc.
• AULD MISCHANTER the Devil ...1788 Sc.
• AULD NEIL the devil ...1898 Sc.
• AULD SANNIE a nickname for the devil ...1898 Sc.
• AULD SANNY the devil ...1898 Sc.
• AULD SAUNDERS the devil ...a1846 Sc.
• AULD SMITH the devil ...1871 Sc.
• AULD THIEF the devil ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAD LAD the devil ...1891 Eng. dial.
• BAD MAN a child's name for the devil ...1884 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• BAD MAN BELOW the Devil ...20C US Black sl.
• BEAST † the devil; evil spirits ...c1220 obs. exc. Sc.
• BEELZEBUB the Devil ...c950
• BELIAL the spirit of evil personified; the devil ...c1225
• BELSABUB the Devil ...c950
• BELSEBUB the Devil ...c950
• BELZEBUB the Devil ...c950
• BENDY the devil ...19C
• BIGHORNIE the devil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BILLY DEVIL the devil ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BLACKAMOOR a devil, the devil ...M17
• BLACK LAD, THE the devil ...1891 Sc.
• BLACK MAN an evil spirit, boogeyman, the devil ...1692
• BODACH the devil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOGIE the devil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOHO the devil ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOGERBOO. a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BOOGERMAN the devil ...1913 Amer. dial.
• BOOGEY-MAN the devil ...1944 Amer. dial.
• BOOGIEBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUGABO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1899 Amer. dial.
• BUGABOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1787 Amer. dial.
• BUGGER-MAN the devil ...1915 Amer. dial.
• BUGGYBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUGGYMAN the devil ...1905 Amer. dial.
• CARMAGNOLE the devil, as the author of mischief or ruin ...1796
• CLOOTIE the devil (usually in the form "Auld Clootie") ...1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• CLOOTS the Devil ...L18 Sc. & N. Eng.
• COALY the devil ...1950 US sl.
• DAD the devil ...20C sl.
• DADDY CLOOTS the devil ...1861 Sc.
• DARBLE the devil ...c1850 colloq.
• DARK MAN the devil ...1874 Eng. dial.
• DEBLAT † a little devil ...1473
• DEEDLE † a devil ...1653 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DEVILICK a little imp or devil ...1844 Sc.
• DIBBLE the devil ...19C colloq.
• DICKENS the devil; hell ...L16
• DICKINGS the devil; hell ...L16
• DIVEL the devil ...20C Amer. dial.
• DIVIL the devil ...20C Amer. dial.
• EARL O' HELL the Devil ...1817 Sc.
• ENEMY the devil; a person of evil disposition ...1814 Sc.
• ERROR the devil ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FATHER OF LIES, THE the Devil ...1825
• FED † an enemy; the fiend, the devil ...a1300
• FEDE † an enemy; the fiend, the devil ...a1300
• FIRE hell; the devil ...1917 Amer. dial.
• FIRE MAN the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FLIBBERTIGIBBET a devil or a fiend ...Shakespeare
• FLITTERTIGIBBET a devil or a fiend ...Shakespeare
• GYARBRO the devil ...1930 Amer. dial.
• HANGIE the devil ...1785 Sc.
• HARRY DICK the devil ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HELLCAT the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HIS NEILSHIP the devil ...1898 Sc.
• HIS SATANIC MAJESTY the Devil, Satan ...19C
• ILL-MAN the devil ...1721 Sc.
• ILL THIEF the devil ...1789 Sc.
• LEVIATHAN † the Devil, Satan ...c1400
• LORD HARRY the devil ...M17 sl.
• MAHO † the devil ...1603
• MAHOUN † the Devil ...1839 Sc.
• MAHOUND † the devil ...1377 Sc.
• MAHU † the devil ...1603
• MALISON the plague, the devil ...1898 Sc.
• MAN'S ENEMY the Devil ...a1800
• MIFFY a nickname for the Devil; a devil ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MISCHIEF euphemism for the devil ...L16 sl.
• MUCKLE-DEVIL the Devil ...1786 Sc.
• MUCKLE-HORNED DEVIL the Devil ...1838 Eng. dial.
• MUCKLE-SHEELD the Devil ...1898 Sc.
• NAB the Devil ...1990s Irish sl.
• NABE the Devil ...1990s Irish sl.
• NAUGHTY MAN the devil ...1892 Eng. dial.
• NED the devil ...c1960 Amer. dial.
• NICHOLAS the devil ...1822 sl.
• NICK † the Devil ...1647 colloq.
• NICKIE, NICKY the Devil ...1806 Sc.
• NICKIE-BEN, NICKY-BEN the Devil ...1786 Sc.
• NICKY TAM the Devil ...1963 Sc.
• OLD ADAM the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD A'ILL THING the devil ...1823 Sc.
• OLD BAD MAN the Devil ...1954 Amer. dial.
• OLD BEN the devil ...19C
• OLD BENDY the Devil ...18C sl.
• OLD BILLY the devil; a hobgoblin or boogeyman ...1894
• OLD BILLY HELL the devil; a hobgoblin or boogeyman ...1969 Amer. dial.
• OLD BILLY-O the devil ...1923
• OLD BLACKIE the devil ...1953 Amer. dial.
• OLD BLAZES the devil ...1849 sl.
• OLD BOGEY the devil; an apparition, a spectre ...1897 Eng. dial.
• OLD BOTHERATION. the devil ...1858 Eng. dial.
• OLD BOY the devil ...1782
• OLD BOY, THE the devil ...1782 US sl.
• OLD CAIN the devil ...1942 Amer. dial.
• OLD CARLE the devil ...1891 Sc.
• OLD CHAP the devil ...19C
• OLD CHILD the devil ...19C
• OLD CLOOTIE the Devil ...M18 chiefly Sc.
• OLD CLOOTS the devil ...1785 Sc.
• OLD CLOVEN-FOOT the devil ...1943 Amer. dial.
• OLD DAD the devil ...1895 Eng. dial.
• OLD DELUDER the devil ...1986 Amer. dial.
• OLD DICKENS the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD DRIVER the Devil ...L18 sl.
• OLD ENEMY the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD FELLOW, THE the devil ...1843 Amer. sl.
• OLD FORKED TOES the devil ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OLD GENTLEMAN the devil ...1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD GENTLEMAN, THE the devil ...1700
• OLD GENTLEMAN IN BLACK, THE the devil ...1700
• OLD GOOSEBERRY the devil ...L18 sl.
• OLD HACK the devil ...L19 sl.
• OLD HAGGY the devil ...1986 Amer. dial.
• OLD HAGGY BILL the devil ...1986 Amer. dial.
• OLD HAIRY the devil ...1939 Amer. dial.
• OLD HAIRY TOE the devil ...1930s sl.
• OLD HALLELUJAH the devil ...1942 Amer. dial.
• OLD HANGIE the devil ...1785 Sc.
• OLD HARRINGTON the devil ...M17 sl.
• OLD HARRY the devil ...c1746
• OLD HARRY DICK the devil ...1950 Amer. dial.
• OLD HENRY the devil ...M17 sl.
• OLD HOOKY the devil ...19C
• OLD HORNIE the devil ...1785 Sc.
• OLD HORNS the devil ...1956 Amer. dial.
• OLD HORNY the devil ...1853 US sl.
• OLD IMP the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD JACK the devil ...1986 Amer. dial.
• OLD JIMSON the devil ...1953 Amer. dial.
• OLD LAD the devil ...1873 Eng. dial.
• OLD LAD, THE the devil ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD LUTHERFUD the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD MAHOUN the devil ...19C
• OLD MAN the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD MAN DOWN BELOW, THE the devil ...1950 Amer. dial.
• OLD MAN SATAN the devil ...1942 Amer. dial.
• OLD MAN WITH THE HORNS the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD MR. GRIM the Devil ...L18 sl.
• OLD NED the devil ...1939 US sl.
• OLD NICHOLAS the devil ...M17 sl.
• OLD NICK the Devil ...a1643 sl.
• OLD NICKER the devil ...19C
• OLD NICKIE the devil ...19C
• OLD NICKIE BEN the devil ...1785 Sc.
• OLD ONE the devil ...1893 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD ONE, THE the devil; Satan ...c1000
• OLD PITCHFORK the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD POGER the devil ...L18 sl.
• OLD POKER n. the devil ...1784 colloq.
• OLD RED the devil ...1953 Amer. dial.
• OLD RIP the devil ...1905 Amer. dial.
• OLD RIP HIMSELF the devil ...1905 Amer. dial.
• OLD ROGER the Devil ...L17 sl.
• OLD ROUND FOOT the devil ...1909 Amer. dial.
• OLD RUFFIAN the devil ...15C
• OLD RUFFIN the devil ...M15 colloq.
• OLD SAM the devil ...1805 Amer. dial.
• OLD SAMSON the devil ...1953 Amer. dial.
• OLD SANDY the devil ...1848 Sc. euphemism
• OLD SANKO the devil, a devil ...1860 Amer. dial.
• OLD SANNERS the devil ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OLD SANNY the devil ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OLD SAUNDERS the devil ...Bk1905 Sc.
• OLD SCOOTY the devil ...19C
• OLD SCRAT the devil ...1851 Eng. dial.
• OLD SCRATCH the Devil ...1740 sl.
• OLD SCRATCHEM the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD SCRATCHER, THE the devil ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OLD SCROOGE the devil ...1986 Amer. dial.
• OLD SERPENT the devil ...1942 Amer. dial.
• OLD SIMPSON the devil ...1953 Amer. dial.
• OLD SIN the devil ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OLD SMITH the devil ...1871 Sc.
• OLD SMOKE the devil ...1878 Eng. dial.
• OLD SOOTY the devil ...1865 Eng. dial.
• OLD SOSS the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD SPLITFOOT the devil ...19C sl.
• OLD TANTARABOBUS a name for the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD THIEF, THE. the devil ...1838 Eng. dial.
• OLD TOAST the devil ...L17
• PANTO-DEVIL † a complete or entire devil ...1694
• QUED † the evil one; the Devil ...c1250
• QUEDE † the evil one; the Devil ...c1250
• RAGMAN † the devil ...1377
• RASTUS the devil ...1966 Amer. dial.
• REDEYE the devil ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RUFFIAN the devil ...15C
• SAGAN 'Satan'; a devil ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAINT NICHOLAS the devil ...1822 sl.
• SAM PATCH the devil; hell ...1905 Amer. dial. euphemism
• SAM SCRATCH the devil; hell ...1905 Amer. dial. euphemism
• SANDIE the devil, Satan ...1786 Sc.
• SANDIE FRY the devil ...1868 Sc.
• SANDY FRY the devil ...1868 Sc.
• SANKO the devil, a devil ...1856 Amer. dial.
• SANNOCK GARNER the Devil ...a1779 Sc.
• SATANAS † the supreme evil spirit, the Devil ...a1000
• SAWNIE the devil, Satan ...1786 Sc.
• SCRAT a hobgoblin; the devil ...1865 Eng. dial.
• SCRATCH the devil ...1760 Eng. dial.
• SCRAT-HARRY the devil ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHREW the devil; Satan ...14C
• SKRATCH the devil ...1856 Amer. dial.
• TAIL-'N'-HORNS the devil ...1969 Amer. dial.
• TANKERABOGUS a name for the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANTARABOBS a name for the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANTARABOBUS a name for the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANTIBOGUS the devil ...1912 Amer. dial.
• TANTRABOBUS a name for the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANTRUMBOBUS a name for the devil ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THAT-A-DONNET the devil; an idle, worthless person ...1781 Eng. dial.
• THIEF OF THE WORLD, THE the devil ...1898 Ireland
• TOM TUMBLER an imp or devil ...Bk1926
• TOOT the devil ...19C Brit. sl.
• VENGEANCE the Devil ...1746 Eng. dial.
• WAGGIE the devil, Satan ...1921 Sc.
• WAGHORN the devil ...1870 Sc.
• WALAWAY a name for the devil ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WARLOCK 1. †* a devil, a demon, spirit of hell ...a900
2. † the Devil; Satan ...a1000
devil - person
• ADAEMONIST, ADEMONIST a person who denies the existence of the Devil ...1837
• ADIABOLIST * one who does not believe in the existence of a Devil ...1646
• BELIALIST a specialist of Belial, or the Devil ...1617
devil - verbs
• SATANIZE * to make into or like a devil ...1598
DEVILISH - adjectives
• BEELZEBUBIAN * devilish ...1867
• SATANICAL † resembling Satan, devilish ...a1548
• VILE devilish, cunning ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
devilish - nouns
• SATANITY * devilish conduct or character ...1864
• SATANRY * devilish conduct or wiles ...1895
devilish - person
• BAD CHILD a malicious or devilish child ...1965 Amer. dial.
• CACAFOGO a cacafuego; a spitfire; a furious, fierce fellow; a braggart; a blusterer; a noisy bully; a very difficult or devilish person; one with a fiery temper ...1625 sl.
• CACAFUEGO, CACAFUGO, CACOFUEGO a spitfire; a furious, fierce fellow; a braggart; a blusterer; a noisy bully; a very difficult or devilish person; one with a fiery temper ...1625
• DICKENS a devilish or impish child ...Bk2006 US sl.
• LITTLE DICKENS a devilish or impish child ...Bk2006 US sl.
• PANDEMONIAC a devilish or hellish person ...1923
• SATAN * a term of abhorrence applied to a person; a diabolical person; a detested, devilish or hellish person ...1596
DEVILISHNESS, DEVILRY - nouns
• DEVILTRY mischief, teasing, frolicking, roguery, trickery, wickedness, devilry ...1839 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• OLD NICK devilishness, mischief ...1817 US sl.
DEVIL-MAY-CARE - adjectives
• RAM-GAM headstrong, precipitate, devil-may-care, heedless, rash, unrestrained ...1929 Sc.
• RAMPLER rowdy, devil-may-care ...1822 Sc.
• RAM-STAM headstrong, precipitate, devil-may-care, rash, heedless, unrestrained ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
devil-may-care - person
• HANGMAN - a hard-case or a hard drinker; a devil-may-care person ...Bk1995 NZ sl.
• HARD ROOT - a tough, devil-may-care person ...1939 Irish sl.
• HELLCAT a mean, spiteful or malicious person, esp. a woman; a reckless, impertinent, bad-tempered, or vexatious person; a troublemaker; a devil-may-care person; one who pesters or annoys ...1899 Amer. dial.
• RAMPLER a rowdy, devil-may-care, roving lad ...1889 Sc.
DEVIOUS - adjectives
• BACK-DOOR mean, stealthy, underhand, devious, cunning, untrustworthy ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
• FAR-FETCHED † devious, circuitous ...a1656
• NOT TOO COOL devious, unfair ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SCHEMY scheming; devious, tricky, sly ...1888 Amer. dial.
• VAGANT †* devious, erratic...1382
devious - nouns
• ARTISTIC PURPOSES devious or illicit intentions ...1975 Amer. dial.
• MECHANICAL AND ARTISTIC PURPOSES devious or illicit intentions ...1975 Amer. dial.
devious - person
• POSSUM a dissembler, a hypocrite; a devious or crafty person ...1846 US sl.
• SCHLENTERER a devious, untrustworthy person ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• SNOKE-HORN a sneak; a devious rascal ...M15
• WRONG GEE a devious and corrupt man; an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person ...1920s US criminals' sl.
• WRONG GUY a devious and corrupt man; an incompetent person; an untrustworthy person ...1920s US criminals' sl.
devious - verbs
• FANIGGLE to wangle, to manoeuvre, to obtain by devious means ...1930s Amer. dial.
• SMOU(T)CH to cheat; to engage in devious or underhanded activities, to finagle ...1840 Amer. dial.
• SMOUGE to cheat; to engage in devious or underhanded activities, to finagle ...1855 Amer. dial.
• WANGLE to obtain something by deceitful or devious means ...1888 sl., orig. printers' usage
DEVISE - verbs
• ADVISE † to devise, to purpose ...c1340
• AND † to breathe; to whisper; to devise; to imagine ...B1900 Sc.
• BETHINK † to devise, to contrive, to plan, to arrange ...a1225
• BLOCK to plan, to devise ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAST 1. † to put into shape, dispose, arrange, or order; to lay out in order, to plan, to devise ...a1300
2. † to machinate, to contrive, to devise, to scheme ...c1325
• DECOCT †* to prepare, to devise, to concoct ...1602
• EIN † to breathe, to whisper, to devise, to imagine ...1887 Sc.
• FAKE to concoct or devise, esp. for a deceptive purpose ...1889 sl.
• FAKE UP to concoct or devise, esp. for a deceptive purpose ...1889 sl.
• IMAGE † to devise, to plan ...c1440
• ORDAIN † to plan, to devise, to contrive ...1340
• SKIFT † to arrange, devise, manage, or order something ...a1300
• SUBTLE † to devise cleverly ...1377
• TIGHT † to prepare, to get ready; to devise, to contrive ...a1300
• WORK UP to devise ...M19 Amer. sl.
DEVISING - nouns
• HAMMERING † a devising, contriving, or constructing ...1589
• ORDINANCE † the arrangement of plans; devising, contriving, planning; a device, contrivance, plan ...a1330
DEVOID - adjectives
• SINCERE * devoid of something ...a1754
• SKERE † destitute, devoid, of something ...c1250
• UNBESEEN † unprovided, destitute, devoid ...1390
DEVOTE - verbs
• ADDICT † to bind, to attach, or devote oneself as a servant, disciple, or adherent to any person or cause ...1560
DEVOTED - adjectives
• BENT † determined, resolute, devoted, inclined ...1548
• EVER-LOVING devoted; faithful ...1930s Amer. sl.
• HEART AND SOUL devoted and enthusiastic ...1836
• HEART-BOUND having the heart entirely devoted to an object ...1580
• JEALOUS † devoted, eager, zealous, zealously enthusiastic ...1535
• SOLID ON devoted to ...L19
• STUCK obsessed with, devoted to ...M19 orig. US
• STUCK AFTER obsessed with, devoted to ...M19 orig. US
• STUCK ON obsessed with, devoted to ...M19 orig. US
• WHALES ON obsessed with, devoted to ...L19 US sl.
devoted - person (includes DEVOTEE)
• FREAK a devotee, an enthusiast ...1895 US sl.
• HEAD a person who is very enthusiastic about a particular interest or activity; a devotee, an avid fan; usually with a preceding modifying word, as soccer-head ...1960
• NUT a person who pursues a particular interest or activity with ardent or excessive enthusiasm; an avid fan, a devotee ...1915 colloq.
• SPANIEL an obsequiously devoted person ...1598
DEVOTEDLY - adverbs
• HEART AND SOUL with all one's energy and devotion; enthusiastically ...1798
DEVOTION - nouns
• JEALOUSY † zeal or vehemence of feeling in favour of a person or thing; devotion, eagerness, anxiety to serve ...1436
• SILVER CORD a symbol of excessive devotion between mother and child
devotion - phrases
• I'D EAT MY CHIPS OUT OF HER KNICKERS a statement of absolute (sexual) devotion ...1970s sl.
DEVOUR - verbs
• BELLOCK to eat greedily, to devour ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FANG AWAY to devour food eagerly and quickly, to snatch at one's food ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAMF to eat greedily, to devour, to gulp ...1805 Sc.
• GAMPH to eat greedily, to devour, to gulp ...1805 Sc.
• GAMP to eat greedily, to devour, to gulp ...1805 Sc.
• GAUMP † to eat or drink greedily; to devour hurriedly; to gulp ...1805 Sc.
• GLOM to devour greedily ...1966 Amer. dial.
• GROUZE to devour or munch with a crunching sound ...1624 Eng. dial.
• GROWZE to devour or munch with a crunching sound ...1624 Eng. dial.
• GURGITATE †* to swallow greedily, to devour ...1656
• GUTTLE to devour or swallow greedily ...1685
• MAW to eat, to devour ...1862 Eng. dial.
• RAUNCH to eat or devour greedily; to munch, to gnaw; to tear up ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAUNGE to eat or devour greedily; to munch, to gnaw ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOFF to eat noisily and greedily; to swallow food or drink quickly; to devour; to gulp down, to toss off ...1826
• SLONK * to swallow greedily; to devour ...1481
• TO-FRET † to gnaw, to devour, to consume ...a1225
• VOUR † to devour, to eat ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAFF to devour ravenously ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
DEVOURING - adjectives
• SCADE † ravenous, devouring ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
devouring - nouns
• LURCATION † a greedy eating or gluttonous devouring ...1661
DEVOUT - adjectives
• HEARSUM † ready to hear; obedient, compliant; dutiful, devout ...c900
• HEAVENLY-MINDED having the thoughts and affections set on things above; holy, devout ...a1656
• HERSUM † ready to hear; obedient, compliant; dutiful, devout ...c900
• TIMORATE †* devout, full of reverence ...1570
DEVOUTLY - adverbs
• GODLY piously, devoutly ...1942 Amer. dial.
DEW, DEWY - adjectives
• BEDEWY †* dewy ...1607
• RORAL * consisting of dew, dewy ...1656
• RORANT † falling as dew ...1686
• RORULENT * full of, or abounding in dew ...1656
• RORY †* dewy ...1600
• ROSCID * resembling dew; falling like dew; abounding with dew; dewy, moist, dank ...1626
dew, dewy - nouns
• BEAUTY-WATER early morning dew ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEDEWMENT †* a wetting with or as with dew ...a1679
• DAG dew ...1674-91 Eng. dial.
• DAGS dewdrops ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAWCH a very heavy dew or drizzling rain ...Bk1900 Sc.
• MELDROP a dew-drop; any drop in a pendant state ...1800 Sc. & N.
• PRIDE OF THE MORNING a light shower, or dew at sunrise ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
dew, dewy - verbs
• DAG to drizzle, to bedew, to rain ...1825 Eng. dial.
• DAWCH to moisten as with dew; to damp ...Bk1900 Sc.
DEXTERITY - nouns
• HANDSOMENESS † skill, dexterity, ability, cleverness; propriety, becomingness, decency ...1555
• HICCIUS DOCIUS * a formula used by a juggler when performing a trick; a feat of dexterity; a clever trick ...L17
• MALADDRESS n. want of dexterity or tact; awkwardness ...1804
• SUBTILTY † skill, cleverness, dexterity ...c1386
• SUBTLETY † skill, cleverness, dexterity ...c1375
DEXTEROUS - adjectives
• DEXTERICAL † dexterous, adroit, skilful ...1607
• FEAT † of movements: dexterous, graceful ...1519 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
• FEATOUS † dexterous ...1755
• FLY of the fingers: dexterous, nimble, skilful ...1834
• GAIN handy, expert, skilful, deft, dexterous; workmanlike ...a1300 Eng. dial.
• GEMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GIMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HABILE having general readiness; handy, ready; skilful, deft, adroit, dexterous ...1485
• HAGHER † skilful, clever, dexterous; apt, fit ...c1200
• JEMMY † spruce, dandified, neat, smart; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JIMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NACKY ingenious; dexterous ...Bk1902 sl.
• NEAT-HANDED having a deft manner of handling things; dexterous ...1632
• NEFFOW dexterous with the hands ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NICK-NACKIE dexterous or skilful in doing any piece of delicate work ...B1900 Sc.
• RAD † quick, hasty, speedy; active, prompt, ready, dexterous; eager, elated ...a700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SLEIGHTFUL †* full of craft or artifice; crafty, cunning, artful, dexterous ...1380
• SLY † marked or characterized by skill or dexterity; showing skilfulness or ingenuity; cleverly or finely made ...1297
• SUBTILE † of persons: clever, dexterous, skilful ...c1374
• SUBTLE of craftsmen, etc.: skilful, clever, expert, dexterous ...a1300 arch.
• TALL OF HIS HANDS † ready, active, deft, skilful with one's hands; dexterous, handy ...1530
dexterous - person
• DAB - a clever or dexterous person; a skilful person; an expert; a proficient; an adept ...1691
• DEVELER a celebrated boxer; a dexterous young fellow ...B1900 Sc.
DEXTEROUSLY - adverbs
• FEATOUSLY † of actions: cleverly, dexterously, nimbly, properly ...c1350
• GAINLY handily, readily, dexterously, cleverly, successfully; easily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HANDSOMELY † skilfully, dexterously, cleverly ...1551
• SUBTILELY † cleverly, dexterously; also, with acuteness or perspicacity ...c1400 now rare or obs.
• SUBTILLY † cleverly, dexterously; also, with acuteness or perspicacity ...c1400 now rare or obs.
• SUBTLY cleverly, dexterously, skilfully; ingeniously, artfully, cunningly ...c1350 arch.