DISINGENUITY
DISINGENUITY, noun [dis and ingenuity.] Meanness of artifice; unfairness; disingenuousness; want of candor. [This word is little used, or not at all, in the sense here explained...
Dictionary
Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
Search
Find a word or entry
Current letter
D
4.076 entries
DISINGENUOUS
DISINGENUOUS, adjective [dis and ingenuous.]1. Unfair; not open, frank and candid; meanly artful; illiberal; applied to persons.2. Unfair; meanly artful; unbecoming true honor a...
DISINGENUOUSLY
DISINGENUOUSLY, adverb In a disingenuous manner; unfairly; not openly and candidly; with secret management.
DISINGENUOUSNESS
DISINGENUOUSNESS, noun1. Unfairness; want of candor; low craft; as the disingenuousness of a man, or of his mind.2. Characterized by unfairness, as conduct or practices.
DISINHERISON
DISINHERISON, noun [dis and inherit.]1. The act of cutting off from hereditary succession; the act of disinheriting.2. The state of being disinherited.
DISINHERIT
DISINHERIT, verb transitive [dis and inherit.] To cut off from hereditary right; to deprive of an inheritance; to prevent as an heir from coming into possession of any property ...
DISINHERITED
DISINHERITED, participle passive Cut off from an inheritance.
DISINHERITING
DISINHERITING, participle present tense Depriving of an hereditary estate or right.
DISINTEGRABLE
DISINTEGRABLE, adjective [dis and integer.] That may be separated into integrant parts; capable of disintegration.Argillo-calcite is readily disintegrable by exposure to the atm...
DISINTEGRATE
DISINTEGRATE, verb transitive [dis and integer.] To separate the integrant parts of.Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
DISINTEGRATED
DISINTEGRATED, participle passive Separated into integrant parts without chemical action.
DISINTEGRATION
DISINTEGRATION, noun The act of separating integrant parts of a substance, as distinguished from decomposition or the separation of constituent parts.
DISINTER
DISINTER, verb transitive [dis and inter.]1. To take out of a grave, or out of the earth; as, to disinter a dead body that is buried.2. To take out as from a grave; to bring fro...
DISINTERESSED
DISINTERESSED, DISINTERESSMENT, [See Disinterested, etc.]
DISINTERESSMENT
DISINTERESSED, DISINTERESSMENT [See Disinterested, etc.]
DISINTEREST
DISINTEREST, noun [dis and interest.]1. What is contrary to the interest or advantage; disadvantage; injury. [Little used or not at all.]2. Indifference to profit; want of regar...
DISINTERESTED
DISINTERESTED, adjective1. Uninterested; indifferent; free from self-interest; having no personal interest or private advantage in a question or affair. It is important that a j...
DISINTERESTEDLY
DISINTERESTEDLY, adverb In a disinterested manner.
DISINTERESTEDNESS
DISINTERESTEDNESS, noun The state or quality of having no personal interest or private advantage in a question or event; freedom from bias or prejudice, on account of private in...
DISINTERESTING
DISINTERESTING, adjective Uninteresting. [The latter is the word now used.]
DISINTERMENT
DISINTERMENT, noun The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth.
DISINTERRED
DISINTERRED, participle passive Taken out of the earth or grave.
DISINTERRING
DISINTERRING, participle present tense Taking out of the earth, or out of a grave.
DISINTHRALL
DISINTHRALL, verb transitive [dis and enthrall.] To liberate from slavery, bondage or servitude; to free or rescue from oppression.
DISINTHRALLED
DISINTHRALLED, participle passive Set free from bondage.
DISINTHRALLING
DISINTHRALLING, participle present tense Delivering from slavery or servitude.
DISINTHRALLMENT
DISINTHRALLMENT, noun Liberation from bondage; emancipation from slavery.