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dingy

Short Definition : (of things and place) dirty and dull; Ex. dingy street/curtain

Definition
(adj) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
Example Sentence
  • a miner's begrimed face
  • dingy linen
  • grimy hands
  • grubby little fingers
  • a grungy kitchen
Definition
(adj) (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
Synonyms : dirty muddied muddy
Example Sentence
  • dirty
  • a dirty (or dingy) white
  • the muddied grey of the sea
  • muddy colors
  • dirty-green walls
  • dirty-blonde hair
Definition
(adj) causing dejection
Example Sentence
  • a blue day
  • the dark days of the war
  • a week of rainy depressing weather
  • a disconsolate winter landscape
  • the first dismal dispiriting days of November
  • a dark gloomy day
  • grim rainy weather
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dingy reminds us about pakistan ex caption ingy(inzamam ul haq)who always remains dull and cheerless on field

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I think of something dingy as having dents due to being dirty or discolored.

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Dean(din) ji(gy) ka room dingy hai

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You get inDIGNant if someone pries after you trying to show to public your "DINGy linen"

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dint

Short Definition : means; effort; Ex. by dint of hard work

Definition
(noun) interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of'
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In C programming if u write 'd int' instead of 'int d' which is a small error, u'll hav 2 make much EFFORTs 2 find d error.

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dint means effort. By a dint of hard work, the car mechanic was able to fix the DENT in the car.

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it takes a great effort to set the Dinner(din) table (T)

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interpret dint as D(the)+Hint.to give a hint you are taking too much of effort, it may help you.

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i can drink 4 pints of beer with ease.5th pint needs some effort

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diorama

Short Definition : life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history; three-dimensional scene with modeled figures against a painted background

Definition
(noun) a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene
Synonyms : cyclorama panorama
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sounds close to panorama

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A diorama is a group or series of diagrams, or a 3D diagram

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wen u see a 3d, life size scene of rama on background ,u tell io(ayo) rama....ooo....lol..!!

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A Miniature Battle Scene between Ram and Ravan in Lanka in which Ravan is cursing ram while brandishing his weapon "Die o Rama".

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diorama split this like charo taraf rama ..

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diorama-'diagrams forming drama'

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dire

Short Definition : warning of disaster; disastrous; (of needs and dangers) very great; urgent; Ex. dire prediction/need of food

Definition
(adj) fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
Synonyms : desperate
Example Sentence
  • a desperate illness
  • on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel
  • a dire emergency
Definition
(adj) causing fear or dread or terror
Example Sentence
  • the awful war
  • an awful risk
  • dire news
  • a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
  • the dread presence of the headmaster
  • polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
  • a dreadful storm
  • a fearful howling
  • horrendous explosions shook the city
  • a terrible curse
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dire

dire = General Dyer who was the cause of great terror and sorrow in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

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dire sounds like "fire" which is the warning for disaster

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dire...die er condition..i mean disastrous condition...

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Tyre puncture while driving --- dire ---- leads to disaster

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ire- split it inot i and re. i re,i saw it re, i warn u re...

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DIRE also means Desperate or Urgent, eg. in dire need. So, DIRE - De-sI-RE ... desperate desire or urgent.

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dirge

Short Definition : funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person)

Definition
(noun) a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dirge

Dirge - di means die, so when you die and have done good things for people in life, a song of grief or lament will be sung for you.

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A dirge gives me da (the) urge to start crying.

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DIRGE sounds like DARD(pain)..song filled with DARD

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looks similar to DARGAH..where people MOURN WITH MUSIC for the loss of loved ones

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sounds like hindi word DARD and TARAZ(music) so dirge is DARD TARAZ or mournful song

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Imagine a DARGE(tailor) dies n on his departure a lament mournful song is being sung.. which is rare n stupid i kno! :D hehe

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In the word dirge, look at DIRgE (DIRE), which is something really bad. So at the dire event of a death, they will play a dirge.

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dirge = die in age i.e in fire, the mournful song for dying.

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afraid(dir in hindi)=> we afriad when someone die and sing song called dirge(just for remembering)

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disabuse

Short Definition : correct a false impression; undeceive; free from a wrong belief

Definition
(verb) free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for disabuse

story: like a girl fall in love with a rascal, and her father comes to know. what he will do is abuse the boy and disabuse the girl about the boy. simple naa.

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REMEMBER AS the opposite of abuse(use harsh words or create wrong impression).

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correcting a false impression without abusing so disabuse ;)

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'dis a bus' not a car. (This is a bus not a car) "To set right."

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If someone was abusive but felt bad about it, they might try dis-abuse or undo the wrongs they had done

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"dis" means No Longer. Thus, No longer abuse. When a person No Longer abuses another person, they give them freedom.

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disaffected

Short Definition : disloyal; lacking loyality; V. disaffect: cause to lose affection or loyalty

Definition
(adj) discontented as toward authority
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for disaffected

Dis+Affection

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when you are affected you are loyal to him or you pretend to be something else....if you are disaffected you are disloyal

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Dish (Dish TV) + fake + teddy : Dish tv pe channel walo ne fake teddy dikhai to main discontended (asantushta) hua :(

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disapprobation

Short Definition : disapproval; condemnation

Definition
(noun) an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable
Synonyms : condemnation
Example Sentence
  • his uncompromising condemnation of racism
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disapprobation=disappro(v)ation

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disarray

Short Definition : state of disorder; a disorderly or untidy state; Ex. with her clothes in disarray

Definition
(noun) a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
Example Sentence
  • a confusion of impressions
Definition
(noun) untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)
Synonyms : disorderliness
Definition
(verb) bring disorder to
Synonyms : disorder
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array is an orderly collection. dis-array = no order, disorderly,

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disavowal

Short Definition : denial; disclaiming; repudiating; disowning; V. disavow; CF. disclaim

Definition
(noun) denial of any connection with or knowledge of
Synonyms : disclaimer
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for disavowal

d+is+a+vowal - ā€˜Dā€™ is a vowel. Think of a most stupid teacher teaching students of KG. one day he taught the students that D is a vowel. next day topper of the class complained. Then the teacher straight forwardly deny this. He told, he never said

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dis + avow + al Dis- denial Avow - to declare openly, bluntly, and without shame

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dis + a + vow >>> denying that u have not taken any such vow..

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