doubtful, a. unsettled, undetermined, dubious, wavering, precarious, undecided, irresolute; questionable, involved; ambiguous, enigmatical, problematical, equivocal, vague, indefinite. Antonyms: certain, implicit, sure, unquestionable, unwavering.
doubting, a. incredulous, suspicious, skeptical.
doughfaced, a. pliable, weak, irresolute.
doughty, a. redoubtable, valiant, bold, fearless.
dour, a. hard, obstinate, sour.
douse, v. duck, immerse, dip, plunge, souse, submerge.
dove, n. pigeon. Associated Word: coo.
dovecote, n. columbary, pigeonry, pigeon house.
dovelike, a. columbine.
dowdy, a. vulgar-looking, slovenly, untidy, slatternly, frowzy. Antonyms: See neat.
do without. dispense with.
down, adv. downward, below.
down, v. overthrow, subdue, floor, prostrate.
down, a. descending, sloping, downward.
down, n. pubescence; pl. (Colloq.) depression, abasement.
downcast, a. despondent, dejected, discouraged, gloomy, dispirited.
downcome, n. downfall.
downfall, n. downcome, descent, reverse, abasement, humiliation.
down grade. descent, declivity.
downhearted, a. dejected, despondent, discouraged.
downhill, n. descent, declivity, slope.—a. declivous, descending, sloping.
downright, a. blunt, direct, unceremonious, positive, undisguised, absolute, unmixed, straightforward.
downy, a. pubescent, flocculent.
draft, n. drawing, draught; bill of exchange; delineation, sketch, current of air; conscript, conscription. Associated Word: conscript (one drafted).
drag, v. haul, trail, tug, pull; break, harrow.
drag, n. dragging; dragnet; harrow; skid; clog, impediment, obstacle.
drain, n. channel, gutter, trench, ditch, sewer.
drain, v. empty, exhaust, deplete; filter.
draw, v. haul, drag, tug, tow; attract; entice, allure, lure, induce, tempt; extract, educe; unsheathe; deduce, infer, conclude, derive; disembowel, eviscerate; delineate, draught, sketch, depict, trace, limn; influence, win, induce; contract, shrink. Antonyms: repel, repulse, rebuff, reject, alienate.
drawback, n. disadvantage, hindrance, defect, imperfection; rebate, deduction, discount.
draw back. retract; shrink, flinch, recoil, withdraw, wince.
drawer, n. till (money drawer), tiller.
drawing, n. traction, hauling, pulling; graphics, diagraphics, delineation; sketch, draught, diagram, picture, limning, representation.
drawing back. retraction; shrinking, flinching, recoiling, withdrawal, wincing.
drawing off. withdrawal, abstraction.
drawing out. extension, protraction, stretching; eduction, extraction.
draw off. withdraw, abstract.
draw out. stretch, extend, protract; elicit, educe, extract.


