| didactic | focused on communicating a moral, political, or educating message. Presenting a clear vision of right and wrong; projecting morality. |
| diffident | Lacking self-confidence. Shy, unassertive, or with a low sense of self-worth. |
| diminutive | Very small or smaller than usual. |
| discombobulate | To throw someone into a state of confusion; to utterly take aback. |
| disconcerting | Causing unease, confusion, or dismay. Upsetting harmony or balance. |
| disingenuous | Less than honest, scheming, insincere, crafty or sly. Withholding information; intending to decieve. |
| disparate | Things or people so dissimiliar they cannot be compared. Two things fundamentally different. |
| disport | To show off, draw attention to oneself, or behave in a playful way. |
| disseminate | To distribute or spread information or something else; to spread far and wide. |
| dissolution | The disintegration of a thing into fragments, parts, or smaller, more basic units. The destruction of an organization or institution; the breakup of a legal relationship, partnership, or marriage. |
| dissonance | Incompatibility among ideas, actions, or beliefs; disharmony between several sounds. |
| dissuade | To persuade someone against a course of action; to convince an audience not to think, feel, or believe a certain thing. |
| domicile | An occupied house, apartment, or residence; a legal, permanent home. |