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unorganized, disorderly: His speech was disjointed - total
gibberish.
dislike v. 1 be averse to, mind, turn from, disfavour, disesteem, be
put or turned off by; hate, loathe, scorn, despise, contemn,
detest, abominate, execrate: I no longer dislike spinach.
--n. 2 aversion, displeasure, distaste, disfavour, disesteem,
disrelish, disaffection, disinclination; loathing, hatred,
animus, animosity, antipathy, detestation, contempt, execration,
ill will; disgust, repugnance; hostility, antagonism: I took an
instant dislike to the fellow. She feels an intense dislike for
her father.
disloyal adj. unfaithful, faithless, untrue, false, untrustworthy,
recreant; treasonable or treasonous, treacherous, traitorous,
unpatriotic, subversive, perfidious, deceitful; renegade,
apostate, heretical: It would be disloyal of you not to vote
along party lines.
dismal adj. depressing, gloomy, cheerless, melancholy, sombre, dreary,
sad, bleak, funereal, lugubrious, forlorn, morose, solemn, dark,
grim, wretched, woebegone, woeful, black, blue, joyless,
doleful, dolorous, unhappy, miserable, lowering; pessimistic:
She was alone, alone on the dismal moor. The prospects for the
company looked very dismal.
dismay v. 1 alarm, frighten, scare, terrify, appal, panic, horrify,
petrify, intimidate, cow, disconcert, unnerve: We were dismayed
when the motor-cycle gang came to the house. 2 unsettle,
discompose, upset, discourage, take aback, startle, shock, put
off, dishearten: I was dismayed to hear she was still married
to Grimsby.
--n. 3 consternation, alarm, anxiety, agitation, terror, panic,
horror, shock, fright, fear, trepidation, apprehension, dread,
awe: The thought of the children alone in the boat filled me
with dismay.
dismiss v. 1 discharge, oust, release, give notice (to), let go, lay
off, throw out, toss out, remove, Chiefly military cashier,
Old-fashioned military drum out, Brit politics deselect, Colloq
fire, send packing, kick out, Brit sack, give (someone) the