Adjectives that start with D to Describe a Person

24 adjectives to describe a person

Discover the perfect D-adjective to describe personality, character, and traits. Each word includes meanings and style classifications.

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Neutral6 letter
Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.
Positive6 letter
Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold; Courageous or showing bravery; doughty; Racy; sexually provocative.
Negative9 letter
Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; Intended to deceive.
Positive8 letter
Forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; Characterized by decision and firmness; Unmistakable; Determining or having the power to determine an outcome.
Positive9 letter
Solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose; Devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose.
Neutral9 letter
Requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill.
Positive10 letter
Financially safe; Consistent in performance or behavior; Worthy of being depended on; Worthy of reliance or trust.
Positive10 letter
Strongly motivated to succeed; Determined or decided upon as by an authority; Devoting full strength and concentrated attention to; Having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation; Characterized by great determination.
Positive8 letter
Characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; Quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness.
Positive10 letter
Using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people; Relating to or characteristic of diplomacy.
Positive8 letter
Heedful of potential consequences; Unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; Marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint.
Negative9 letter
Capable of being corrupted; Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive.
Negative8 letter
Deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle; Showing lack of love for your country.
Negative10 letter
Completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing; In utter disorder; Undisciplined and unruly.
Negative12 letter
Lacking order or methodical arrangement or function.
Negative13 letter
Neither feeling nor showing respect; Exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous.
Negative10 letter
Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination.
Negative7 letter
Located far away spatially; Separate or apart in time; Remote in manner; Far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship; Separated in space or coming from or going to a distance.
Negative11 letter
Tending to domineer.
Neutral8 letter
Used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style; Pertaining to or characteristic of drama; Sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; Suitable to or characteristic of drama.
Positive6 letter
Strongly motivated to succeed; Urged or forced to action through moral pressure; Compelled forcibly by an outside agency.
Neutral3 letter
Practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; Lacking warmth or emotional involvement; Having a large proportion of strong liquor; (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish; Having no adornment or coloration; Unproductive especially of the expected results; Used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; Lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; Not shedding tears; Without a mucous or watery discharge; (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; Not producing milk; Opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; Lacking moisture or volatile components; Humorously sarcastic or mocking; Free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet.
Positive7 letter
Willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect.
Positive7 letter
(used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being; Of or relating to dynamics; Characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality.

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Letter D Statistics

24
Total Adjectives
11
Positive Words
9
Avg Word Length