demeanor behavior; bearing demented insane demerit fault; bad quality demise death demographic related to population balance; N. demography: statistical study of human population demolition destruction; V. demolish demoniac fiendish; cruel; N. demon: evil supernatural being; devil demotic of or pertaining to the people demur object ; raise an objection ; hesitate; Ex. demur at the idea of working on Sunday demure grave; quiet and serious; coy; pretending to be demure denigrate blacken; defame denizen inhabitant or resident of a particular place; regular visitor denomination religious group; unit in a system; name or designation; CF. denominator: common trait or characteristic denotation meaning; distinguishing by name; V. denote: indicate; refer to directly; mean; CF. connotation denouement |