dense, adj. 1. thickset, closely packed, crowded, stuffed, crammed, jammed together, compressed, pushed together, consolidated; compact, tight, close, close-knit, tight-knit, cohesive; condensed, concentrated, soupy, thick, heavy; solid, massive, impenetrable, impermeable, impassable.
2. thick-headed, Inf. thick, thick-witted, slow, stupid, slow-witted, dull, dull-witted; stolid, obtuse, crass, gross, Boeotian, bovine, blockish, lumpish.
3. intense, concentrated, powerful, strong, extreme.
4. opaque, nontransparent, not translucent,
density, n. 1. denseness, compactness, crowdedness, tightness, closeness, cohesiveness; thickness, richness, substance, body; bulk, massiveness, heaviness, weight, mass, solidity, solidness; impenetrability, impenetrableness, impermeability, impermeableness, impassabil-ity, impassableness.
2. thick-headedness, thick-wittedness, Inf. thickness, stupidity, slowness, slow-wittedness, dullness, dull-wittedness; obtuseness, stolidness, stolidity, bovinity, crassness.
dent, n. 1. dint, hollow, depression, dip, trough, crater, concavity; hole, cavity, excavation, pit.
2. dimple, indentation, indent; cut, scratch, scrape, mark, flaw, chip; notch, nick, deep recess, groove, furrow.
-v. 3. make a dent in, dint, indent, push in or down, press in or down, depress.
4. cut, chip, scratch, scrape, mark, flaw; notch, nick, groove, furrow,
denude, v. strip, denudate, nakedize, bare, lay bare, expose; divest, uncover, disrobe, unclothe, undress, unsheath.
denunciation, n. 1. fulmination, condemnation, criticism, censure; disapproval, disapprobation, reprobation, reprehension, objection; animadversion, Inf. brickbat, aspersion, obloquy; tirade, philippic, diatribe.
2. reproof, reproach, rebuke, reprimand; upbraiding, castigation, objurgation, vituperation; scolding, dressing down, tongue-lashing, Sl. hell.
3. accusation, accusal, charge, blame; imputation, incrimination, crimination, inculpation; informing against, squealing, finking, Sl. ratting, (both of an innocent person) Inf. framing, Inf. frame-up.
denunciatory, adj. censorious, reproachful, condemnatory, fulminatory; damnatory, maledictory, comminatory; accusatory, imputative, incriminatory, recriminatory.
deny, v. 1. dispute, gainsay, controvert, naysay, disbelieve; contradict, traverse, nullify, negate, disaffirm; disprove, confute, refute, discredit; protest, oppose, contravene; object, demur, refuse assent, disagree.
2. refuse, reject, turn down, decline, disallow; for bid, prohibit, proscribe, veto, disapprove; negative, say no to, turn thumbs down, turn a deaf ear.
3. disavow, forswear, disclaim; retract, unsay, recant, take back, back-pedal.
deodorant, n. deodorizer, antiperspirant, Sl. odor-eater; air freshener, air conditioner; disinfectant, fumigator.
deodorize, v. ventilate, aerate, air, aerify; freshen, sweeten, refresh, air-condition; disinfect, fumigate, sanitate, sanitize, purify.