dolorous, adj. grievous, painful, rending, harrowing; mournful, woeful, melancholy, sad; sorrowful, rueful, doleful; tearful, lachrymose, lugubrious.
dolt, n. blockhead, thick head, Inf. chump, dunce, Inf. dummy, Sl. dope, Sl. dumbbell, Sl. meatball or meathead; dullard, fathead, numskull, beetlehead, bonehead, dunderhead, dunderpate, chucklehead, Sl. dumbhead, Sl. lunkhead, Inf. knucklehead, Sl. stupid-head, Sl. goon; simpleton, idiot, Inf. moron, imbecile, lamebrain, dim-wit, nit-wit, half-wit; pinhead, Sl. birdbrain, Sl. flake, Sl. dingbat, Sl. ding-a-ling; fool, ninny, nincompoop, ninnyhammer; All Slang, jerk, boob, booby, noodle, nudnik, blubberhead.
doltish, adj. blockheaded, boneheaded, blockish, thick, thick-headed, thick-skulled, dense; obtuse, stol id, lumpish, blunt, dull; Inf. dopey, Inf dumb, dull-witted, dim-witted, slow, slow-witted, half-witted; stupid, unintelligent, simple, simple-minded, weak-minded, bird-brained, feeble-minded, deficient; idiotic, Inf. moronic, imbecilic, foolish; mindless, brainless, empty-headed, blank, vacant, vacuous.
domain, n. 1. realm, empire, kingdom; sultanate, archduchy, duchy, principality, palatinate.
2. region, area, zone, territory; province, precinct, department; district, quarter, section; field, pale, arena; bailiwick, dominion, jurisdiction.
3. academic discipline, discipline, specialty, concern, branch or field of study, department of knowledge.
dome, n. 1. rotunda, cupola, onion dome, (in classical architecture) tholos.
2. Slang, head, pate, poll, crown, sconce, Sl. noodle, Sl. noggin, Sl. bean, Usu. Disparaging, skull.
domestic, adj. 1. household, home, family; residential, domiciliary.
2. tame, domesticated, broken, housebroken.
3. native, indigenous, aboriginal, autochthonous; home-grown, home-raised, homebred, homemade, native-grown.
-n. 4. servant, help, hired help; butler, footman, Brit, boots, Chiefly Brit, buttons; majordomo, steward, housekeeper; driver, chauffeur, coachman; valet, groom, gentleman's gentleman, man, (in the British army) batman; factotum, do-all, slavey, man or maid of all work; maid, handmaiden, chambermaid, maidservant, upstairs maid, au pair or au pair girl, between-maid, Brit. Inf. tweeny; cook; charwoman, laundress, scullion, menial, drudge.
domesticate, v. 1. tame, gentle; train, housebreak; break, Sl. bust.
2. familiarize, naturalize, habituate, orient, break in; habituate, accustom, assimilate, acclimate; domiciliate.
domicile, n. 1. home, abode, residence, residency, dwelling, dwelling place, dwelling home, habitation, habitancy, Scot. and North Eng. bigging, Scot. howff, lodging, lodgings, lodging place, lodgement or lodgment, nest, roost, perch; quarters, living quarters, rooms, accommodations, housing, roof over one's head, Inf. pad, Inf. crash pad, Chiefly Brit. Inf. diggings, Brit. Inf digs; apartment, flat, tenement, walk-up, cold-water flat, Brit, chambers, Chiefly Brit, maisonette or maisonnette; penthouse, townhouse, condominium, Sl. condo; mobile home, motor home, camper, trailer; address, location, situation, whereabouts, place.