diminutive, adj.small, little, Inf.baby, bantam, slight, featherweight; wee, tiny, Lilliputian, elfin, miniature, minute, microscopic, animalculous, infinitesimal; short, Inf.half pint, undersized, puny, runty; homuncular, midget, dwarfish, Med.
nanoid, pygmy, stunted, shrunken; small-scale, compact, limited, vest-pocket, pocket-sized; portable,
din, n.1. uproar, clamor, babel, racket, hurly-
burly, hue and cry, ballyhoo, hullabaloo; shouting, shout, yell, holler, outcry, vociferation; bray, bellow, roar, blare, blast, thunderclap, peal, fanfare, tintinnabulation; crash, clash, clangor, clang, jangle, clattering, rattling; hissing, catcalls, caterwauling.
2. commotion, Inf.to-do, flurry, agitation; turmoil, tumult, broil, brawl; anarchy, chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, brouhaha, free-for-all; fracas, rumpus, scramble, scuffle, Inf.ruckus.
-v. 3. clamor, cry out, shout, roar, yell, holler; bray, bawl, bellow, whoop, hoot, yelp; hiss, catcall, caterwaul; blare, blast, crash, clash, clang, clatter, rattle; drone, drum in the ears, ring in the ears, deafen, split the ears.
dine, v. sup, have dinner, breakfast, lunch, take sustenance, break bread, refresh the inner man, eat; fall to, play a good knife and fork, SI.tuck in; banquet, feast, SI.eat high off the hog, gourmandize, gluttonize, gorge, stuff, SI.stuff one's face, SI.pig out, Inf eat [s.o.] out of house and home; regale, fete, treat, feed.
dingy, adj.dark, dull, dim, dun, grayish brown, lackluster, dusky; drab, dismal, dreary, cheerless, Scot. ourie;
shadowy, gloomy, tenebrous, obscure; murky, hazy, smoggy; sooty, smoky, fuliginous, smudgy, smeared; smutchy, dirty, grimy, soiled, muddy; shabby, seedy, worn, rundown, sloppy, crumby,
dining room, n.dining hall, cafeteria, mess, mess hall, chow hall; refectory, triclinium; dinette, breakfast nook.
dinner, n.main meal, repast, refection; feast, banquet; supper, collation; table d'hSte.
dint, n.1. force, power, potency, puissance; strength, might, energy, drive; ability, capability, capacity; means, virtue, efficacy; effort, will, determination.
2. dent, indentation, depression, concavity; pit, hollow, dimple, pock; crater, basin; impression, scar,
diocese, n.ecclesiastical district, bishopric, episcopate, cathedral seat; see, territory, province, jurisdiction; archdiocese, archbishopric; prelacy, prelature, prefecture, episcopacy, benefice, Brit,
incumbency,
dip, v. 1. duck, dunk, lower, plunge, immerge, immerse, souse, sink, submerge, submerse, put orpush under; douse, drench, soak, steep, bathe.
2. wet slightly, sprinkle, spray, asperge, dabble, moisten, dampen, damp, wet, wet down; wash, lave, splash, splatter, swash, slosh, slop.
3. raise, take up, scoop orscoop up, ladle, bail, cup up, shovel.
4. dive, duck, take a plunge, plunge into, fall forward orheadlong, pitch.