se déconsidérer, v.r., to fall, to sink, into disrepute.
déconstruire, v.a., to take to pieces; to unbuild, to demolish, to pull down; to decompose; (gram.) to construct badly. — des vers; to turn verse into prose.
décontenancé, -e, part., out of countenance, abashed.
décontenancer, v.a., to abash, to put out of countenance.
se décontenancer, v.r., to be put out of countenance, to be abashed.
déconvenue, n.f., discomfiture, disaster, mishap, failure.
décor, n.m., decoration, ornamental painting; (paint.) graining. pl., (theat.) scenery. — en bois; graining in imitation of wood. Peintre en —s; grainer.
décorateur, n.m., ornamental painter, decorator; scene-painter; grainer.
décorati-f, -ve, adj., decorative, ornamental.
décoration, n.f., decoration, embellishment; star; star of the order of the Legion of Honor. pl., scenery. Porter une —; to wear the star of an order.