designing, n. [artful], [wily], [crafty], [subtle], [politic], Machiavelian disingenuous. Antonyms: See undesigning.
desire, n. [longing], [craving], [will], aspiration, [hankering], appetency, [cupidity], [impulse]; [request], [petition], [quest], entreaty; velleity; pruriency. Antonyms: [apathy], [antipathy], [aversion], inappetency. Associated words: desiderative, desideratum, orectic, optative.
desire, v. [want], [crave], long for, [lust], covet, [yearn], aspire, [request].
desolate, a. [dreary], [waste]; [broken-hearted], inconsolable, [solitary]; devastated.
desolate, v. [devastate], depredate, despoil, [sack], [lay waste].
despair, n. hopelessness, [desperation], inconsolableness.
desperate, a. irretrievable, [hopeless], [incurable], [remediless], [outrageous], [atrocious], [monstrous], [heinous].
desperation, n. [despair], hopelessness, recklessness.
despicable, a. [contemptible], [abject].
despise, v. contemn, [disdain].