deterioration decline
decay degradation degenerate despair desperation distress despond dejection
discouragement defeat depression dishearten discomfort difficulty disquiet
decrepit dilapidation deprivation destitution dangerous doddering dotage disrepair
disconsolate decomposition disintegrate dissolution damage disadvantage disable desolation damnation disconcerted disgraced distracted disturbed deranged dementia
Yeah, 'd' words. They are mostly 'de-' and 'dis-' words. Prefixes at work. Clearly quite few of them are real 'd' words, linguistically speaking, only 5 of them, 'difficulty, dangerous, doddering, dotage, damnation'.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure what point you are trying to make with this comment but you have perhaps missed the point of the poem which is the last word.
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