de- root meaning
The de- root means down, away, reversal, reduction, or removal.
Words with the de- root
- decline: to slope downward; to refuse or decrease
- deference: respectful yielding to another person's judgment
- dejected: sad and low-spirited
- delectable: delightful or delicious
- delicious: highly pleasing, especially to taste
- delight: pleasure or joy
- delineate: to describe or mark out clearly
- delusion: a fixed false belief or serious mistaken conviction
- demur: to object politely or hesitate before agreeing
- denigrate: to attack someone's character or reputation
- denounce: to condemn publicly
- depend: to rely on or hang from for support
- deplete: to use up or empty out
- depletion: reduction by using up
- deprecate: to express disapproval of or argue against
- deride: to mock or ridicule
- derision: contemptuous mockery
- derisive: mocking or scornful
- derivative: not original; drawn from another source
- derive: to come from or draw from a source
- derogatory: showing a critical or belittling attitude
- descend: to move downward or come down
- describe: to say or write what something is like
- desiccate: to dry out thoroughly