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9-Letter Words That Start With: DESP

There are 16 9-letter words, 1 9-letter phrase and 0 9-letter abbr's that start with DESP.

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despotism9
14 nounn
noun

• dominance through threat of punishment and violence

• a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

desponded9
14
verb

• lose confidence or hope; become dejected

despumate9
14 verbv
Valid word for Scrabble US
desperado9
13 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)

despising9
13 verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• a feeling of scornful hatred

despoiled9
13 verbv
adjective satellite

• having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence

despaired9
13 verbv
noun

• a state in which all hope is lost or absent

• the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well

verb

• abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart

despiting9
13
Valid word for Scrabble US
desperate9
12 adjectiveadj
noun

• a person who is frightened and in need of help

adjective satellite

• arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope

• desperately determined

• (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair

• showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort

• showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire

• fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

despoiler9
12 nounn
noun

• someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

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