Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster [369]
de·scribe verb de·scribed; de·scrib·ing 1 a : to represent or give an account of in words
b : to communicate an account of salient identifying features of
2 : to trace the outline of
— de·scrib·able adjective
Synonyms
[1a, b] delineate, depict, draw, image, narrate, paint, picture, portray, recount, sketch; also characterize, qualify, represent; demonstrate, illustrate; narrate, recite, recount, relate; display, exhibit, show; hint, suggest; draft, outline
de·scrip·tion noun 1 : an account of something; especially : an account that presents a picture to a person who reads or hears it
2 : kind or character esp. as determined by prominent features : SORT
— de·scrip·tive adjective
Synonyms
[1] delineation, depiction, picture, portrait, portrayal, sketch; also account, chronicle, narrative, report, story, tale; demonstration, exemplification, illustration
[2] breed, class, feather, ilk, kind, like, manner, nature, order, sort, species, type—more at SORT
de·scry verb de·scried; de·scry·ing 1 : to catch sight of
2 : to discover by observation or investigation
Synonyms
behold, discern, distinguish, espy, eye, look, note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, remark, see, sight, spy, view, witness—more at SEE
des·e·crate verb -crat·ed; -crat·ing : to violate the sanctity of : PROFANE
Synonyms
defile, profane, violate; also blaspheme, curse, swear; befoul, contaminate, foul, pollute; affront, insult, offend; crush, decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, ravage, raze, ruin, waste, wreck; despoil, loot, pillage, plunder, raid, ransack, rob, sack, spoil, strip
des·e·cra·tion noun : an act or instance of desecrating
Synonyms
blasphemy, defilement, impiety, irreverence, sacrilege—more at BLASPHEMY
de·seg·re·gate verb : to eliminate segregation in; especially : to free of any law or practice requiring isolation on the basis of race
— de·seg·re·ga·tion noun
de·sen·si·tize verb : to make (a sensitized or hypersensitive individual) insensitive or nonreactive to a sensitizing agent
— de·sen·si·ti·za·tion noun
1desert noun : dry land with few plants and little rainfall
Synonyms
barren, desolation, waste, wasteland—more at WASTELAND