- Types Of Speech
- You can use desist as a verb in a sentence.
- About Desist
- A 2 syllables verb and 6 letters with the letters d, e, i, s, and t, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters si. Desist starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, de, des, desi, desis, and the ending characters are t, st, ist, sist, esist, ..
- Definition
- Choose no to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle French
- Compound Words
- A compound word, desist has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are des, and ist.
- School Grade
- Desist is set as a sat word that starts with d, ends with t, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 6 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is desist a scrabble word? A 7 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Desist in Pig Latin is said as "esistday or esistdway".
- Unigram
- d | e | s | i | s | t
- Bigram
- de | es | si | is | st
- Trigram
- des | esi | sis | ist
- Quadrigram
- desi | esis | sist
- Word Gram
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abandon | the trait of lacking restraint or control freedom from inhibition or worry "she danced with abandon" |
| Abdicate | give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" |
| Abjure | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion" "She abjured her beliefs" |
| Abnegate | deny or renounce "They abnegated their gods" |
| Abort | terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion |
| Abstain From | |
| Acknowledge Defeat | |
| Arrest | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
| Avoid | stay clear from keep away from keep out of the way of someone or something "Her former friends now avoid her" |
| Barf | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth "After drinking too much, the students vomited" "He purged continuously" "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Desist
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Consume | engage fully "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy" |
| Have | a person who possesses great material wealth |
| Ingest | take up mentally "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe" |
| Take | the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption |
| Take In |
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Desist | choose no to consume "I abstain from alcohol" |
View English words with the unique letters used in desist. Words With The Letters Deist
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abstainer | a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages |
| Abstention | the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol) |
| Abstinence | act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite |
| Abstinent | a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages |
| Ascetic | practices self denial as spiritual discipline |
| Nondrinker | a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Avoid | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
| Fast | abstaining from food |
| Keep Off | |
| Teetotal | practice teetotalism and abstain from the consuymption of alcoholic beverages |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sittidae (8 letters) | 9 +2 | 9 +2 | sittidae | ||
| Cestida (7 letters) | 10 +3 | 11 +4 | cestida | ||
| Cestidae (8 letters) | 11 +4 | 12 +5 | acdeeist | ||
| Stizidae (8 letters) | 18 +11 | 18 +11 | stizidae | ||
| Bedsit (6 letters) | 9 +2 | 10 +3 | bdeist | ||
| Teddies (7 letters) | 9 +2 | 9 +2 | ddeeist | ||
| Sedative (8 letters) | 12 +5 | 13 +6 | adeeistv | ||
| Distaste (8 letters) | 9 +2 | 9 +2 | adeisstt | ||
| Deist (5 letters) | 6 | 6 | deist | ||
| Vedist (6 letters) | 10 +3 | 11 +4 | vedist | ||
| Diabetes (8 letters) | 11 +4 | 12 +5 | diabetes | ||
| Divest (6 letters) | 10 +3 | 11 +4 | vedist | ||
| Subedit (7 letters) | 10 +3 | 12 +5 | subedit | ||
| Dissect (7 letters) | 10 +3 | 11 +4 | dissect | ||
| Desist (6 letters) | 7 | 7 | deisst | ||
| Suited (6 letters) | 7 | 8 +1 | duties | ||
| Eastside (8 letters) | 9 +2 | 9 +2 | eastside | ||
| Westside (8 letters) | 12 +5 | 12 +5 | westside | ||
| Twisted (7 letters) | 11 +4 | 11 +4 | twisted | ||
| Studied (7 letters) | 9 +2 | 10 +3 | studied | ||
| Satiated (8 letters) | 9 +2 | 9 +2 | satiated | ||
| Situated (8 letters) | 9 +2 | 10 +3 | situated | ||
| Die Cast (8 letters) | |||||
| Steadied (8 letters) | 10 +3 | 10 +3 | addeeist | ||
| Assisted (8 letters) | 9 +2 | 9 +2 | assisted |
Desist Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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