Intransitive Verbs That Start with DES

Find 41 valid English intransitive verbs starting with DES, including Design, Deserve, Desert, Despair, Descend, Destabilize and Desist. Check definitions and usage below, or visit our verb grammar guide to compare transitive and intransitive sentence structures.

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Starts with DESA
3 words
desalinate
desaturate
desalinize
Starts with DESC
3 words
descend
descant
deschool
Starts with DESE
5 words
deserve
desert
desegregate
desertify
desentimentalize
Starts with DESI
5 words
design
desist
desiccate
desilicate
desilicify
Starts with DESO
3 words
desolder
desorb
desocialize
Starts with DESP
9 words
despair
despond
despread
despecialize
despin
despotize
despumate
despume
despiritualize
Starts with DESQ
1 words
desquamate
Starts with DEST
9 words
destabilize
destress
destruct
destain
destream
destalinize
destock
destandardize
destructuralize
Starts with DESU
2 words
desubstantialize
desubstantiate
Starts with DESY
1 words
desynchronize

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