Antonyms for de scent


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-sent
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɛnt


Definition of de scent

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French descente "descent, descendance, lineage," formed from descendre (see descend) on analogy of French nouns such as attente from attendre "to expect," vente "sale" from vendre "to sell," pente "slope" from pendre "to hang" (the etymological English word from Latin would be *descence).
  • Figurative use is from late 14c. Meaning "action of descending," also "a downward slope" is from 1590s. Meaning "act of descending from an ancestor" is from mid-14c. Evolutionary sense is from 1859 in Darwin, though there are uses which suggest essentially the same thing going back to 1630s.
  • As in incline : noun slope
  • As in lapse : noun backsliding
  • As in line : noun ancestry
  • As in lineage : noun ancestry
  • As in origin : noun family, heritage
  • As in pedigree : noun ancestry, heritage
  • As in plunge : noun quick drop; enthusiastic attempt
  • As in raid : noun attack, seizure
  • As in roots : noun ancestry
  • As in slope : noun slant, tilt
  • As in slump : noun decline, failure
  • As in stock : noun ancestry
  • As in strain : noun ancestry
  • As in birth : noun heritage
  • As in declivity : noun slope
  • As in blood : noun ancestry
  • As in bloodline : noun ancestry
  • As in downslide : noun decline
  • As in downswing : noun decline
  • As in dropoff : noun decline
  • As in header : noun plunge
  • As in menage : noun family
  • As in nosedive : noun plunge
  • As in nosedive : noun fall
  • As in class : noun societal group, background
  • As in parentage : noun ancestry
  • As in recidivation : noun lapse
  • As in recidivism : noun lapse
  • As in comedown : noun letdown, blow
  • As in decline : noun lessening
  • As in decline : noun downward change in value, position
  • As in derivation : noun root, source
  • As in descent : noun moving down; lowering
  • As in descent : noun line of ancestry
  • As in descent : noun deterioration
  • As in descent : noun assault, attack
  • As in deterioration : noun decay, degeneration
  • As in dip : noun depression; decline
  • As in discomfiture : noun embarrassment, frustration
  • As in downfall : noun disgrace, ruin
  • As in downgrade : noun slope
  • As in downturn : noun drop
  • As in drop : noun steep decline; hole
  • As in drop : noun decrease
  • As in extraction : noun ancestry, origin
  • As in family : noun kin, offspring; classification
  • As in family tree : noun genealogical chart
  • As in foray : noun incursion, attempt
  • As in ancestry : noun family predecessors; family history
  • As in genealogy : noun person's family tree
  • As in antecedent(s) : noun predecessor(s) in family
  • As in grade : noun incline, slope
  • As in anticlimax : noun ineffective conclusion
Example sentences :
  • I speck, when I git in de water, to frow de dogs off de scent, but dey git so near dey see and hear me.
  • Extract from : « Watch and Wait » by Oliver Optic
  • Run fo' de branch—git yo' foots in de worter an' fling 'em off de scent!
  • Extract from : « Danny's Own Story » by Don Marquis

Synonyms for de scent

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