| distressing(adjective, harsh, grim, painful, bleak) |
| doable(adjective, useful, possible, functional, workable) |
| dour(adjective, harsh, grim, painful, bleak) |
| down(adjective, simple, unsophisticated, funky) |
| down home(expression, adjective, simple, unsophisticated, funky) |
| drab(adjective, quiet, restrained, subdued) |
| draconian(adjective, scrupulous) |
| drastic(adjective, terrible, narrow) |
| dry(adjective, factual, unembellished, stoic) |
| dull(adjective, simple, unsophisticated, funky) |
| dyed-in-the-wool(adjective, authoritarian) |
| earthy(adjective, factual, unembellished, stoic) |
| easy-going(adjective, unfeeling, hard-hearted, nowhere, untouched) |
| easygoing(adjective, simple, unsophisticated, funky) |
| efficient(adjective, useful, possible, functional, workable) |
| emotionless(adjective, unfeeling, factual, hard-hearted, nowhere) |
| empirical(adjective, useful, possible, functional, workable) |
| eschewing(adjective, quiet, restrained, subdued, unexcited) |
| ex(higher, upper, abovementioned) |
| ex-(higher, upper, abovementioned) |