Definition of digress

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of digress is as below...

Digress (v. i.) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking..

Lern More About Digress

Excursus :: Excursus (n.) A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic..
Farabout :: Farabout (n.) A going out of the way; a digression.
Natural :: Natural (a.) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key..
Digress :: Digress (n.) Digression.
Sally :: Sally (v.) An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.
Divagation :: Divagation (n.) A wandering about or going astray; digression.
Digression :: Digression (n.) A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense.
Digression :: Digression (n.) The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets..
Desultory :: Desultory (a.) Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, a desultory remark..
Episode :: Episode (n.) A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it..
Digression :: Digression (n.) The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject..
Ecbole :: Ecbole (n.) A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his own words.
Excursion :: Excursion () A wandering from a subject; digression.
Digressing :: Digressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Digres.
Digressional :: Digressional (a.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject..
Deviate :: Deviate (v. i.) To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
Digressive :: Digressive (a.) Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.
Discursive :: Discursive (a.) Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory.
Digress :: Digress (v. i.) To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
Digressively :: Digressively (adv.) By way of digression.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us