digress

digress is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. 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.
2. intransitive verb. To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
3. noun. Digression.
4. verb. lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking

   "She always digresses when telling a story"

   "her mind wanders"

   Synonyms: divagate, stray, wander

5. verb. wander from a direct or straight course

   Synonyms: depart, sidetrack, straggle

Synonyms

divagate, stray, wander, depart, sidetrack, straggle

Common word forms

digressed, digresser, digresses, digressing

Words from these letters

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