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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die, decline, decay |
| Synonyms: | OD, be destroyed, be killed, be lost, bite the dust, break down, buy the farm, cease, check out*, collapse, corrupt, croak, crumble, decease, decompose, demise, depart, disappear, disintegrate, end, expire, fall, give up the ghost, go, go under, kick the bucket, lose life, pass, pass away, pass on, rot, succumb, vanish, waste*, wither |
| Antonyms: | give birth, revive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breaking down, collapse |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, atrophy, blight, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
| Antonyms: | development, flourish, germination, growth, improvement, ripening, strength, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | dying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | failing, expiring |
| Synonyms: | at death's door, at end of rope, decaying, declining, disintegrating, done for, doomed, ebbing, fading, fated, final, giving up the ghost, going, in extremis, moribund, mortal, on last leg, one foot in grave, passing, perishing, sinking, vanishing, withering |
| Antonyms: | creating, developing, growing, living, reviving |
| Main Entry: | moribund |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dying |
| Synonyms: | at death's door, at the end of the rope, declining, done for, doomed, expiring, fading, fated, going, mortal, mortally ill, on one's deathbed, on one's last leg, one foot in the grave, passing, perishing |
| Main Entry: | starving/starved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deprived of food |
| Synonyms: | could eat a horse, craving, dehydrated, drawn, dying, emaciated, empty, faint, famished, haggard, hungering, hungry, malnourished, peaked, peckish, perishing, pinched, ravenous, skinny, thin, underfed, undernourished, weakened |
| Antonyms: | fed, full, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | starving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deprived |
| Synonyms: | craving, dehydrated, dog-hungry, drawn, dying, emaciated, empty, faint, famished, flying light, haggard, have munchies, hungering, hungry, malnourished, peaked, peaky, peckish, perishing, pinched, rattleboned, ravenous, skinny, starved, thin, underfed, undernourished, weakened |
| Antonyms: | full, satiated |
| Main Entry: | putrefaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
| Main Entry: | putrescence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putridity, putridness, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
| Main Entry: | putridness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
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