Show
Related Words for decaying
Compiled automatically from published text to show words that appear in related contexts.
Read More
Results may indicate historical usage, and do not reflect the views of Merriam-Webster.
Send us feedback.
| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| disintegration | xxx/x | Noun, Noun |
| disintegrate | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| decompose | xx/ | Verb, Verb |
| crumble | /x | Verb, Verb |
| decline | x/ | Verb, Verb |
| rotting | /x | Verb |
| decrepit | x/x | Adjective |
| dilapidated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| deteriorating | x/xxxx | Verb |
| rotten | /x | Adjective |
| degenerating | x/xxx | Verb |
| corroding | x/x | Noun |
| moribund | /xx | Noun |
| putrid | /x | Adjective |
| moldy | /x | Adjective |
| vanishing | /xx | Noun |
| diseased | x/ | Adjective |
| derelict | /xx | Noun |
| collapsing | x/x | Verb |
| rusting | /x | Noun |
| mouldy | /x | Adjective |
| fading | /x | Noun |
| grimy | /x | Adjective |
| stagnating | /xx | Verb |
| fetid | /x | Adjective |
| desiccated | /xxx | Adjective |
| stagnant | /x | Adjective |
| lifeless | /x | Adjective |
| dying | /x | Verb |
| ramshackle | /xx | Adjective |
| stinking | /x | Noun |
| disrepair | xx/ | Noun |
| corpse | / | Noun |
| aging | /x | Noun |
| disused | x/ | Adjective |
| dusty | /x | Adjective |
| remnant | /x | Noun |
| eroding | x/x | Verb |
| necrotic | x/x | Adjective |
| gnarled | / | Adjective |
| dead | / | Adjective |
| infested | x/x | Adjective |
| disappearing | xx/x | Verb |
| ruining | /xx | Verb |
| desolate | /xx | Adjective |
| deterioration | x/xxxx | Noun |
| tottering | /xx | Verb |
| degraded | x/x | Adjective |
| shrunken | /x | Adjective |
| wilting | /x | Noun |
| withering | /xx | Noun |
| perishing | /xx | Noun |
| digestion | x/x | Noun |
| ripening | /xx | Noun |
| degradation | xx/x | Noun |
| maturation | xx/x | Noun |
| degeneration | xxx/x | Noun |
| softening | /xx | Noun |
| deadening | /xx | Adjective |
| resorption | x/x | Noun |
| spoilage | /x | Noun |
| yellowing | /xx | Noun |
| losing | /x | Verb |
| corrosion | x/x | Noun |
| lapsing | /x | Verb |
| putrefaction | /x/x | Noun |
| sinking | /x | Noun |
| leaching | /x | Noun |
| decommissioning | xx/xx | Noun |
| eating | /x | Noun |
| darkening | /xx | Noun |
| denaturing | x/xx | Noun |
| developing | x/xx | Verb |
| gnawing | /x | Noun |
| weakening | /xx | Noun |
| coarsening | /xx | Noun |
| deepening | /xx | Verb |
| splintering | /xx | Noun |
| dissolution | xx/x | Noun |
| creeping | /x | Verb |
| discharging | x/x | Verb |
| thawing | /x | Noun |
| undermining | /xxx | Noun |
| devouring | x/xx | Verb |
| debasement | x/x | Noun |
| erosion | x/x | Noun |
| blossoming | /xx | Noun |
| receding | x/x | Noun |
| leaking | /x | Verb |
| seeping | /x | Verb |
| inactivation | xxx/x | Noun |
| destruction | x/x | Noun |
| hardening | /xx | Noun |
| slowing | /x | Verb |
| wasting | /x | Noun |
| wearing | /x | Verb |
| extinguishing | x/xx | Verb |
| caries | xx | Noun |
| diminishment | x/xx | Noun |
| devolution | xx/x | Noun |
| dismantling | x/xx | Noun |
| moult | / | Noun |
| leaves | / | Verb |
| remains | x/ | Verb |
| body | /x | Noun |
| matter | /x | Noun |
| old | / | Adjective |
| system | /x | Noun |
| long | / | Adjective |
| nascent | /x | Noun |
| fermenting | x/x | Verb |
| exponentially | xx/xx | Adverb |
| sinusoid | /xx | Noun |
| vegetation | xx/x | Noun |
| pions | xx | Noun |
| meson | /x | Noun |
| carcasses | /xx | Noun |
| boson | /x | Noun |
| muons | /x | Noun |
| nuclide | xx | Noun |
| seaweed | /x | Noun |
| stumps | / | Noun |
| humus | /x | Noun |
| tenements | /xx | Noun |
| turbulence | /xx | Noun |
| spoiling | /x | Verb |
| electron | x/x | Verb |
| gentility | x/xx | Noun |
| feudalism | /xxx | Noun |
| cadavers | x/x | Noun |
| refuse | x/ | Noun |
| radionuclide | /xx/x | Noun |
| logs | / | Noun |
| accumulating | x/xxx | Verb, Noun |
| amorphous | x/x | Adjective |
| ascending | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| axisymmetric | /xx/x | Adjective |
| carrion | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| changing | /x | Noun |
| chaotic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| decadent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| decreasing | x/x | Noun |
| diamagnetic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| dividing | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| emitting | x/x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| ephemeral | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| express | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| filamentous | /x/x | Adjective |
| fissile | /x | Adjective |
| gaseous | /xx | Adjective |
| heterogeneous | xxx/x | Adjective |
| heterogenous | xxxxx | Adjective |
| incline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| incoming | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| incompressible | xx/xx | Adjective |
| inert | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| inhomogeneous | /xx/xx | Adjective |
| jaw | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| labile | /x | Adjective |
| lived | / | Adjective |
| moving | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| organic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| passing | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| perishable | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| take | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
