anile

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anile
Adjective
  • The kids can’t spell and the world leaders are senile.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Back on the domestic front, Jeanine has reason to believe that her husband, Paul (Mark O’Brien), is having an affair with her senile mother’s caregiver.
    Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
Adjective
  • Theresa May and her spavined colleagues would be responsible for that distrust, but life is unfair and Boris would carry the can.
    John O'Sullivan, National Review, 9 July 2019
  • The series took a chunk out of both the recklessness of the Texas state government and out of the spavined state of the EPA and OSHA even under President Obama, the latter problems having gotten worse under the current administration.
    Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 31 Aug. 2017
Adjective
  • The city has excellent geriatric hospital services and offers a plethora of outdoor activities.
    Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The zoo is home to eight elephants, four of which are considered geriatric like Lois was, according to the release.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The show provided a side of the singer few had seen — a bit doddering, sometimes befuddled and the source of the series’ comedy.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The show, which served as a precursor to such powerful reality programs as Keeping Up with The Kardashians, presented Osbourne as doddering, gibberish-spewing dad but one who adores his family unendingly.
    Jim Farber, Billboard, 22 July 2025
Adjective
  • The other included a middle-aged man from Virginia and an elderly woman from California.
    Ben Adler, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Navedo was charged with fraud-swindle-obtain property for $50,000 or more and abuse of an elderly or disabled adult without great bodily harm.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Zombie cells are senescent cells, which are cells that are technically alive but in growth arrest due to a variety of stressors, including oxidative stress and DNA damage.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But having too few senescent cells is dangerous, because senescence helps block tumors.
    Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Some years after defeating Ganon, Link and Zelda stumble across an underground tomb where the decrepit corpse of the villain’s human form, Ganondorf (played again by Critical Role’s Matt Mercer), is imprisoned.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
  • There were still restaurant-equipment stores, a print shop with no customers, and another shop advertising computer construction that looked decrepit.
    Eddie Huang, Curbed, 28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Who knew if these roles were flukes — one-offs, novelties — or if Jerry Adler would defy the odds stacked up against any actor, much less a sexagenarian new to the game, and continue to find work in his newfound profession.
    Howard Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Anile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anile. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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