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(Entry 1 of 3)
a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body
- the decaying of the bone mass that is so regrettably common in elderly women
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decaying
adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of decaying (Entry 2 of 3)
1
as in rickety, ramshackle
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- beat-up,
- bombed-out,
- dilapidated,
- dog-eared,
- down-at-the-heels
- (or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels),
- dumpy,
- grungy,
- mangy,
- mean,
- miserable,
- moth-eaten,
- neglected,
- ratty,
- run-down,
- scrubby,
- scruffy,
- seedy,
- shabby,
- sleazy,
- tacky,
- tatterdemalion,
- tatty,
- threadbare,
- timeworn,
- tumbledown
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decaying
verb
present participle of decay
Synonyms & Antonyms of decaying (Entry 3 of 3)
1
to go through decomposition
- the logs decayed on the rain forest floor
- the atom of plutonium decayed in the test chamber
Synonyms for decaying
- breaking down,
- corrupting,
- decomposing,
- disintegrating,
- festering,
- fouling,
- moldering,
- molding,
- perishing
- [chiefly British],
- putrefying,
- rotting,
- spoiling
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2
to become worse or of less value
- the restaurant's standards for food and service had decayed over the years
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3
to lose bodily strength or vigor
- having reached her 80s, the woman could sense that her body was decaying
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“Decaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decaying. Accessed 4 Oct. 2022.
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