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What is another word for
decaying
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Adjective
Suffering from decay or decomposition
In a dilapidated or disintegrating condition, typically about to fall apart
In a derelict or dilapidated state
Dirty or unclean, especially disgustingly so
(
of a thing
)
In terminal decline
Liable to spoil, rot
Characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline
On the point of death
Noun
Physical, mental, or structural deterioration
The process of atrophying or state of having atrophied
Verb
Present participle for to decline gradually in health, prosperity, or quality
Present participle for to rot or cause to rot
Present participle for to deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy
Present participle for to become inactive or unchanging
Present participle for to form or discharge pus
Present participle for live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
Present participle for have a severely detrimental effect on
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Adjective
▲
Suffering from decay or decomposition
rotting
decomposing
rotten
bad
decomposed
off
putrescent
putrid
crumbling
disintegrating
festering
foetid
UK
fetid
US
mouldering
UK
mouldy
UK
perished
rancid
smelly
spoiled
US
spoilt
UK
stinking
flyblown
gangrenous
maggoty
putrefacient
putrefying
rank
worm-eaten
wormy
moldering
US
moldy
US
spoiling
wasting away
decayed
stale
foul
putrefied
tainted
mildewy
infected
musty
contaminated
putrefactive
noisome
dirty
sour
addled
mildewed
fusty
corrupt
festy
rotted
noxious
funky
corrupted
neglected
sprouting
fungal
growing
diseased
carious
reeking
filthy
malodorous
moldered
US
whiffy
mephitic
disgusting
mouldered
UK
olid
polluted
gross
overripe
offensive
nasty
nidorous
strong
stagnant
unfit for human consumption
pungent
foul-smelling
nauseating
stenchy
strong-smelling
stenchful
repulsive
revolting
reeky
perishing
necrotic
septic
old
shabby
dingy
seedy
smutty
blighted
mucid
disused
airless
stuffy
wasted
corroded
unsound
high
carrion
brackish
withered
ruined
riddled
going off
going bad
odoriferous
acrid
skunky
harsh
vile
acid
acidic
bitter
pongy
stinky
odiferous
lacking in freshenss
turned
icky
curdled
soured
evil-smelling
graveolent
degenerated
yecchy
disagreeable
impure
inedible
grody
fermented
dank
unfresh
putrified
defiled
corroding
caried
dirtied
pustular
poisonous
purulent
faecal
UK
sullied
beastly
unpleasant
smelling
fecal
US
loathsome
unclean
feculent
soiled
bad-smelling
toxic
unhealthy
unwholesome
insalubrious
frowsty
frowzy
frowsy
ripe
unhealthful
deleterious
unhygienic
virulent
venomous
insanitary
sickly
adulterated
niffy
unsanitary
miasmic
niffing
humming
miasmal
injurious
unnutritious
stained
fouled
infested
harmful
unsalutary
lousy
destructive
lethal
dangerous
pernicious
stinking to high heaven
ill-smelling
adulterate
alloyed
disintegrated
imperfect
blemished
impaired
poisoned
injured
damaged
harmed
marred
tarnished
gone bad
damp
unventilated
hard
dry
squalid
pestilential
polluting
unsafe
nocuous
contaminating
gamy
hardened
scungy
scummy
germy
degraded
besmirched
unsavoury
UK
odorous
unsavory
US
nauseous
debased
vitiated
despoiled
perverted
poison
toxicant
dried out
unfiltered
past its best
disease-ridden
past its sell-by date
unnourishing
innutritious
detrimental
germ-ridden
junk
damaging
ruinous
malign
baleful
objectionable
distasteful
baneful
inimical
malignant
pathological
evil
morbid
more ❯
“The source of the smell turned out to be
decaying
fruit.”
Adjective
▲
In a dilapidated or disintegrating condition, typically about to fall apart
declining
dying
waning
collapsing
crumbling
degenerating
abandoned
battered
broken-down
decrepit
deteriorating
failing
perishing
ramshackle
shabby
tumbledown
forsaken
languishing
neglected
run down
eroding
in decline
in disrepair
in ruins
oxidising
UK
oxidizing
US
rotten
rusting
falling apart
on the decline
breaking down
breaking up
falling to pieces
on its last legs
on the way out
wearing away
in a state of disrepair
on the rocks
“The problems of
decaying
inner city areas.”
Adjective
▲
In a derelict or dilapidated state
tatty
shabby
seedy
dilapidated
scruffy
threadbare
ratty
mangy
tumbledown
mean
grungy
dumpy
tattered
tatterdemalion
miserable
tacky
neglected
scrubby
ragged
timeworn
sleazy
worn
rundown
decrepit
frayed
squalid
shoddy
ramshackle
bedraggled
faded
dingy
rickety
ruined
crummy
decayed
deteriorated
wretched
deteriorating
poor
ruinous
tired
desolate
pitiful
slipshod
degenerated
disreputable
bare
disfigured
meagre
UK
meager
US
cure
pot
moth-eaten
run-down
beat-up
dog-eared
broken-down
worn-out
down-at-the-heels
bombed-out
down-at-heel
worse for wear
gone to seed
poverty-stricken
all the worse for wear
crumbling
derelict
falling to pieces
disintegrating
in ruins
gone to rack and ruin
run down
shacky
shambly
uncared-for
falling apart
rumpty
shaky
in disrepair
unsound
fragile
on its last legs
slummy
unmaintained
tottering
down at heel
battered
grotty
old
unkempt
worn out
crumbly
falling apart at the seams
rotten
tumble-down
collapsing
decomposing
flimsy
rotting
insalubrious
broken
withering
beat up
poorly maintained
the worse for wear
broken down
breaking up
in bad condition
caving in
falling in
well worn
raggedy
drooping
wilting
grubby
antiquated
raggedy-ass
warby
sorry
unsteady
sordid
wobbly
untidy
unsafe
unstable
slovenly
damaged
insecure
depressed
dismal
tottery
frail
subsiding
moldering
US
putrefying
peeling
impaired
injured
marred
having seen better days
slumlike
breaking
insubstantial
eroding
mouldering
UK
weather-beaten
slum-like
in a bad way
coming apart at the seams
ill-maintained
badly maintained
historic
dirty
dowdy
patched
holey
in tatters
in ribbons
done
dateless
in holes
worn to shreds
in rags
out at elbows
time-worn
coming undone
rent
decrepit. in ruins
clapped out
skanky
scuzzy
seamy
uncared
wrecked
destroyed
sloppy
falling down
manky
scungy
untended
defective
unreliable
unsavoury
UK
unsavory
US
unpleasant
disheveled
US
dishevelled
UK
nasty
dodgy
droopy
overgrown
wilted
sickly
frowzy
ailing
down-at-the-heel
messy
sagging
flagging
torn
raunchy
unimproved
beat
dangerous
used up
fallen-in
uncared for
beaten up
seen better days
used-up
fallen in
rinky-dink
not solid
not safe
delicate
not robust
in poor condition
munted
blasted
shrinking
fading
shriveling
US
creaky
botched
spoilt
UK
mutilated
hurt
robbed
uninhabited
plundered
pillaged
harried
abandoned
spoiled
US
harmed
defaced
imperfect
jerry-built
weak
precarious
infirm
feeble
creaking
superannuated
corroded
rachitic
unbalanced
wavering
rattletrap
geriatric
rocky
quavering
shaking
in a state of disrepair
crippled
haggard
used
effete
anile
disintegrated
crumbled
shrivelling
UK
filthy
rough
yucky
ragtag
scraggy
ripped
frazzled
shaggy
in shreds
poorly made
badly dressed
badly worn
full of holes
cheap
base
paltry
crude
low
rugged
on your last legs
torn to pieces
bad
tawdry
faulty
second-rate
unhealthy
disordered
wild
busted
trashy
unprepossessing
low-class
slimy
skeezy
limp
shredded
under par
below par
down and dirty
overcrowded
godforsaken
underprivileged
deprived
hazardous
perilous
treacherous
unweeded
uncultivated
wonky
outworn
teetery
uncouth
unkept
worm-eaten
ancient
old-fashioned
clapped-out
weedgrown
peaked
shattered
forgotten
contaminated
infected
septic
unwholesome
blighted
useless
unusable
scroungy
woebegone
knocked around
mediocre
overused
overworked
scabby
dishonest
crooked
smirched
substandard
ordinary
lousy
well-read
well-thumbed
about to collapse
about to break
middling
low-grade
menial
two-bit
sad
lined
dinged
totaled
wizened
low-rent
rank
mucky
indigent
sick
impoverished
sticky
gunky
gungy
condemned
fordone
undone
beaten-up
irreparable
undid
shot
irremediable
split
in bad repair
out of condition
unoccupiable
unlivable
tasteless
gaudy
vulgar
unloved
worn-down
wrung out
pegged out
well-worn
desultory
unpressed
unfinished
contemptible
kitsch
showy
garish
flash
Brummagem
common
loud
about to fall apart
down at the heel
uninhabitable
naff
flashy
unattended
gaunt
drained
unwell
outmoded
ostentatious
out-of-date
stodgy
frumpy
unbecoming
waxy
unsuitable
poky
pinched
exhausted
fatigued
drawn
cheap and nasty
coarsened
debauched
raddled
hollow-eyed
in bad taste
washed out
with sunken cheeks
malfunctioning
inoperative
kaput
down
bust
not working
non-functioning
dud
not functioning
finished
duff
knackered
disorganized
US
disorderly
playing up
gone haywire
acting up
gone phut
done for
conked out
conked-out
out of order
jumbled
disarrayed
cluttered
out of commission
on the blink
chaotic
muddled
on the fritz
not in working order
mussed
tumbled
rumpled
mussy
tousled
confused
disarranged
messed
littered
in a state
pell-mell
disorganised
UK
messed up
upside-down
unruly
topsy-turvy
hugger-mugger
in a mess
higgledy-piggledy
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Dirty or unclean, especially disgustingly so
filthy
dirty
unclean
soiled
grimy
foul
mucky
grubby
smudged
stained
sullied
begrimed
cruddy
muddy
dusty
grungy
smutty
polluted
draggled
befouled
grotty
besmirched
contaminated
dingy
nasty
sordid
bemired
blackened
sooty
bedraggled
uncleanly
black
unhygienic
squalid
festy
unsanitary
messy
putrid
slimy
scuzzy
smeared
unwashed
foetid
UK
fetid
US
scummy
skanky
defiled
feculent
smelly
yucky
shabby
rotten
sleazy
bogging
putrefied
smoky
unkempt
miry
smeary
sloppy
slovenly
murky
crummy
disheveled
US
dishevelled
UK
faecal
UK
fecal
US
loathsome
repulsive
horry
revolting
slipshod
soily
verminous
yecchy
dirt-encrusted
mud-encrusted
seedy
insalubrious
icky
gungy
manky
muddied
disgusting
noxious
impure
insanitary
gross
unwholesome
vile
scungy
rancid
stinking
unhealthy
rank
repellent
distasteful
sickening
nauseating
horrible
repugnant
unpleasant
offensive
obnoxious
odious
infected
tarnished
abominable
dreadful
infested
nauseous
objectionable
horrid
awful
horrendous
appalling
hideous
abhorrent
septic
noisome
ugly
obscene
repellant
beastly
fulsome
scandalous
disgustful
loathly
tainted
yucko
unpalatable
frightful
unsavoury
UK
God-awful
uninviting
sick-making
ghastly
disagreeable
shocking
off-putting
evil
unsavory
US
malodorous
terrible
displeasing
besmeared
mephitic
bad
lousy
toxic
dirtied
grimed
scurvy
mud-caked
unappetizing
on the nose
grody
gruesome
germy
diabolical
disease-ridden
deplorable
niffy
deleterious
detestable
olid
harmful
germ-ridden
spotted
yukky
uncleaned
poisonous
atrocious
wicked
despicable
contemptible
unwelcome
pongy
stinky
whiffy
funky
unpleasing
miasmal
pestilent
blemished
discolored
US
marked
fouled
corrupt
unsanitized
acrid
ruined
discoloured
UK
unsportsmanlike
wretched
sneaking
bitter
sorry
unfair
pitiful
ratty
uncongenial
unlovely
harsh
scabby
cheap
illegal
sour
paltry
mean
lame
pitiable
reeking
unsightly
not clean
hellish
poison
bum
ungodly
unholy
foul-smelling
evil-smelling
untidy
hateful
diseased
execrable
sticky
unfiltered
detrimental
slatternly
poisoned
musty
frowzy
unhealthful
pigpen
vulgar
dire
vomitous
grisly
gut-churning
stomach-churning
vomit-inducing
stomach-turning
scruffy
bespattered
vitiated
greasy
cloudy
rundown
gloopy
mouldy
UK
odorous
moldy
US
slummy
mucous
muculent
clammy
viscous
glutinous
dowdy
straggly
disarrayed
dreggy
unlaundered
dungy
dishabille
spattered
unswept
undusted
mung
miserable
flea-bitten
stale
decayed
putrescent
hurtful
injurious
mischievous
pernicious
off-color
biting
embarrassing
invidious
offending
cutting
opprobrious
baneful
pestilential
pestiferous
monstrous
exceptionable
unspeakable
outrageous
shameful
shameless
reeky
immoral
deadly
insalutary
dangerous
strong
stenchy
fusty
high
egregious
insupportable
horrific
heinous
reprehensible
miasmic
frowsty
frowsy
intolerable
inexcusable
unpardonable
creepy
grievous
ripe
horrifying
sick
undesirable
unforgivable
tremendous
adulterated
poor
hellacious
unlikable
tasteless
dismaying
galling
rubbish
sleazeball
squicky
macabre
rebarbative
cloying
surfeiting
alarming
serious
distressing
harrowing
godawful
abysmal
cringe-making
beyond the pale
raunchy
from hell
very unpleasant
gnarly
godforsaken
depressing
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
of a thing
)
In terminal decline
moribund
declining
waning
stagnant
stagnating
crumbling
dying
obsolescent
weak
atrophying
forceless
dilapidated
in decline
standing still
on the decline
at a standstill
past it
past its best
seen better days
on the way out
on its last legs
Adjective
▲
Liable to spoil, rot
perishable
destructible
ephemeral
shortlived
unstable
easily spoiled
Adjective
▲
Characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline
decadent
corrupt
degenerate
dissolute
depraved
immoral
dissipated
rakish
self-indulgent
abandoned
degraded
debased
debauched
licentious
louche
profligate
shameless
sinful
sybaritic
unprincipled
wanton
demoralised
UK
demoralized
US
epicurean
fast-living
hedonistic
indulgent
intemperate
jackleg
libertine
loose
luxurious
overindulgent
perverse
perverted
rakehell
rakehelly
reprobate
sick
unclean
unrestrained
unwholesome
voluptuary
warped
pleasure-seeking
declining
evil
lost
moribund
wicked
gone bad
gone to the dogs
lewd
impure
lascivious
lecherous
unchaste
bad
sordid
vile
base
promiscuous
fast
vicious
voluptuous
immoderate
sensual
lustful
indecent
libidinous
disreputable
lotus-eating
extravagant
wild
pleasure-loving
obscene
carnal
pervy
corrupted
defiled
fallen
nefarious
iniquitous
rotten
ungodly
low
unhealthy
tainted
greedy
vice-ridden
hedonic
profane
deviant
villainous
vitiated
miscreant
immodest
twisted
dishonourable
UK
prurient
bacchanalian
unrighteous
sicko
kinky
unnatural
abnormal
dishonorable
US
profaned
excessive
amoral
desecrated
easy
uncleanly
impious
coarse
blasphemous
lavish
salacious
careless
irreligious
wrong
sullied
unsavoury
UK
mean
wrongful
parsimonious
effete
concupiscent
wayward
criminal
self-gratifying
morally wrong
improper
unsavory
US
swinging
despicable
raffish
unconstrained
unholy
fast and loose
high living
gross
atheistic
lubricious
sacrilegious
irreverent
ignoble
pampered
vulgar
godless
champagne
retrograde
unrefined
devil-may-care
scungy
infamous
retrogressive
sensualist
freethinking
contaminated
erring
monstrous
miserly
saturnalian
peccable
sleazy
brutal
irresponsible
riotous
imprudent
not pure
whorish
out of control
violated
deteriorated
drunken
open
light
of easy virtue
night owl
in the fast lane
lacking restraint
in the gutter
bestial
disgusting
crude
inferior
deviative
ribald
vulgarized
US
vulgarised
UK
unworthy
hardened
luxury-loving
Lucullan
goatish
randy
horny
aberrant
distorted
incorrigible
dubious
prodigal
comfort-seeking
lax
gastronomic
hellbent
raunchy
lickerish
gourmandizing
gluttonous
roundheeled
roguish
heedless
luscious
lush
Dionysiac
gone to seed
abased
unregenerate
scoundrelly
deviate
inconstant
gratifying
pleasurable
dirty
dishonoured
UK
binge-eating
flagitous
rascally
knavish
unaccommodating
shrewish
bad-tempered
incorrect
crabbed
churlish
ill-tempered
ill-natured
surly
spiteful
dishonored
US
boorish
baneful
flagitious
deleterious
unethical
filthy
grotesque
vitiate
sadistic
contorted
impaired
gourmand
connoisseur
foodie
sensuous
rude
foul
attractive
enticing
hedonist
delightful
appealing
desirable
erotic
pleasing
dirty-minded
degenerated
no better than one should be
dishonest
misguided
unscrupulous
unconscionable
unbelieving
sceptical
UK
agnostic
flatitious
demeaned
sinking
failing
fraudulent
unfair
devious
underhand
unvirtuous
pornographic
reckless
non-believing
heathen
heretical
non-theistic
faithless
gourmet
dodgy
black
crooked
shady
unlawful
cutthroat
bawdy
dark
Machiavellian
low-down
barbarian
pagan
infidel
barbarous
unjust
graceless
not cricket
X-rated
bohemian
dashing
jaunty
casual
sporty
unconventional
idolatrous
heathenish
audacious
carefree
brash
fast-paced
religionless
iconoclastic
nonreligious
dapper
nullifidian
undevout
frivolous
foolhardy
flashy
skeptical
US
free-thinking
unspiritual
daredevil
slack
harsh
flash
exciting
gadabout
temerarious
tawdry
colourful
UK
unusual
gay
free-spirited
individual
colorful
US
nasty
unpleasant
alloyed
adulterated
beastly
polluted
disagreeable
horrible
awful
offensive
hateful
shameful
cruel
atrocious
terrible
abominable
shocking
detestable
heinous
fiendish
dreadful
diabolical
abhorrent
reprehensible
mixed
adulterate
attenuated
inhuman
bastardized
US
loathsome
blended
brutish
repulsive
brute
revolting
appalling
bastardised
UK
odious
contemptible
disgraceful
yucky
wretched
God-awful
execrable
degrading
murderous
worthless
diabolic
ignominious
abject
shabby
egregious
watered down
stinking
snide
scurvy
currish
low-minded
paltry
mercenary
venal
praetorian
combined
admixed
squalid
rough
dissolved
objectionable
seedy
treacherous
underhanded
outrageous
notorious
horrid
ugly
uncharitable
illegitimate
scandalous
undignified
bent
illicit
unbecoming
lawless
illegal
repellent
nauseating
disturbing
disappointing
cowardly
inequitable
malfeasant
sickening
repugnant
dastardly
obnoxious
lamentable
caitiff
black-hearted
servile
off-color
inelegant
menial
off-putting
distasteful
piggish
ferine
swinish
animal
feral
irrational
savage
sorry
deplorable
seamy
miserable
humiliating
gut-churning
hellish
icky
sick-making
damnable
devilish
ferocious
ghastly
vomitous
bogging
noisome
noxious
lousy
violent
dangerous
yucko
disgustful
loathly
vomit-inducing
heartless
barbaric
callous
fierce
ruthless
cold-blooded
remorseless
merciless
bloody
bloodthirsty
inhumane
butcherly
fell
truculent
homicidal
grim
sanguinary
faulty
untamed
putrid
insubordinate
devalued
falsified
altered
doctored
weakened
more ❯
Adjective
▲
On the point of death
dying
moribund
expiring
failing
doomed
fading
going
declining
ebbing
foundering
sinking
decreasing
diminishing
dwindling
near death
subsiding
closing
disappearing
disintegrating
ending
fading fast
fated
in extremis
mortal
passing away
perishing
sinking fast
terminally ill
ultimate
withering
near the end
becoming extinct
breathing your last
done for
giving up the ghost
on your deathbed
in the jaws of death
on last leg
on the point of death
at death's door
at end of one's rope
one foot in grave
with one foot in the grave
not long for this world
waning
fey
deteriorating
failing rapidly
passing
ill
mortally ill
weakening
worsening
having one foot in the grave
one foot in the grave
slipping away
at the end of the rope
vanishing
on your last legs
hazy
paling
evanescent
last
final
critical
dire
growing dimmer
on the decline
twilight
near-death
more ❯
Noun
▲
Physical, mental, or structural deterioration
decline
deterioration
degeneration
decay
descent
ebbing
weakening
enfeeblement
debilitation
declension
degradation
fall
downfall
devolution
downgrade
decadence
degeneracy
ebb
eclipse
declination
worsening
drop
slide
regression
debasement
lapse
retrogression
sinking
decadency
undermining
destabilisation
UK
damage
destabilization
US
dissolution
dissipation
atrophy
disintegration
relapse
collapse
falling apart
comedown
demise
down
flameout
depreciation
abasement
cadence
downcome
downward spiral
decrease
ruin
waning
reduction
failure
diminution
loss
recession
downturn
crash
ruination
abatement
destruction
depletion
lessening
shrinkage
diminishment
tumble
overthrow
death
breakdown
slump
backsliding
decrement
dwindling
falloff
dent
drop-off
return
withering
dip
reversion
falling
plunge
slipping
plummet
dive
recidivism
slip
devaluation
corrosion
lowering
depression
downswing
extinction
falling away
disrepair
step down
dilapidation
wane
defeat
dégringolade
diminishing
nosedive
vanquishing
end
annihilation
labefaction
falling off
impoverishment
downgrading
depravation
demotion
backslide
reversing
retreat
rotation
reversal
inversion
stagnation
vitiation
recidivation
retrogradation
cut
fragmenting
adulteration
spoiling
perversion
dislocation
rotting
degringolade
breaking up
declivity
dropping off
fall-off
let-up
fall from grace
dereliction
exhaustion
downhill trend
nose dive
corruption
impairment
tainting
devastation
wasting away
deficiency
obliteration
devitalization
demolition
decimation
demolishment
decrepitude
desolation
attenuation
extermination
wastage
enervation
immiseration
havoc
subversion
crumbling
topple
downtrend
failing
break-up
falling to pieces
subsiding
flagging
de-escalation
slackening
easing
undoing
subsidence
petering out
fading away
disgrace
sweep
withdrawal
dying down
refluence
reflux
backflow
retroflux
dying away
dying out
falling-off
unseating
conquest
toppling
ousting
low water
low tide
outward flow
Waterloo
deposition
elimination
comeuppance
nemesis
bane
debacle
doom
rack and ruin
road to ruin
loss of power
loss of status
loss of prosperity
more ❯
Noun
▲
The process of atrophying or state of having atrophied
atrophy
wasting
withering
decay
deterioration
shriveling
US
shrivelling
UK
decline
degeneration
emaciation
meltdown
declining
degenerating
deteriorating
diminution
shrinking
wilting
debilitation
degeneracy
downgrade
enfeeblement
wasting away
weakening
drying up
shrivelling up
disintegration
degradation
crumbling
descent
collapse
ebbing
dilapidation
fading
declension
breakdown
rot
decadence
debasement
decomposition
devolution
spoliation
downfall
dissolution
failure
fall
adulteration
corruption
ruin
breaking down
aggravation
worsening
putrefaction
perishing
fragmenting
corrosion
break-up
downturn
lessening
devaluation
spoiling
drop
abasement
slump
retrogression
vitiation
ruining
destroying
slide
harm
slip
dissolving
falling down
falling apart
rotting
falling to pieces
breaking apart
breaking up
slipping
waning
lapse
failing
ebb
senescence
dying
spoilation
falling-off
mold
US
blight
putridness
decrease
decrepitude
rust
extinction
disrepair
gangrene
dwindling
depreciation
mortification
ruination
consumption
falloff
impairment
mould
UK
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to decline gradually in health, prosperity, or quality
in decline
atrophying
collapsing
crumbling
declining
disappearing
dying
failing
waning
moribund
obsolescent
on the decline
past its prime
on its last legs
on the way out
deteriorating
degenerating
sinking
rotting
ebbing
going downhill
fading
worsening
withering
retrograding
weakening
going to pot
diminishing
falling
regressing
slumping
going to the dogs
dwindling
languishing
slipping
dropping
lessening
going down the toilet
wasting away
devolving
hitting the skids
drooping
sliding
disintegrating
going to rack and ruin
descending
wilting
falling off
flagging
going down the tubes
dissolving
getting worse
wasting
wearing away
abating
decreasing
retrogressing
lowering
lapsing
decomposing
breaking down
subsiding
corroding
going
receding
petering out
spoiling
eroding
sagging
going to the pack
perishing
lagging
emaciating
depreciating
falling apart
dying out
going to seed
shriveling
US
shrivelling
UK
degrading
backsliding
becoming dilapidated
dying down
wearing down
melting away
impairing
dying away
breaking up
falling away
reducing
letting up
slackening
tailing off
disimproving
mouldering
UK
moldering
US
growing worse
taking a turn for the worse
growing less
going bad
abrading
consuming
tapering
putrefying
stagnating
fretting
relapsing
evaporating
moderating
dropping off
going backwards
corrupting
palling
falling into decay
tiring
depressing
melting
tapering off
fading away
becoming worse
fainting
falling to pieces
shrinking
contracting
easing
vanishing
reverting
quieting
gnawing
settling
destroying
eating
devaluating
debilitating
faltering
attenuating
slacking off
softening
running low
drying up
slowing down
nibbling
rusting
undermining
nosediving
vitiating
debasing
eating away
scouring
going off
draining away
growing dim
gnawing away at
gnawing away
going to pieces
biting
wearing out
biting at
biting into
eating away at
going from bad to worse
draining
oxidizing
US
slashing
curbing
dimming
checking
lightening
quelling
tarnishing
retreating
plummetting
plummeting
dispersing
cutting down
restraining
narrowing down
calming down
losing edge
withering away
evanescing
etiolating
remitting
dissipating
returning
relenting
weathering
running down
running to seed
breaking
de-escalating
going to ruin
falling into disrepair
dilapidating
trailing off
halting
damaging
going down
trailing
easing off
growing faint
ratcheting down
depraving
losing quality
wearing off
crumbling away
succumbing
wearing
giving out
worn through
burning through
fizzling out
phasing down
taking a nosedive
falling down
fading out
burning into
oxidising
UK
coming to an end
becoming less
dying on vine
sickening
plunging
fragmenting
oxidating
decrementing
going down the tube
becoming debilitated
blurring
growing smaller
becoming smaller
wearying
dying off
pining
cankering
flaking
drifting
tumbling
becoming marcescent
going into decline
falling apart at the seams
making something worse
rebating
caving in
wizening
mummifying
losing courage
rotting away
going mouldy
devaluing
breaking apart
cheapening
flying
dematerializing
fleeing
going into a tailspin
reaching a new low
falling steeply
adulterating
alloying
losing it
marring
injuring
skidding
easing up
liquefying
running through
exhausting
coming apart at seams
deliquescing
becoming less loud
growing feeble
rarefying
clearing
vanishing into thin air
evanishing
pooping out
thinning
becoming unimportant
folding
fagging out
hushing
passing off
tuckering out
modifying
curtailing
tailing away
losing
giving way
impoverishing
trembling
thinning out
crippling
relaxing
minimising
UK
limping
tottering
minimizing
US
cutting
losing spirit
growing weaker
recidivating
slipping back
retroceding
sinking back
drifting back
bending
dangling
passing
marking down
downgrading
losing headway
going back
losing ground
falling back
moving back
rolling back
throwing back
turning the clock back
turning back
turning
demoralizing
US
debauching
demoralising
UK
perverting
warping
staining
bowing
hanging
flopping
deflating
discounting
elapsing
discontinuing
chafing
concluding
quitting
finishing
ceasing
stopping
expiring
closing
terminating
ending
determining
rubbing
rasping
hanging down
stooping
withdrawing
retiring
flowing away
fraying
devalorizing
lowering in value
lowering in price
writing down
galling
bating
frazzling
leaving off
winding up
dead-ending
going dead
running out
packing in
breaking off
winking out
draping
scraping
scratching
grazing
corrading
petering
slouching
slinging
becoming limp
tiring out
leaning
becoming flaccid
lopping
suspending
letting down
grinding
depleting
scuffing
staling
going stale
becoming rusty
using
devouring
bothering
overworking
overusing
taxing
becoming worn
grinding away
wearing thin
rubbing away
scraping off
becoming threadbare
using up
washing away
rubbing down
scraping away
sapping
guttering
chipping away at
eating into
grinding down
winding down
becoming weak
going away
hitting rock bottom
pejorating
coming apart at the seams
reaching depths
more ❯
“For years Blackburn's Church Street Pavilions have been allowed to crumble and
decay
so that the Grade ll listed buildings have become nothing more than an eyesore.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to rot or cause to rot
rotting
decomposing
spoiling
festering
perishing
putrefying
deteriorating
disintegrating
breaking down
corrupting
mortifying
mouldering
UK
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
crumbling
degenerating
degrading
fouling
moulding
UK
molding
US
moldering
US
withering
going bad
going off
necrotizing
sphacelating
blighting
breaking up
corroding
curdling
defiling
discolouring
UK
discoloring
US
dissolving
mildewing
polluting
sapping
shriveling up
sickening
suppurating
turning
becoming contaminated
growing moldy
wearing away
tainting
falling apart
gangrening
souring
going moldy
going sour
necrosing
going mouldy
wasting away
becoming rotten
going to seed
going rancid
becoming rancid
dilapidating
stinking
composting
gathering
maturating
ulcerating
becoming inflamed
becoming infected
gathering dust
rotting away
dying
falling into decay
addling
acidifying
becoming addled
deadening
fermenting
becoming useless
going rotten
becoming sour
making rancid
becoming tainted
becoming gangrenous
turning bad
more ❯
“Masses of leaves may begin to
decay
and smother the plant beneath them.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy
fading
wilting
weakening
flagging
failing
withering
languishing
drooping
sinking
lagging
sagging
emaciating
going
wasting away
declining
deteriorating
wasting
shriveling up
dwindling
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
shrinking
rotting
atrophying
growing weak
degenerating
diminishing
ebbing
waning
crumbling
mouldering
UK
perishing
worsening
sickening
becoming emaciated
devolving
retrograding
descending
regressing
wizening
dying
moldering
US
pining
drying up
disintegrating
becoming shrunken
going downhill
aging
US
ageing
UK
going into a decline
weathering
disappearing
thinning
peaking
wearing away
becoming debilitated
becoming enfeebled
pining away
losing strength
drying
decreasing
lessening
depreciating
disimproving
spoiling
desiccating
folding
deflating
becoming limp
collapsing
blighting
blasting
constricting
contracting
becoming marcescent
becoming moribund
becoming stale
having one foot in the grave
fainting
tuckering
longing
hungering
yearning
hankering
brooding
desponding
teetering
ailing
withering away
fading away
fizzling out
going to pieces
knocking out
fagging out
conking out
going soft
dying on vine
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to become inactive or unchanging
stagnating
declining
languishing
deteriorating
vegetating
idling
rotting
rusting
doing nothing
falling
festering
becoming stagnant
constipating
hibernating
lying dormant
stalling
stifling
stultifying
trammelling
trammeling
going bad
going off
going rancid
going stale
not moving
sitting around
lying fallow
coming to a halt
grinding to a halt
going to seed
Verb
▲
Present participle for to form or discharge pus
suppurating
discharging
festering
gathering
maturating
oozing
weeping
rotting
running
exuding
mattering
putrefying
seeping
forming pus
swelling up
discharging pus
coming to a head
Verb
▲
Present participle for live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
vegetating
idling
languishing
loafing
stagnating
lazing
lounging
lolling
moldering
US
mouldering
UK
slouching
degenerating
deteriorating
doing nothing
existing
lazing about
lazing around
lounging about
loafing about
loafing around
lolling about
lolling around
lollygagging
lounging around
slouching about
slouching around
slummocking
hanging about
hanging around
hanging round
hibernating
mooching about
mooching around
vegging out
weakening
batting about
batting around
bumming around
going to seed
killing time
passing time
sitting around
going to pot
twiddling thumbs
Verb
▲
Present participle for have a severely detrimental effect on
blighting
marring
crushing
destroying
frustrating
ruining
spoiling
wrecking
dashing
undoing
disrupting
ending
preventing
quashing
quelling
scotching
demolishing
devastating
sabotaging
shattering
banjaxing
dishing
fouling up
nixing
playing havoc with
queering
scarring
scuppering
stymieing
annihilating
cruelling
disfiguring
doing in
euchring
lousing up
making a mess of
messing up
nullifying
putting an end to
screwing up
staining
afflicting
bringing to an end
damaging
disappointing
impairing
injuring
putting a stop to
tainting
trashing
making a hash of
putting paid to
blowing a hole in
bringing to naught
glitching up
putting the kibosh on
putting the lid on
putting a damper on
throwing a spanner in the works of
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
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