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Adjective
▲
Bending or hanging downward or forward
drooping
droopy
bowed
bowing
descending
flagging
hanging
hung
sagging
stooping
declined
descendant
descendent
inclining
nodding
pendulous
weeping
floppy
sinking
dangling
saggy
flaccid
downhill
plunging
down
wilting
downward
falling
bending
flabby
more ❯
“You can cut the declining flowers to encourage more blooms.”
Adjective
▲
Decreasing in amount
decreasing
diminishing
dwindling
abating
falling
lessening
disappearing
fading
sinking
vanishing
weakening
waning
ebbing
subsiding
dropping
plunging
slumping
reducing
shrinking
plummeting
lowering
deteriorating
retreating
receding
withdrawing
bearish
slackening
lightening
depreciating
sagging
more ❯
“The declining population of honey bees, particularly due to colony collapse disorder, is troubling.”
Adjective
▲
Deteriorating in quality
deteriorating
worsening
failing
waning
weakening
fading
flagging
wilting
languishing
tiring
sinking
slumping
ebbing
dwindling
drooping
wearying
faltering
droopy
diminishing
abating
slowing down
palling
sagging
weak
dying
idling
withering
bear
sickening
weakened
more ❯
“It has led to declining standards of living and widening income disparities.”
Adjective
▲
In the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
obsolescent
outdated
waning
old-fashioned
outmoded
dying out
agingUS
ageingUK
antiquated
becoming obsolete
disappearing
moribund
out of date
unfashionable
antediluvian
archaic
dated
obsolete
old
on the decline
on the wane
on the way out
out-of-date
senescent
superseded
undesirable
past its prime
behind the times
going out of fashion
going out of use
growing old
out of style
past it
not with it
on its last legs
out of fashion
out of the ark
more ❯
Adjective
▲
In a dilapidated or disintegrating condition, typically about to fall apart
decaying
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
oxidisingUK
oxidizingUS
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
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Unsuccessful or dull from lack of change or development
dormant
stagnant
inactive
flat
slow
sluggish
depressed
stagnating
dull
dying
lethargic
moribund
quiet
static
dead
passive
drowsing
fallow
immobile
slack
torpid
slow-moving
listless
sleepy
inert
idle
slothful
indolent
lifeless
leaden
heavy
apathetic
lackadaisical
drowsy
ponderous
laggard
lazy
unproductive
plodding
dilatory
tardy
supine
quiescent
dreamy
not busy
motionless
phlegmatic
languid
lagging
crawling
dawdling
measured
creeping
somnolent
enervated
languorous
snaillike
leisurely
delaying
unenergetic
indifferent
limp
moderate
easy
tortoiselike
postponing
deliberate
loitering
procrastinating
gradual
slow-going
slow-paced
slow-footed
still
calm
serene
boring
tired
latent
undisturbed
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Reverting to an earlier and inferior condition
retrogressive
backward
degenerating
deteriorating
getting worse
reverting
worsening
astern
behind
inverted
rearward
regressive
retrograde
downward
unwelcome
negative
downhill
unprogressive
relapsing
waning
degenerate
degenerative
slipping
for the worse
lapsing
catabolic
sinking
receding
reversing
fading
falling
failing
Adjective
▲
Shy
shrinking
shy
retiring
timid
bashful
coy
diffident
modest
timorous
self-effacing
reticent
withdrawn
unassertive
reserved
introverted
meek
quiet
demure
unconfident
insecure
hesitant
backward
unassuming
humble
sheepish
inhibited
nervous
mousy
unsure
restrained
momUS
mumUK
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Of or relating to a recession
recessionary
failing
falling
in depression
in recession
in slump
Adjective
▲
Affected by a disease or illness
sick
ill
unwell
ailing
indisposed
infirm
unhealthy
debilitated
poorly
unsound
diseased
weak
bedridden
crook
disordered
infected
invalid
rickety
feeble
frail
pale
sickened
bad
down
feverish
grim
impaired
incurable
off
peaked
rocky
suffering
tottering
confined
defective
delicate
hospitalisedUK
hospitalizedUS
imperfect
peaky
wobbly
wretched
laid up
laid-up
below par
broken down
not healthy
off-color
run down
run-down
under par
under the weather
in poor health
not oneself
not so hot
off colour
out of sorts
under medication
in a bad way
sick as a dog
on the sick list
more ❯
Adjective
▲
On the point of death
dying
moribund
expiring
failing
doomed
fading
going
ebbing
foundering
sinking
decreasing
diminishing
dwindling
near death
subsiding
closing
decaying
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
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not compliant
noncompliant
defiant
disobedient
dissenting
nonconforming
uncooperative
belligerent
irregular
negative
refractory
contumacious
declinatory
divergent
impatient
objecting
rebellious
recalcitrant
refusing
restive
truculent
wayward
intractable
wilful
insubordinate
obstreperous
unruly
contrary
froward
ungovernable
balky
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Weak or lacking in strength
weakened
debilitated
enfeebled
sapped
asthenic
delicate
down-and-out
effete
enervated
faint
feeble
frail
infirm
languid
low
prostrate
prostrated
slight
soft
softened
tender
unsubstantial
wasted
weak
wimpish
wimpy
deteriorated
faded
exhausted
spent
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Passive
recessive
dormant
ebbing
falling
hidden
inactive
latent
lowering
masked
passive
receding
regressive
relapsing
retreating
suppressed
suspended
unrevealed
Adjective
▲
Being of advanced years in age
elderly
aged
old
ancient
ageingUK
mature
venerable
senior
grey-haired
grizzled
hoary
older
decrepit
geriatric
greyUK
doddery
senescent
superannuated
getting on
grey-bearded
patriarchal
agingUS
centenarian
doddering
long-lived
nonagenarian
octogenarian
over-the-hill
past it
senile
septuagenarian
unyoung
longevous
grayUS
olden
retired
tired
advanced in years
no spring chicken
over the hill
as old as the hills
been around
full of years
long in the tooth
past your prime
long in tooth
lot of mileage
not as young as one was
not long for this world
of advanced years
on last leg
not as young as one used to be
more ❯
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
demoralisedUK
demoralizedUS
epicurean
fast-living
hedonistic
indulgent
intemperate
jackleg
libertine
loose
luxurious
overindulgent
perverse
perverted
rakehell
rakehelly
reprobate
sick
unclean
unrestrained
unwholesome
voluptuary
warped
pleasure-seeking
decaying
evil
lost
moribund
wicked
gone bad
gone to the dogs
more ❯
Verb
▲
In a period of decrease or decline
on the wane
contracting
decreasing
diminishing
dwindling
shrinking
dimming
drooping
ebbing
fading away
growing faint
on the decline
sinking
slackening
subsiding
tailing off
tapering off
abating
attenuating
dissolving
failing
falling off
lessening
petering out
receding
winding down
atrophying
deteriorating
flagging
giving way
in remission
melting away
slumping
weakening
collapsing
crumbling
degenerating
disintegrating
dying out
evaporating
in a slump
obsolescent
on the way out
vanishing
withering
evanescing
moribund
drawing to a close
in a state of deterioration
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refuse or say no to
refusing
rejecting
passing
desisting
dismissing
rebuffing
snubbing
spurning
denying
repudiating
shunning
abjuring
forbearing
forgoing
renouncing
avoiding
disapproving
repulsing
eschewing
demurring
reprobating
baulking at
demurring at
knocking back
passing on
passing up
saying no to
turning down
abstaining from
brushing aside
balking at
refraining from
shying from
desisting from
not accepting
withholding from
opting out
refusing to take advantage of
look down one's nose at
opting out of
shaking one's head
giving the red light
giving the thumbs down
“Due to unforeseen circumstances, I will have to respectfully decline your invitation.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to become smaller, weaker, or less important
deteriorating
degenerating
dropping
decaying
falling
worsening
ebbing
fading
failing
crumbling
degrading
atrophying
debilitating
diminishing
waning
depreciating
retrograding
retrogressing
spoiling
regressing
slumping
weakening
withering
languishing
receding
sliding
slipping
collapsing
devolving
flagging
nosediving
contracting
disintegrating
rotting
wilting
drooping
lapsing
lowering
palling
backsliding
disimproving
slackening
becoming worse
fading away
getting worse
going downhill
growing worse
falling apart
falling off
going bad
hitting the skids
breaking down
going down the toilet
going down the tubes
wasting away
“His health would begin to decline at a rapid pace due to his new and extreme diet.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to go to a lower level, especially abruptly
sinking
dropping
falling
attenuating
plunging
collapsing
descending
dipping
decreasing
plummeting
plummetting
reducing
abating
contracting
crashing
diminishing
dwindling
easing
ebbing
lessening
receding
shrinking
tapering
waning
diving
lowering
moderating
relenting
slumping
subsiding
tumbling
depreciating
nosediving
remitting
de-escalating
dropping off
falling off
getting less
going down
growing smaller
nose-diving
dying down
dying out
falling away
tailing off
tapering off
getting smaller
going downwards
taking a nosedive
becoming lower
getting lower
“The region's population would continue to decline over the coming years.”
Noun
▲
An instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer
decrease
decline
reduction
lessening
diminution
drop
shrinkage
abatement
contraction
cutback
diminishing
downturn
ebb
loss
lowering
curtailment
cut
discount
falling off
wane
waning
decrement
dent
depletion
depression
diminishment
drop-off
dwindling
fall
falloff
slackening
downtick
subsidence
compression
condensation
constriction
decrescence
de-escalation
striction
dying down
step down
letting up
more ❯
Noun
▲
The dismissing or refusing of a proposal, idea, etc
rejection
refusal
dismissal
denial
rebuff
knock-back
no
spurning
non-acceptance
veto
abandonment
declination
disallowance
disowning
exclusion
nay
nonacceptance
turndown
brushoff
eschewal
renunciation
repudiation
bounce
casting off
denunciation
elimination
negative
nix
pass
refutation
turning down
bum's rush
cold shoulder
hard time
no dice
no go
nothing doing
no way
the old heave-ho
kick in teeth
kick in the teeth
thumbs down
slap in the face
more ❯
Noun
▲
The process of atrophying or state of having atrophied
atrophy
wasting
withering
decay
decaying
deterioration
shrivelingUS
shrivellingUK
decline
degeneration
emaciation
meltdown
degenerating
deteriorating
diminution
shrinking
wilting
debilitation
degeneracy
downgrade
enfeeblement
wasting away
weakening
drying up
shrivelling up
downfall
decadence
breakdown
disintegration
dilapidation
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of abstaining from something, such as drinking alcohol
abstention
refraining
abstinence
desisting
avoidance
forbearing
keeping
withholding
desistance
eschewal
forbearance
forgoing
holding back
nonindulgence
shunning
avoidance of
eschewal of
non-indulgence
nonparticipation
refusal of
renunciation of
self-control
abjuration of
doing without
going without
refrainment
holding off
elusion
evasion
escape
eluding
ducking
eschewing
dodging
shaking
out
cop-out
circumvention
shirking
skirting
escapism
fudging
abstaining
Noun
▲
Accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time
agingUS
crumbling
developing
fading
fermenting
maturing
mellowing
senescent
slumping
stale
waning
getting along
getting on
wearing out
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