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| Main Entry: | decaying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotting |
| Synonyms: | crumbling, breaking down, breaking up, collapsing, decomposing, deteriorating, disintegrating, eroding, falling to pieces, oxidizing, rusting, spoiling, wasting away, wearing away |
| Main Entry: | decay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deteriorate, crumble |
| Synonyms: | atrophy, blight, break up, collapse, corrode, curdle, decline, decompose, defile, degenerate, depreciate, discolor, disintegrate, dissolve, dwindle, fade, fail, lessen, mildew, mold, molder, mortify, perish, pollute, putrefy, rot, sap, shrivel, sicken, sink, slump, spoil, suppurate, turn, wane, weaken, wither, be impaired, become contaminated, dry-rot, get worse, go bad, go to seed, go to the dogs, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, pejorate, putresce, reach depths, waste away, wear away |
| Antonyms: | build, develop, flourish, germinate, grow, improve, ripen, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | decadent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, self-indulgent |
| Synonyms: | debased, debauched, decaying, degenerate, degraded, depraved, dissolute, effete, evil, immoral, lost, moribund, perverted, wanton, wicked, declining, gone bad, gone to the dogs, overripe |
| Antonyms: | benevolent, good, humble, kind, moral |
| Main Entry: | deterioration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay, degeneration |
| Synonyms: | abasement, adulteration, atrophy, corrosion, crumbling, debasement, decadence, decaying, decline, decomposition, degradation, depreciation, descent, dilapidation, disintegration, dislocation, disrepair, downfall, downgrade, downturn, drop, fall, lapse, lessening, perversion, retrogression, rotting, ruin, slump, declension, declination, degringolade, devaluation, spoiling, vitiation, worsening |
| Antonyms: | betterment, building, construction, development, improvement |
| Main Entry: | dilapidated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | falling apart; in ruins |
| Synonyms: | broken-down, crumbling, crumbly, crummy*, damaged, decayed, decaying, decrepit, derelict, dingy, faded, impaired, injured, neglected, old, ramshackle, ratty*, raunchy, rickety, run-down, seedy, shabby, shaky, tacky, threadbare, unimproved, unkempt, worn-out, battered, beat-up, dog-eared, fallen-in, in a bad way, marred, rinky-dink, slummy, tumble-down, uncared for, used-up |
| Antonyms: | rebuilt, in good repair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | failing, expiring |
| Synonyms: | at death's door, at end of rope, decaying, declining, disintegrating, done for*, doomed, ebbing, fading, fated, final, giving up the ghost, going, in extremis, moribund, mortal, on last leg, one foot in grave, passing, perishing, sinking, vanishing, withering |
| Antonyms: | creating, developing, growing, living, reviving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perishable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liable to spoil, rot |
| Synonyms: | decaying, short-lived, unstable, decomposable, destructible, easily spoiled |
| Antonyms: | continuation, endurance |
| Main Entry: | seedy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | run-down, dilapidated |
| Synonyms: | ailing, beat up, bedraggled, crummy*, decaying, decrepit, dingy, drooping, droopy, faded, frowzy, grubby, mangy, messy, neglected, old, overgrown, poor, poorly, ragged, ratty, scruffy, shabby, sickly, sleazy*, slovenly, squalid, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, torn, unkempt, untidy, unwell, worn, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel*, flagging, gone to seed, in a bad way, sagging, used up, wilted, wilting |
| Antonyms: | luxurious, nice, posh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crumbling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotting |
| Synonyms: | breaking, decaying, breaking up, collapsing, disintegrating |
| Main Entry: | worn out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overused |
| Synonyms: | crumbling, decaying, deteriorated, dilapidated, ramshackle, run-down, battered, broken down, decrepit. in ruins, falling apart, falling down, in disrepair, the worse for wear |
| Main Entry: | rotting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crumbling |
| Synonyms: | decaying, rotten, decomposing, disintegrating, wasting away |
| Main Entry: | shabby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken-down; in poor shape |
| Synonyms: | bare, bedraggled, crummy, decayed, decaying, decrepit, desolate, deteriorated, dilapidated, dingy, disreputable, faded, mangy, meager, mean, miserable, moth-eaten, neglected, pitiful, poor, poverty-stricken, ragged, ramshackle, ratty, rickety, ruined, ruinous, run-down, scruffy, seedy, shoddy, sleazy, slipshod, squalid, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, worn, worn-out, wretched, degenerated, deteriorating, disfigured, dog-eared, frayed, gone to seed, scrubby, worse for wear |
| Antonyms: | good, nice |
| Main Entry: | withering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | shriveling |
| Synonyms: | decaying, drooping, fading, shrinking, wilting |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrode, eat away |
| Synonyms: | burn, consume, decay, decompose, deteriorate, dissolve, engrave, erode, etch, oxidize, rot, rust, scour, sear, slash, smart, sting, tingle, eat into, wear away |
| Main Entry: | blight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin, destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, blast, crush, damage, dash, decay, disappoint, foul up*, frustrate, injure, mar, mess up*, nip in the bud*, nullify, shrivel, spoil, taint, trash*, wither, wreck, glitch up |
| Antonyms: | aid, bless, guard, help, prosper, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, crush, decay, demolish, devastate, eat up, exhaust, expend, extinguish, overwhelm, ravage, raze, ruin, suppress, waste, wreck, lay waste |
| Antonyms: | build, construct |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pervert; pollute |
| Synonyms: | abase, abuse, adulterate, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, harm, hurt, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, waste, animalize, grease palm, ill-treat |
| Antonyms: | better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | crumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break or fall into pieces |
| Synonyms: | break up, collapse, crumb, crush, decay, decompose, degenerate, deteriorate, disintegrate, dissolve, fragment, go to pieces, granulate, grind, molder, perish, powder, pulverize, putrefy, triturate, tumble |
| Antonyms: | build, put together |
| Main Entry: | decline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lessen, become less |
| Synonyms: | abate, backslide, cheapen, decay, decrease, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, disintegrate, droop, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fail, fall, fall off, flag, languish, lapse, lower, pine, recede, relapse, retrograde, return, revert, rot, sag, settle, shrink, sink, slide, subside, wane, weaken, worsen, disimprove, go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, lose value |
| Notes: | one declines (or accepts) something that is offered; one refuses (or agrees) to accept something offered |
| Antonyms: | improve, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | decompose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rot, break up |
| Synonyms: | crumble, decay, disintegrate, dissolve, fall apart, fester, molder, putrefy, spoil, taint, turn, break down, putresce |
| Antonyms: | combine, develop, grow, improve |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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