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wasting away

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Main Entry: decay
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: breaking down, collapse

Synonyms:

adulteration, atrophy, blight, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering

Antonyms:

development, flourish, germination, growth, improvement, ripening, strength, strengthening
Main Entry: decay
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deteriorate, crumble

Synonyms:

atrophy, be impaired, become contaminated, blight, break up, collapse, corrode, curdle, decline, decompose, defile, degenerate, depreciate, discolor, disintegrate, dissolve, dry-rot, dwindle, fade, fail, get worse, go bad, go to seed, go to the dogs, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, lessen, mildew, mold, molder, mortify, pejorate, perish, pollute, putrefy, putresce, reach depths, rot, sap, shrivel, sicken, sink, slump, spoil, suppurate, turn, wane, waste away, weaken, wear away, wither

Antonyms:

build, develop, flourish, germinate, grow, improve, ripen, strengthen
Main Entry: dissolve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: melt from solid to liquid; mix in

Synonyms:

defront, deliquesce, diffuse, fluidify, flux, fuse, liquefy, liquesce, render, run, soften, thaw, waste away

Antonyms:

coagulate, concentrate, solidify, unmix
Main Entry: dissolve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disappear, disintegrate

Synonyms:

break down, break into pieces, break up, crumble, decline, decompose, diffuse, dilapidate, disband, disperse, dissipate, dwindle, evanesce, evaporate, fade, melt away, perish, separate, unmake, vanish, waste away

Antonyms:

appear, assemble, integrate, put together, unite
Main Entry: eat
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: erode, wear away; use up

Synonyms:

bite, condense, corrode, crumble, decay, decompose, disappear, disintegrate, dissipate, dissolve, drain, exhaust, gnaw, liquefy, melt, nibble, rot, run through, rust, spill, squander, vanish, waste away

Antonyms:

build, maintain, preserve
Main Entry: fade
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dwindle, die out

Synonyms:

abate, attenuate, clear, decline, deliquesce, deteriorate, die away, die on vine, dim, diminish, disappear, disperse, dissolve, droop, ebb, etiolate, evanesce, evanish, evaporate, fag out, fail, fall, flag, fold, hush, languish, lessen, melt, melt away, moderate, perish, peter out, poop out, quiet, rarefy, shrivel, sink, slack off, taper, thin, tire, tucker out, vanish, wane, waste away, weaken, wilt, wither

Antonyms:

enhance, improve, recover, strengthen
Main Entry: go
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: elapse

Synonyms:

be spent, expire, flow, lapse, pass, pass away, slip away, transpire, waste away
Main Entry: languish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: droop; become dull, listless

Synonyms:

be disregarded, be neglected, brood, conk out, decline, desire, despond, deteriorate, die on vine, dwindle, ebb, fade, fag, fag out, fail, faint, fizzle out, flag, go soft, go to pieces, grieve, hanker, hunger, knock out, long, pine, repine, rot, sicken, sigh, snivel, sorrow, suffer, tucker, waste, waste away, weaken, wilt, wither, yearn

Antonyms:

flourish, grow, improve, strengthen
Main Entry: melt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: liquefy; dissolve

Synonyms:

cook, deliquesce, diffuse, disappear, disintegrate, disperse, evanesce, evaporate, fade, flow, flux, fuse, go, heat, merge, pass away, render, run, smelt, soften, thaw, vanish, warm, waste away

Antonyms:

coagulate, condense, solidify
Main Entry: rot
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: corrode, deteriorate

Synonyms:

break down, corrupt, crumble, debase, debauch, decay, decline, decompose, degenerate, demoralize, deprave, descend, disimprove, disintegrate, fester, go bad, go downhill, go to pot, languish, molder, perish, pervert, putrefy, retrograde, sink, spoil, stain, taint, turn, warp, waste away, wither, worsen

Antonyms:

build, flourish, grow
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