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View usage for: decaying in British English (dɪˈkeɪɪŋ) adjective1. rotting as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposing 2. declining gradually in health, prosperity, excellence, etc Examples of 'decaying' in a sentencedecaying Just a pile of decaying mulch around my desk.We sat together in the small staff room on sagging sofas, amid a rich and pervasive smell of old upholstery and decaying dogs.They look like the ace of clubs painted in glossy yellow, and linger on the earth or the pavement for a long time without decaying. Synonyms of 'decaying'rotting, deteriorating, disintegrating, crumbling declining, dying, failing, abandoned More Synonyms of decaying The source of the smell turned out to be decaying fruit. Synonyms rotting deteriorating disintegrating perishing wasting away wearing away putrefying gangrenous putrefacient the problems of decaying inner city areas Additional synonymsa newsreel of abandoned puppies Synonyms deserted, dropped, rejected, neglected, stranded, ditched, discarded, relinquished, left, out of the window, outcast, forsaken, forlorn, cast off, jilted, cast aside, cast out, cast away the building's leaking roofs, broken windows, and crumbling stonework Synonyms disintegrating, collapsing, deteriorating, decaying, eroding, decomposing, mouldering Definition becoming less important or less current Shipbuilding is a dying business. Synonyms failing, declining, sinking, foundering, diminishing, decreasing, dwindling, subsiding - decapitate
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