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单词 decaying
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decaying

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
(adjective) 
The source of the smell turned out to be decaying fruit.
Synonyms
rotting
deteriorating
disintegrating
crumbling
the building's leaking roofs, broken windows, and crumbling stonework
perishing
wasting away
wearing away
putrefying
gangrenous
putrefacient
(adjective) 
the problems of decaying inner city areas
Synonyms
declining
dying
Shipbuilding is a dying business.
failing
abandoned
a newsreel of abandoned puppies
neglected
The fact that he is not coming today makes his grandmother feel neglected.
waning
languishing
She was instrumental in the revival of his languishing career.
forsaken
a forsaken church and a derelict hotel

Additional synonyms

in the sense of abandoned
a 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
in the sense of crumbling
the building's leaking roofs, broken windows, and crumbling stonework
Synonyms
disintegrating,
collapsing,
deteriorating,
decaying,
eroding,
decomposing,
mouldering
in the sense of dying
Definition
becoming less important or less current
Shipbuilding is a dying business.
Synonyms
failing,
declining,
sinking,
foundering,
diminishing,
decreasing,
dwindling,
subsiding

Nearby words of
decaying

  • decapitate
  • decay
  • decayed
  • decaying
  • decease
  • deceased
  • deceit

Related terms of
decaying

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