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Pronunciation:
[ dˈa͡ɪɪŋ], [ dˈaɪɪŋ], [ d_ˈaɪ_ɪ_ŋ]
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adj.
• all (adjective)
- dying.
• done for (adjective)
- ausgespielt,
- washed up,
- kaput,
- packed-up,
- packed up,
- had it.
• fading (adjective)
- growing dimmer,
- more paling,
- most paling.
• failing, expiring (adjective)
- ebbing,
- withering,
- moribund,
- doomed,
- final,
- sinking,
- going,
- vanishing,
- giving up the ghost,
- mortal,
- declining,
- fated,
- one foot in grave,
- at end of rope,
- Disintegrating,
- on last leg,
- Decaying.
• low (adjective)
- lower.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- low,
- peaky,
- Hungering,
- starving,
- undernourished,
- flying light,
- peckish,
- rattleboned,
- done for,
- could eat a horse,
- malnourished,
- fading,
- dog-hungry.
• poisoned (adjective)
- fatally poisoned,
- more succumbing,
- most succumbing.
• regressive (adjective)
- decadent.
• starving (adjective)
- have munchies,
- more dog-hungry,
- most dog-hungry,
- more rattleboned,
- most dog hungry,
- peakier,
- more doghungry,
- peakiest,
- dog hungry,
- most doghungry,
- more dog hungry,
- doghungry,
- most rattleboned.
• starving/starved (adjective)
- more craving,
- under-nourished,
- more perishing,
- most craving,
- more hungering,
- most peckish,
- more undernourished,
- de-hydrated,
- de hydrated,
- more peckish,
- most dehydrated,
- most hungering,
- more malnourished,
- could eat horse,
- more starved,
- most pinched,
- more dehydrated,
- under nourished,
- more pinched,
- most perishing,
- most undernourished,
- most malnourished.
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- faltering,
- unworkable,
- on the rocks,
- not have a hope in hell,
- uncompetitive,
- disadvantageous,
- precarious,
- hopeless,
- shaky,
- unpromising.
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- not long for this world,
- someone’s/something’s days are numbered,
- on your last legs,
- someone’s number is up,
- on your deathbed,
- at death’s door.
• anxious (noun)
- anxious.
• death (noun)
- eternal rest,
- necrosis,
- finis,
- decease,
- after life,
- losses,
- mortality,
- finises,
- obliteration.
• decay (noun)
- de-compositions,
- wastings,
- spoilations,
- dis-repairs,
- de crease,
- de cadence,
- de-cadence,
- de-generations,
- dis integration,
- dis-integration,
- de cline,
- dis repairs,
- dis repair,
- crumblings,
- de cadences,
- de-cays,
- de-cay,
- de-crease,
- de-generation,
- de-composition,
- de composition,
- dis-integrations,
- perishings,
- dis integrations,
- de creases,
- de-clines,
- de-cadences,
- rottings,
- fadings,
- de generations,
- de cay,
- de cays,
- de clines,
- de-creases,
- de-cline,
- dis-repair,
- wasting aways,
- de generation,
- de compositions.
• decease (noun)
- de function,
- de ceases,
- de cease,
- passing aways,
- de-functions,
- defunctions,
- de-function,
- de-ceases,
- de-cease,
- de functions,
- the ends.
• demise (noun)
- de-mise,
- final thrills,
- number up,
- last roundups,
- lights outs,
- numbers up,
- last outs,
- numbers ups,
- de mise,
- number ups,
- de-mises,
- de mises,
- number’s ups.
• eager (noun)
- eager.
• expiration (noun)
- elapsings.
• fatality (noun)
- destructivenesses,
- lethalnesses,
- noxiousnesses.
• final rest (noun)
- final-rest,
- last sleeps,
- eternal sleeps,
- last rests,
- gravepassings,
- final sleeps.
• guttering (noun)
- guttering.
• guttering out (noun)
- guttering out.
• mortality (noun)
- loss of life.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- expiration,
- wasting away,
- putridness,
- lethality,
- failings,
- last sleep,
- spoilation,
- death,
- Gangrenes,
- putrescence,
- gangrene,
- noxiousness,
- final thrill,
- spoilage,
- inevitabilities,
- decay,
- the end,
- rotting,
- passing away,
- caries,
- last out,
- final sleep,
- number’s up,
- witherings,
- putrefaction,
- eternal sleep,
- inevitability,
- putridities,
- last roundup,
- last rest,
- Defunction,
- expiries,
- final rest,
- fatality,
- gravepassing,
- lethalness,
- putridity,
- rottenness,
- expiry,
- destructiveness,
- demise.
• putrefaction (noun)
- rottennesses.
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v.
• coloring (verb)
- shading,
- Inking,
- coloring,
- tinting,
- staining,
- painting.
• dying (verb)
- parting,
- Succumbing,
- departing,
- Perishing,
- passing,
- falling.
• ending (verb)
- Terminating,
- halting,
- Deceasing,
- stopping,
- Culminating,
- closing,
- concluding,
- finishing,
- exiting,
- expiring,
- finalizing,
- wrapping up,
- passing on,
- Capping,
- completing,
- Accomplishing,
- Checkmating,
- Ceasing,
- winding up,
- ending.
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Other synonyms:
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- death toll,
- failing,
- morbidity,
- funneling,
- Death Certificate,
- death rattle,
- sympathy card,
- Equaling,
- Dueling,
- deathly,
- unlit,
- deathbed,
- goner,
- rigor mortis,
- semiconscious,
- bereavement,
- death rate,
- bereaved,
- the bereaved,
- tying,
- last words.
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- ghoulish,
- fatally,
- burn down,
- flatline,
- Poisoned,
- death sentence,
- quietus,
- posthumous,
- morbid,
- in extremis,
- death throes.
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- loss,
- finished.
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•
- D,
- die.
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•
- burn out.
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- bad,
- grave,
- lose.
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- go out.
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- out.
How to use «Dying» in context?
What does the word «die» mean?
Die is a word that means to break or to disintegrate. It comes from the Old English word diere which meant to cut.
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, plural
deaths.
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Noun, plural
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
death, deaths.
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Noun, plural
Babies, Casualties, Fatalities, Lives, Shots, Killings, Mortalities, Murders, rattles, goners.
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Noun, singular or mass
death, deaths.
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Verb, past tense
Succumbed.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
ailing, being, boring, breathing, case, closing, declining, develop, disappearing, dream, dreaming, dyeing, endangered, faltering, farming, feeling, going, itching, knowing, lending, living, longing, looking, losing, lying, missing, narrowing, nuts, picking, remaining, saying, sinking, stabbing, struggling, stumbling, telling, thinking, thrilling, trying, vanishing, waiting, waning, wanting, willing, Attaining, Decorating, Defaulting, Destroying, Injuring, Kidding, Occurring, Preparing, cases, busting, fucking.
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Proper noun, singular
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Proper noun, singular
Dies.
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Interjection
death.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
death.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Dying:
- Dayton Axe, diatomic, dimness, dynamics, dimaggio, danish, danzig, dung, downy chess, doings, dominique, dae-han-min-gook, demise, damascus, deimos, dingy, deionize, doting, dawning, damage, dunnock, dowdiness, danseuse, damning, Dayton Ax, dingo, dunk, demagogue, demonic, dating, dinka, demagog, denounce, downing, dehumanize, dominic, dionysus, death mask, dynamic, dinge, DMZ, dinky, deaminize, donnish, deadening, dunce, dominick, demagogic, dinkey, demonize, damask, dominus, demoniac, damages, dimash, dominica, dyeing, demonise, dink, dank, downy ash, dominoes, domingo, dinghy, dumuzi, diminish, dense, dynamize, Dominicus, dance, downiness, dehumanise, dionysia, dmus, donkey, de-iodinase, dionysius, ding, diatonic, demagogy, Den Haag, dominos, deadness, dynamise, deinonychus, dominance, dining, data mining, demeaning, dieting, dong, dengue, dumas, danaus, dowding.
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Synonyms of dying
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adjective
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as in fallen
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noun
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as in perishing
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verb
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as in falling
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as in stopping
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as in failing
- as in fallen
- as in perishing
- as in falling
- as in stopping
- as in failing
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dying
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adjective
Definition of dying
as in fallen
nearly dead
we watered the dying plants just in time
Synonyms & Similar Words
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fallen
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dead
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gone
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moribund
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sinking
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fading
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declining
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expiring
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deteriorating
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deceased
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at death’s door
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passing away
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lifeless
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passed away
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departed
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demised
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defunct
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terminal
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decadent
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alive
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live
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living
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surviving
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breathing
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quick
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existing
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being
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animate
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subsisting
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thriving
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flourishing
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booming
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roaring
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vital
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bouncing
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prospering
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energetic
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lively
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spirited
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animated
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vivacious
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perky
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frisky
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sprightly
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peppy
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jazzy
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springy
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zippy
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sprightful
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alive
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live
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living
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surviving
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breathing
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quick
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existing
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being
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animate
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subsisting
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thriving
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flourishing
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booming
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roaring
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vital
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bouncing
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prospering
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energetic
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lively
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spirited
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animated
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vivacious
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perky
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frisky
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sprightly
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peppy
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jazzy
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springy
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zippy
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sprightful
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dying
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noun
as in perishing
Synonyms & Similar Words
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perishing
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death
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demise
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expiring
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decease
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fading
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shriveling
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wilting
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ebbing
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withering
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waning
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exit
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expiration
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shrivelling
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declining
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expiry
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end
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decaying
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decay
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reversion
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deterioration
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regression
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retrogression
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decline
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degeneration
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decadence
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declension
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descent
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
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maturing
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growth
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maturation
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development
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flowering
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ripening
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flourishing
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blossoming
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softening
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mellowing
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maturing
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growth
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maturation
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development
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flowering
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ripening
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flourishing
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blossoming
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softening
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mellowing
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dying
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verb
present participle of die
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as in falling
to stop living
the king died of old age after a long and fruitful reign
Synonyms & Similar Words
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perishing
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falling
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succumbing
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going
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disappearing
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expiring
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fading
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departing
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exiting
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deceasing
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ending
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flatlining
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failing
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croaking
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demising
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parting
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dropping
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checking out
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passing away
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popping off
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buying it
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kicking off
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stepping out
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pegging out
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kicking in
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snuffing it
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consuming
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kicking the bucket
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buying the farm
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passing (on)
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giving up the ghost
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biting the dust
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conking (out)
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predeceasing
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drying up
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
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living
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breathing
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reviving
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being
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lingering
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existing
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subsisting
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thriving
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prospering
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flourishing
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coming to
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living
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breathing
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reviving
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being
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lingering
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existing
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subsisting
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thriving
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prospering
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flourishing
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coming to
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as in stopping
to come to an end
the storm died just as dawn was breaking over the horizon
Synonyms & Similar Words
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stopping
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ending
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expiring
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ceasing
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passing
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halting
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going
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concluding
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finishing
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lapsing
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terminating
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closing
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stalling
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elapsing
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discontinuing
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quitting
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determining
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breaking off
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leaving off
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breaking up
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winding up
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letting up
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dead—ending
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staying
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pausing
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biting the dust
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winking (out)
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knocking off
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cutting out
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suspending
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breaking down
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giving over
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winding down
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laying off (of)
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abating
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refraining (from)
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desisting (from)
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packing (up or in)
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conking (out)
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petering (out)
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continuing
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persisting
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prolonging
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hanging on
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extending
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protracting
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drawing out
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continuing
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persisting
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prolonging
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hanging on
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extending
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protracting
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drawing out
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as in failing
to stop functioning
fortunately, when the engine died we were only two blocks from home
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failing
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crashing
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stalling
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breaking
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cutting out
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breaking down
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wheezing
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giving out
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sputtering
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malfunctioning
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fizzling
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conking (out)
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jamming
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acting up
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starting (up)
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starting (up)
Thesaurus Entries Near dying
dyestuffs
dying
dying (away or down or out)
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death, dying, demiseadjective
the time when something ends
«it was the death of all his plans»; «a dying of old hopes»
Synonyms:
decease, expiry, end, death, destruction, last, demiseAntonyms:
nascent, parturient, emergent, emerging, uneager, dissilient -
dyingadjective
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
«a dying man»; «his dying wish»; «a dying fire»; «a dying civilization»
Synonyms:
anxious(p), dying(p)Antonyms:
parturient, nascent, dissilient, uneager, emergent, emerging -
anxious(p), dying(p)adjective
eagerly desirous
«anxious to see the new show at the museum»; «dying to hear who won»
Antonyms:
parturient, emergent, nascent, emerging, dissilient, uneager
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How to use dying in a sentence?
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Tom Coderre:
It took too long to get to where we are today. I think there was thought they could do this without declaring a national emergency, but people are dying.
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Michael Strahan:
I’m not dying. I’m still in the family. And I’m still available to come back, i don’t like a big to-do about it.
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David Kessler:
In the actual book, she talked about more than five stages, think about the context of 1969 — doctors and hospital personnel were not talking about the end-of-life process. … Elisabeth really hoped’ On Death and Dying’ would start the conversation.
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Clarissa Ward:
I think what this really highlights (is) the fundamental disconnect that exists between the people who are fighting and dying here on the ground and the people who are brokering deals overseas.
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Amy Klobuchar:
Social media has greatly contributed to this misinformation. There’s no doubt, when we have a public health crisis and people are dying every day, enough is enough. These are the richest companies in the world. … There’s absolutely no reason they shouldn’t be able to monitor this better and take this crap off of their platforms that are basically telling people,’ Oh, hey, there’s problems,’ when we know science proves there isn’t.
Translations for dying
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- الموتArabic
- умиращи, предсмъртен, умиращ, умиране, пропадащBulgarian
- umírání, umírajícíCzech
- døendeDanish
- sterbend, SterbenGerman
- moribundoSpanish
- kuoleminen, kuolin-, loppu-, viime, tylsä, kuoleva, viimeinenFinnish
- mourant, en train de mourirFrench
- मौतHindi
- haldokló, haldoklásHungarian
- sekaratIndonesian
- 瀕死, 消えそうな, 末期, 死にそうなJapanese
- ಸಾಯುತ್ತಿರುವುದುKannada
- 사망Korean
- [[de]] [[morte]], moribundo, morrentePortuguese
- умирание, гибнуть, погибать, предсмертный, умиратьRussian
- döds-, dödsbädds-, döendeSwedish
- இறக்கும்Tamil
- మరణిస్తున్నTelugu
- вмираєUkrainian
- deadamVolapük
- 垂死Chinese
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Table Of Contents:
- Dying as a Noun
- Definitions of «Dying» as a noun
- Synonyms of «Dying» as a noun (2 Words)
- Usage Examples of «Dying» as a noun
- Dying as an Adjective
- Definitions of «Dying» as an adjective
- Synonyms of «Dying» as an adjective (13 Words)
- Usage Examples of «Dying» as an adjective
- Associations of «Dying» (30 Words)
The synonyms of “Dying” are: anxious, terminally ill, in the jaws of death, near death, passing away, moribund, breathing one’s last, not long for this world, final, last, declining, passing, waning, death, demise
Dying as a Noun
Definitions of «Dying» as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dying” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- The time when something ends.
Synonyms of «Dying» as a noun (2 Words)
death | The personification of death. He seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life. |
demise | The end or failure of an enterprise or institution. The demise of industry. |
Usage Examples of «Dying» as a noun
- A dying of old hopes.
Dying as an Adjective
Definitions of «Dying» as an adjective
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dying” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
- Gradually ceasing to exist or function; in decline and about to disappear.
- In or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be.
- (of a period of time) final; closing.
- Eagerly desirous.
- On the point of death.
- Occurring at or connected with the time that someone dies.
Synonyms of «Dying» as an adjective (13 Words)
anxious | Eagerly desirous. The company was anxious to avoid any trouble. |
breathing one’s last | Passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination. |
declining | Becoming smaller, fewer, or less; decreasing. Declining industries. |
final | Reached or designed to be reached as the outcome of a process or a series of actions and events. The final chapter. |
in the jaws of death | Directed or bound inward. |
last | Not to be altered or undone. Whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was to be determined individually. |
moribund | (of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigour. On examination she was moribund and dehydrated. |
near death | Very close in resemblance. |
not long for this world | Planning prudently for the future. |
passing | (of a resemblance or similarity) slight. Passing cars. |
passing away | Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough. |
terminally ill | Being or situated at an end. |
waning | Pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases. |
Usage Examples of «Dying» as an adjective
- A dying fire.
- He strained to catch her dying words.
- A dying civilization.
- His dying wish.
- Dying to hear who won.
- The making of valves is a dying art.
- He visited his dying mother.
- The dying embers of the fire.
- The dying moments of the match.
- A dying man.
Associations of «Dying» (30 Words)
casualty | The department of a hospital providing immediate treatment for emergency cases. He went to casualty to have a cut stitched. |
completion | A concluding action. The completion date is early next year. |
death | The personification of death. An increase in deaths from skin cancer. |
decease | Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. He deceased at his palace of Croydon. |
demise | Transmit (a sovereign’s title) by death or abdication. The demised property. |
end | The point in time at which something ends. My property ends by the bushes. |
euthanasia | The act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness. |
expiry | The end of the period for which something is valid. An expiry date. |
final | The final approach of an aircraft to the runway it will be landing on. The decision of the judging panel is final. |
finis | The end (printed at the end of a book or shown at the end of a film). The market was up at the finish. |
garrote | An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation. |
holocaust | An act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire. A nuclear holocaust. |
inter | Place (a corpse) in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites. He was interred with the military honours due to him. |
intestacy | The situation of being or dying without a legally valid will. |
intestate | A person who has died without having made a will. Intestate property. |
knell | Proclaim something by or as if by a knell. Emails and text messages are sounding the knell for the written word. |
last | The last mention or sight of someone or something. The bad weather lasted for three days. |
moribund | (of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigour. The moribund commercial property market. |
perish | Die, especially in a violent or sudden way. I was perished with cold before the end of the day. |
peroration | (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration. He summarized his main points in his peroration. |
quietus | Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb. |
remembrance | The action of remembering something. They exchanged fond remembrances of his gentle ways. |
rip | The act of rending or ripping or splitting something. The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly. |
sacrificial | Used in or connected with a sacrifice. An altar for sacrificial offerings. |
sepulchral | Relating to a tomb or interment. The sepulchral darkness of the catacombs. |
strangle | Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air. They allowed bureaucracy to strangle initiative. |
suffocate | Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of. The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor. |
suffocation | A feeling of being trapped and oppressed. The occupants died of suffocation inside the airtight compartment. |
valediction | A statement or address made at or as a farewell. His official memorial valediction. |
valedictory | A farewell address. This book of memoirs reads like his valedictory. |