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Decay

//diˈkeɪ//

Synonyms for "decay" (176 found)

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Informal (25)

Noun, verb, slang(6 words)

turn break up smut wane slime snot

Name, noun, verb, slang(8 words)

work mess wear sap seed rot slough muck

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Contraction, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, verb, slang(1 words)

Verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(2 words)

General use (151)

Name, noun, verb(7 words)

mold mould moulder rust crumble fester molder

Noun, verb(25 words)

ruin decline collapse spoil defile ferment decrease wreck dissolve break down fading atrophy canker downfall fission rankle weakening gangrene mildew pus

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disrepair dandruff rotting wear and tear caries

Noun(57 words)

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Adj, verb(6 words)

corrupt pollute contaminate stagnate dilapidate sphacelate

Adj, noun, verb(8 words)

sour degenerate ebb wasting twilight crumbling desiccate splitting

Verb(33 words)

diminish consume weaken disintegrate wear away crumble atomize fester deteriorate dwindle waste away perish mortify disjoin undermine come apart ablate debilitate disorganize decompose

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corrode go to pieces fall to pieces enfeeble curdle putrefy go to pot suppurate go bad dilapidate necrose putresce go to seed

Name, noun, prep, verb(1 words)

Name, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

Adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Name, noun(1 words)

crumble into dust ravages of time fall into decay foul matter putrid matter hydrolyst

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