She was sinking into her dotage.
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Dotage
/ˈdoʊtɪd͡ʒ/
Synonyms for "dotage" (78 found)
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advanced ageadvanced yearsageage of retirementan incurable diseaseanilityblind faithcaducitychildishnesscredulitycredulousnessdebilitydecline
Strong matches (23)
Noun(3 words)
decline of lifedeclining yearsdecrepitudedisposition to believedotardismease of beliefeldelderlinessfeeblenessfondnessgreen old agegross credulityhale old agehoary ageinfatuationinfirm old ageinfirmityinfirmity of ageinsanitylongevity
Related words (39)
old ageoldnessovercredulityovercredulousnessoveropenness to convictionovertrustfulnesspensionable agerash convictionricketinessripe old agesecond childhoodsenectitudesenile debilitysenile dementiasenile psychosissenile weaknesssenilismsenilitysenior citizenshipsuperannuation
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the downward slopethe golden yearstrustfulnessuncritical acceptanceuncriticalnessunquestioning beliefunripe acceptationunskepticalnessunsuspectingnessunsuspiciousnessvale of yearswhite hairswill to believewillingness to believewishful beliefwishful thinking
Noun(3 words)
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11 entriesageage related declineagingaging effectscognitive impairmentdegenerationeldgeezerhoodold agesenescenceyears
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"More care!" said the old man in a shrill voice, […] there were in his face marks of deep and anxious thought which convinced me that he could not be, as I had been at first inclined to suppose, in a state of dotage or imbecility.
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Claudio And ſhe is exceeding wiſe. Prince In euery thing but in louing Benedicke. […] I would ſhee had beſtowed this dotage on mee, […]
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No leſs are they out of the way in Philoſophy, peſtring their heads with the ſapleſs dotages of old Paris and Salamanca.
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