There are 1000 movies that one must watch before dying.
Source: tatoeba (2205)
Dying
//ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ//
Synonyms for "dying" (219 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (44)
Strong matches (66)
deflationdeformationdegeneracydegeneratenessdegenerationdegradationdemisedemotiondeparturedepravationdepravednessdepreciationdepressionderogationdescentdespaired ofdeteriorationdevolutiondiminishingdiminishment
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diminutiondissolutiondone fordoomdousingdowntrenddownturndownward mobilitydownward trenddropdwindlingdying offeagerebbebb of lifeebbingeffetenessendend of lifeendingephemeraleternal restevanescentexitexpirationexpiringextenuationextinctionextinguishmentfacing deathfade outfade-outfadingfailingfailurefailure of nervefallfalling-offficklefinal summonsfinger of deathfire fightingflame-outfleetingflitting
Noun(1 words)
Related words (109)
fly-by-nightflyingfragilefrailfugaciousfugitivegiven upgoinggoing offgoing outgravehand of deathhopelesshungryimpermanentimpetuousimpulsivein agonyin articulo mortisin extremis
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incapable of lifeinconstantinsubstantialinvolutionjaws of deathknelllanguishmentlapselastlast debtlast musterlast restlast rounduplast sleepleaving lifelesseningletuplossloss of lifeloss of tonelowloweringmaking an endminiaturizationmitigationmomentarymortalmutablenear deathnondurablenonpermanentnonviablepartingpassingpassing awaypassing overperishableperishingputting outquenchingquietusrecedingreductionregressionrelaxationreleaserestretiringretreatingretrocessionretrogradationretrogressionrewardsaggingscaling downsentence of deathshades of deathshadow of deathshort livedshort-livedshrinkingsimplicitysinkingsleepslippageslippingslipping awayslumpsmotherationsmotheringsnuffingsomatic deathstiflingsubtractionsummons of deathtemporaltemporaryterminalterminal casetransienttransitivetransitoryundurableunenduringunstablevolatilewanewaningweakening
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2 entriesSynonyms
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derived
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11 entrieshas subevent
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is a
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
5 entriesused for
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
72 translations across 29 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- предсмъртен adj (pertaining to the moments before death)
- пропадащ adj (declining, or drawing to an end)
- умиращ adj (approaching death)
- умиращи adj (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring)
Chichewa
2 entries- kufá noun (process of approaching death)
- kumwálira noun (process of approaching death)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 命危 adj (approaching death)
- 奄奄一息 adj (approaching death)
- 瀕死 /濒死 adj (approaching death)
Czech
2 entries- umírající adj (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring)
- umírání noun (process of approaching death)
Dutch
4 entries- aan het sterven adj (approaching death)
- de stervenden adj (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring)
- stervende adj (pertaining to the moments before death)
- sterven noun (process of approaching death)
Esperanto
1 entries- mortanta adj (approaching death)
Finnish
4 entries- kuoleva adj (approaching death)
- kuolevat adj (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring)
- kuolin adj (pertaining to the moments before death)
- loppu adj (declining, or drawing to an end)
French
1 entries- mourant adj (approaching death)
German
3 entries- im Sterben liegen adj (approaching death)
- sterbend adj (approaching death)
- Sterben noun (process of approaching death)
Hungarian
4 entries- haldokló adj (approaching death)
- haldokló adj (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring)
- halál előtti adj (pertaining to the moments before death)
- haldoklás noun (process of approaching death)
Indonesian
2 entries- sakratulmaut adj (approaching death)
- sekarat adj (approaching death)
Italian
3 entries- morente adj (approaching death)
- morente adj (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring)
- moribondo adj (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring)
Japanese
4 entries- 末期の adj (declining, or drawing to an end)
- 末期の adj (pertaining to the moments before death)
- 死にそうな adj (approaching death)
- 消えそうな adj (approaching death)
Latin
1 entries- moribundus adj (approaching death)
Malay
1 entries- nazak adj (approaching death)
Māori
1 entries- tāromaroma adj (declining, or drawing to an end)
Old Prussian
1 entries- aulaūjants adj (approaching death)
Polish
1 entries- umierający adj (approaching death)
Portuguese
3 entries- de morte adj (pertaining to the moments before death)
- moribundo adj (approaching death)
- morrente adj (approaching death)
Romanian
3 entries- de moarte adj (pertaining to the moments before death)
- muribund adj (approaching death)
- pe moarte adj (approaching death)
Russian
4 entries- ги́бнущий adj (declining, or drawing to an end)
- погиба́ющий adj (declining, or drawing to an end)
- предсме́ртный adj (pertaining to the moments before death)
- умира́ющие adj (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring)
Sanskrit
1 entries- मारुक adj (approaching death)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ùmirūći adj (approaching death)
- у̀мирӯћи adj (approaching death)
Spanish
2 entries- moribundo adj (approaching death)
- moribundo adj (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring)
Swedish
4 entries- döds adj (pertaining to the moments before death)
- dödsbädds adj (pertaining to the moments before death)
- döende adj (approaching death)
- döende adj (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring)
Tagalog
1 entries- naghihingalo adj (approaching death)
Turkish
1 entries- ölmekte olan adj (approaching death)
Ukrainian
1 entries- передсме́ртний adj (pertaining to the moments before death)
Volapük
1 entries- deadam noun (process of approaching death)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
I'm dying to see Kumiko.
Source: tatoeba (19841)
The flowers were dying without water.
Source: tatoeba (23747)
The doctors say the dying man would have kicked the bucket hours ago if he were an ordinary man, but he is still defying death.
Source: tatoeba (28023)
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