decayingn.
/dɪˈkeɪɪŋ/ The action of decay v.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] > making or becoming
impairingc1380
failinga1382
aggrievance1502
decaying1530
fading1578
worsinga1583
rusting1597
degeneration1607
degenerating1611
improvementa1617
going back1631
aggravidizationa1641
disimprovement1649
decidence1655
deterioration1658
pejoration1658
exaggeration1661
marasmus1681
sinking1701
unimprovement1760
worsening1811
worsering1883
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 212/1 Decayeng of a thyng, ruine, decadence, decline.
a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) i. i. 92 These [sc. a leg and foot] indeed, Wench, are not So subject to decayings as the face.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 396 This..has been in a state of thriving and decaying many times.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
decayingadj.
That decays; falling off, declining; falling into ruin; decomposing.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > decayed > decaying
perishinga1500
decaying1530
yellow1566
fretting1821
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 309/2 Dekayeng..ruyneux.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. v. 1 Kind Keepers of my weake decaying Age. View more context for this quotation
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. ii. 5 Imagination..is nothing but decaying sense.
1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 4 The castle is a decaying pile.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 629 Her decaying industry and commerce.
1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 15 65 A house..situate in a decaying borough.
1894 N.E.D. at Decaying Mod. An odour of decaying leaves.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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