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What is another word for
declining
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Adjective
Bending or hanging downward or forward
Decreasing in amount
Deteriorating in quality
Physically ill or weakened
Unsuccessful or dull from lack of change or development
In the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
Weak or lacking in strength
(
of a person
)
At the point of death
(
stock market
)
Tending towards lower prices
Of or relating to a recession
Being of advanced years in age
Near to failure or bankruptcy
Uncooperative or belligerent in nature
Characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline
Noun
The practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something
The dismissing or refusing of a proposal or request
An instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer
Verb
Present participle for to refuse or say no to
Present participle for to become smaller, weaker, or less important
Present participle for to go to a lower level, especially abruptly
… more ▼
▲
Adjective
▲
Bending or hanging downward or forward
drooping
droopy
bowed
bowing
descending
flagging
hanging
hung
sagging
stooping
declined
descendant
descendent
inclining
nodding
pendulous
weeping
floppy
sinking
wilting
dangling
downward
saggy
flaccid
plunging
limp
down
flabby
bending
downhill
falling
baggy
slumped
sliding
hanging limply
languid
languorous
flopping
cernuous
bent
dropping
pensile
pending
swaying
pendent
tumbling
nutant
hunched
huddled
slouching
weakening
deteriorating
bent over
round-shouldered
tiring
lowered
sloping downward
downcast
wearying
stooped
slack
slumping
giving up
faltering
earthward
slouchy
draped
lassitudinous
lifeless
downwards
hanging down
slipping
heading down
moving down
listless
leaden
languishing
spiritless
fatigued
slowing down
weak
tired
lethargic
loose
suspended
yielding
swinging
lax
soft
pendant
overhanging
lank
relaxed
dependent
flowing
flimsy
supported from above
trailing
flapping
unfirm
quaggy
bendy
wilted
flexuous
pliant
flexible
not taut
doubled over
slackened
loosened
sloppy
insecure
toneless
flappy
flip-flop
unsecured
irresilient
enervated
pliable
hovering
floating
out of tone
not tight
strung up
withered
plastic
supple
ductile
limber
in the air
dangly
jutting
projecting
beetling
dopey
lazy
sleepy
lacking firmness
more ❯
“You can cut the
declining
flowers to encourage more blooms.”
Adjective
▲
Decreasing in amount
diminishing
decreasing
dwindling
falling
lessening
fading
sinking
waning
dropping
shrinking
abating
plunging
reducing
lowering
plummeting
depreciating
disappearing
vanishing
ebbing
failing
slumping
weakening
flagging
subsiding
deteriorating
wilting
on the decline
tiring
languishing
sagging
withering
bearish
declinatory
decrescent
faltering
wearying
idling
drooping
palling
slackening
descending
slowing down
dipping
narrowing
fading away
sliding
dying down
losing momentum
tumbling
collapsing
slipping
tottering
settling
toppling
crumbling
more ❯
“The
declining
population of honey bees, particularly due to colony collapse disorder, is troubling.”
Adjective
▲
Deteriorating in quality
deteriorating
worsening
failing
waning
weakening
fading
crumbling
dying
ebbing
degenerating
dwindling
slumping
disappearing
degenerative
decaying
on the way out
atrophying
receding
ageing
UK
aging
US
sinking
stale
moribund
wearing out
in decline
on the decline
on its last legs
diminishing
vanishing
withering
retreating
withdrawing
closing
collapsing
disintegrating
ailing
regressing
falling
getting worse
past its prime
senescent
last
final
twilight
sunset
shrinking
decreasing
dimming
slackening
drooping
subsiding
lessening
abating
dissolving
flagging
evaporating
evanescing
obsolescent
on the wane
attenuating
contracting
tailing off
tapering off
fading away
winding down
petering out
falling off
melting away
dying out
in a slump
drawing to a close
in a state of deterioration
growing faint
giving way
on one's last legs
in remission
going
foundering
expiring
passing
ending
doomed
becoming extinct
more ❯
“It has led to
declining
standards of living and widening income disparities.”
Adjective
▲
Physically ill or weakened
laid-up
ill
unwell
ailing
indisposed
infirm
unhealthy
debilitated
poorly
diseased
weak
bedridden
disordered
infected
invalid
rickety
feeble
frail
down
feverish
impaired
incurable
peaked
rocky
suffering
tottering
sick
confined
defective
delicate
hospitalised
UK
hospitalized
US
imperfect
wobbly
funny
green
lousy
mean
nauseated
qualmish
queasy
rotten
broken down
run down
under the weather
in poor health
not so hot
under medication
in a bad way
sick as a dog
unsound
crook
pale
sickened
below par
bad
stricken
wretched
off-color
US
peaky
on the sick list
rundown
off colour
not healthy
off-colour
UK
off
laid up
not oneself
run-down
out of sorts
under par
grim
sickly
nauseous
grotty
rough
crummy
seedy
ropy
liverish
wabbit
peculiar
punk
green about the gills
not up to par
washed out
awful
queer
terrible
faint
not well
peely-wally
dreadful
peakish
laid low
giddy
not very well
dizzy
not in good shape
anaemic
UK
valetudinarian
anemic
US
incapacitated
afflicted
enfeebled
not up to snuff
wan
drained
lightheaded
weakened
haggard
light-headed
pallid
tired
ashen
pasty
colourless
UK
bloodless
sallow
unfit
ashy
grey
UK
decrepit
gray
US
colorless
US
cadaverous
sapped
like death warmed up
bummed
woozy
ghastly
groggy
invalided
out of action
enervated
white
weakly
waxen
blanched
thin
disabled
prostrate
etiolated
languid
prostrated
whitish
livid
deathlike
asthenic
sickish
injured
bleached
wasted
doughy
pinched
down-and-out
low
lurid
squeamish
iffy
spectral
waxlike
out of commission
in poor shape
pasty-faced
ill-looking
whey-faced
ashen-faced
corpse-like
deathly pale
fatigued
confined to bed
at death's door
exhausted
washed-out
septic
drawn
languorous
shaky
poor
emaciated
chalky
queerish
queazy
contaminated
milky
infectious
lame
dying
slight
effete
waxy
the worse for wear
tender
sickly-looking
paled
lymphatic
a wreck
mealy
in ill health
out of shape
in poor condition
fair
alabaster
ivory
off one's feed
not yourself
out of condition
cream
creamy
down with
feeling awful
as white as a sheet
as white as a ghost
chalk-white
feeling rotten
milk-white
white-faced
light-skinned
sick as a parrot
fair-skinned
horrible
strange
unstable
ropey
paltry
failing
ugly
bilious
qualmy
pukish
reeling
unsightly
uneasy
valetudinary
handicapped
crippled
unwholesome
in pain
bedfast
dim
faded
watery
ineffectual
ineffective
dull
tainted
not feeling well
sinking
reduced
in bad shape
peccant
miserable
dragging
wavering
languishing
immobilized
US
not up to the mark
housebound
spent
droopy
wilted
drooping
wilting
flagging
immobilised
UK
slightly unwell
weary
not a hundred percent
waterish
doddery
doddering
achy
hypochondriacal
sluggish
depleted
beat
pooped
wasting away
in bad health
wimpish
soft
unsubstantial
softened
wimpy
without energy
in a decline
low-energy
unsteady
burned out
worn out
worn-out
broken-down
ill in bed
off one's feet
anile
feeling terrible
in bed
hors de combat
tuckered out
out of gas
out-of-action
tired out
running temperature
got the bug
infested
in declining health
hurt
wounded
harmed
festering
gangrenous
plague-ridden
disease-ridden
hydrophobic
rabies-infected
putrefying
rabid
looking as if one has seen a ghost
foaming at the mouth
poisoned
peelie-wally
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Unsuccessful or dull from lack of change or development
dormant
stagnant
inactive
flat
slow
sluggish
depressed
stagnating
dull
dying
lethargic
moribund
quiet
static
dead
passive
drowsing
fallow
immobile
slack
torpid
slow-moving
listless
creeping
slow-growing
sleepy
inert
slothful
idle
leaden
indolent
ponderous
heavy
plodding
lifeless
laggard
apathetic
dilatory
tardy
lackadaisical
drowsy
phlegmatic
unproductive
measured
lagging
crawling
dawdling
tedious
wearisome
snaillike
leisurely
delaying
dreary
tiresome
stale
humdrum
unexciting
lacklustre
UK
lackluster
US
moderate
easy
tortoiselike
supine
loitering
postponing
procrastinating
dreamy
deliberate
ho-hum
gradual
not busy
boring
slow-going
slow-paced
slow-footed
uninteresting
enervated
lazy
tame
unenergetic
uneventful
quiescent
limp
weary
pedestrian
vapid
weak
monotonous
dry
languid
somnolent
lax
sleeping
languorous
drab
wearying
uninspiring
dullsville
indifferent
tiring
unresponsive
dozy
numbing
arid
mind-numbing
colourless
UK
colorless
US
stodgy
jading
plain
drudging
one-horse
comatose
dead-and-alive
subdued
in the doldrums
weakened
prosaic
unfruitful
unimaginative
devitalized
impaired
debilitated
sedentary
commonplace
run-of-the-mill
insipid
uncreative
barren
backward
tasteless
vegetating
languishing
backwoods
behind the times
draggy
down
blah
vigourless
vigorless
spiritless
loafing
do-nothing
unconcerned
soporous
soporose
slumberous
otiose
stolid
effete
lacking energy
tired
unprogressive
stupid
old
monochromatic
jejune
dusty
stuffy
fatigued
dry as dust
laid-back
motionless
yawny
faineant
fainéant
insensitive
insensible
logy
neurasthenic
asthenic
lymphatic
more ❯
Adjective
▲
In the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet
obsolescent
outdated
outmoded
obsolete
archaic
antiquated
dated
old
antediluvian
unfashionable
moribund
superseded
waning
ageing
UK
aging
US
disappearing
senescent
old-fashioned
out-of-date
out of date
behind the times
out of fashion
out of style
out of the ark
past it
not with it
on the decline
dying out
becoming obsolete
on the way out
on the wane
past its prime
going out of fashion
going out of use
growing old
on its last legs
superannuated
prehistoric
outworn
medieval
US
ancient
mossy
mediaeval
UK
anachronistic
old hat
fossilized
US
demoded
antique
bygone
mouldy
UK
moldy
US
moth-eaten
defunct
old-fangled
passé
fossilised
UK
creaky
clunky
prehistorical
out
neolithic
rusty
quaint
Noachian
kaputt
kaput
primitive
Stone Age
old-time
musty
fusty
dead
past
vieux jeu
extinct
feudal
olde worlde
horse-and-buggy
old-world
square
vintage
oldfangled
aged
crusted
olden
old-fogeyish
has-been
horse and buggy
former
unhip
rinky-dink
old-school
old-hat
backward-looking
past its sell-by date
square-toed
retro
immemorial
disused
démodé
frumpy
frumpish
behindhand
timeworn
out-of-style
as old as the hills
worn-out
not current
of the old school
hoary
tired
unstylish
retrograde
discarded
discontinued
backward
elderly
anachronous
conservative
exhausted
stale
traditional
dinosaur
dowdy
last year's
corny
passe
rococo
old-timey
antwacky
of yore
old as the hills
of olden days
out of it
back-number
of old
not modern
grown old
earliest
early
venerable
unpopular
gothic
barbaric
crusty
threadbare
overfamiliar
remote
cobwebby
passé
dateless
hoar
faded
primeval
US
primordial
odd
disapproved
neglected
geriatric
anachronistical
of long ago
primaeval
UK
historic
abandoned
hackneyed
unusable
deprecated
fallen into disuse
out-of-fashion
fossil
gone
obscure
dusty
no longer in use
very old
age-old
done to death
having seen better days
past your sell-by date
had it
done for
dead and gone
out of commission
out of use
parachronistic
backwards
grandfather
legacy
back number
expired
historical
late
done
demode
fogeyish
vanished
erstwhile
worn out
overused
tacky
tasteless
cheesy
styleless
trashy
previous
bypast
inelegant
forgotten
relic
nostalgic
departed
fogyish
unprogressive
retrogressive
period
nonextant
dull
finished
one-time
long-gone
lost
heritage
quondam
veteran
enduring
ageless
classical
ticky-tack
ticky-tacky
ancestral
time-worn
time-honoured
archaistic
drab
redundant
classic
stuck in time
clapped out
timeless
no longer used
unremembered
unrecalled
ex-
yesterday's
not in
way back
way back when
latter-day
lost and gone
lost in time
consigned to oblivion
old school
no longer fashionable
antiquarian
evocative
geezery
no longer in fashion
gerontogeous
not fashionable
earlier
completed
at an end
old-style
old style
foregone
forepassed
of yesteryear
lasting
established
in period style
old world
long-ago
banal
first
ritual
oldie
trite
sunk in oblivion
gone by
down memory lane
stereotyped
commonplace
set in one's ways
fuddy-duddy
ritualistic
decrepit
hack
stock
tried and true
tried and tested
long-lived
long-standing
long-established
unoriginal
shopworn
lapsed
clichéd
sometime
overworked
concluded
cliche
once
onetime
hackney
pristine
obligatory
worn
aboriginal
original
irrelevant
invalid
frayed
old as Methuselah
cast-off
used
well-worn
world-worn
cliché-ridden
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Weak or lacking in strength
weakened
weak
frail
feeble
debilitated
enfeebled
infirm
enervated
delicate
sapped
slight
wasted
effete
prostrate
languid
faint
prostrated
asthenic
wimpy
wimpish
unsubstantial
tender
soft
softened
low
deteriorated
faded
fragile
down-and-out
exhausted
spent
decrepit
powerless
drained
vitiated
weak-kneed
worn out
washed-out
played out
fatigued
weary
tired
beat
wearied
worn
worn-out
limp
shot
tired out
bushed
dead
pooped
run-down
bleary
rundown
dog-tired
frazzled
done in
all in
dead tired
ready to drop
bone-weary
kaput
incapacitated
sickly
knackered
shattered
tuckered out
crippled
aweary
out on one's feet
burned-out
wiped out
burnt-out
ailing
done for
outta gas
unwell
jaded
beaten
loggy
logy
done
tapped out
had it
worn-down
weariful
whacked
out of gas
weakly
disabled
doddering
ill
indisposed
dead beat
worn to a frazzle
poorly
depleted
flat
zonked
jiggered
shaky
sick
fagged out
clapped out
on your last legs
lame
doddery
flagging
listless
sluggish
languorous
tuckered
bushwhacked
whipped
stonkered
wabbit
fried
bone-tired
fordone
toilworn
rooted
in poor health
burned out
aged
creamcrackered
knocked out
zonked out
without energy
shagged out
tottering
undermined
failing
devitalized
unhealthy
weakling
strengthless
trembly
lethargic
sapless
spineless
sensitive
bedridden
haggard
nerveless
invertebrate
out of shape
anile
unsound
anemic
US
characterless
wet
puffing
breathless
puffed
panting
washed out
anaemic
UK
dog-weary
gasping
fagged
laid low
wishy-washy
limp-wristed
out of sorts
wrecked
far-gone
dead-tired
whacked out
puffing and blowing
dead-beat
milk-and-water
puffed out
running on empty
namby-pamby
jet-lagged
gasping for breath
extremely tired
out of breath
light
drooping
hindered
encumbered
hampered
diminished
unnerved
rendered feeble
breakable
dainty
withered
atrophied
deteriorating
wilted
degenerative
rickety
ravaged
faltering
languishing
lackadaisical
bedraggled
overtired
in declining health
stricken
yielding
droopy
dying
sinking
reduced
dragging
dropping
sleepy
lassitudinous
hacked
blasé
easily damaged
fit to drop
lacklustre
UK
poor
lackluster
US
valetudinarian
dizzy
nesh
tenuous
susceptible
torpid
paralyzed
US
paralysed
UK
bad
rotten
lousy
asleep on one's feet
pathetic
meager
US
meagre
UK
sleep deprived
wiped-out
superannuated
down
gone to seed
out of condition
on the ropes
apathetic
helpless
off-color
US
run down
low-energy
unsteady
laid-up
below par
off-colour
UK
under the weather
broken-down
old
ancient
senescent
elderly
senile
careworn
raddled
sallow
lacking in energy
puny
tottery
sick as a dog
a wreck
out of commission
out-of-action
weedy
lumbering
heavy
etiolated
drawn
wrinkled
pinched
grim
fretted
impotent
trembling
shilpit
woozy
in bad shape
past it
indolent
drowsy
inactive
wooden
inert
over the hill
long in the tooth
no spring chicken
burnt out
done-in
blown
used
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
of a person
)
At the point of death
moribund
dying
perishing
doomed
mortal
fading
decaying
fated
passing
expiring
near death
fading fast
near the end
done for
at death's door
failing rapidly
breathing your last
sinking fast
in extremis
mortally ill
on last leg
on your deathbed
not long for this world
having one foot in the grave
with one foot in the grave
one foot in the grave
at the end of the rope
on your last legs
foundering
withering
sinking
ill
medium dead
slipping away
passing away
at end of one's rope
on its last legs
on the way out
poisoned
terminally ill
half dead
succumbing
fatally poisoned
fey
disintegrating
knocking on heaven's door
dire
near-death
in the jaws of death
one foot in grave
giving up the ghost
on the point of death
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
stock market
)
Tending towards lower prices
weak
bear
slumping
weakened
weakening
failing
falling
sluggish
flagging
languishing
Adjective
▲
Of or relating to a recession
recessionary
contracting
depressive
in recession
Adjective
▲
Being of advanced years in age
elderly
old
aged
ancient
senior
senescent
older
decrepit
ageing
UK
geriatric
doddering
aging
US
senile
mature
venerable
unyoung
doddery
grey
UK
grizzled
hoary
gray
US
superannuated
olden
longevous
septuagenarian
octogenarian
nonagenarian
centenarian
patriarchal
retired
tired
long-lived
past it
long in the tooth
grey-haired
no spring chicken
over the hill
as old as the hills
getting on
advanced in years
not as young as one was
grey-bearded
not long for this world
past your prime
of advanced years
been around
full of years
long in tooth
lot of mileage
on last leg
not as young as one used to be
feeble
anile
frail
matured
weakly
antiquated
faltering
of a certain age
antediluvian
antique
immemorial
hoar
dateless
in one's dotage
timeworn
up in years
rusty
oldie
on in years
worn
dotard
old-fashioned
age-old
out-of-date
ripe
middle-aged
abiding
long-lasting
along in years
of age
gray-haired
not young
historic
elder
oldest
archaic
outmoded
outdated
eldest
relic
cobwebby
creaky
passé
ripened
shot
in second childhood
very old
on its last legs
worn-out
weak
silver-haired
white-haired
moth-eaten
senior citizen
worse for wear
wasted
debilitated
infirm
incapacitated
enfeebled
tottering
weakened
fragile
crippled
out of shape
effete
in bad shape
faint
delicate
ailing
enervated
sapped
languid
prostrate
unsubstantial
prostrated
asthenic
sickly
slight
down-and-out
wimpy
tender
wimpish
low
ill
unhealthy
unwell
soft
softened
lame
poorly
exhausted
failing
indisposed
shaky
anemic
US
unsound
anaemic
UK
vitiated
drained
in poor health
laid low
sick
puny
bedridden
spent
powerless
unfit
down
strengthless
out of gas
trembly
sapless
worn out
below par
old hat
in poor condition
in declining health
invalid
hindered
encumbered
hampered
unstable
weak-kneed
lacklustre
UK
poor
lackluster
US
valetudinarian
washed-out
nesh
tenuous
sensitive
susceptible
played out
flimsy
pathetic
meager
US
meagre
UK
fatigued
insubstantial
insecure
bad
rotten
weary
lousy
flabby
languorous
sluggish
depleted
beat
pooped
obsolete
off-color
US
run down
low-energy
unsteady
burned out
laid-up
off-colour
UK
under the weather
run-down
broken-down
antwacky
sick as a dog
out of sorts
tuckered out
a wreck
out of commission
out-of-action
tired out
vieux jeu
out of date
dry as dust
musty
out of fashion
behind the times
out of condition
in poor shape
early
helpless
past
classical
ageless
enduring
ancestral
traditional
tottery
anachronistic
lasting
established
weedy
mossy
first
ritual
dated
etiolated
impotent
tried and true
tried and tested
mouldy
UK
clunky
of long ago
earliest
time-honoured
long-standing
long-established
moldy
US
old as the hills
time-worn
ritualistic
old-time
horse and buggy
trembling
shilpit
woozy
flat
more grown up
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Near to failure or bankruptcy
on its last legs
crumbling
failing
close to bankruptcy
failing financially
on the brink of collapse
on the edge of ruin
on the verge of bankruptcy
teetering on the edge of failure
about to fail
about to go bankrupt
going bust
near to ruin
going down the toilet
about to break
about to fall apart
going to the wall
Adjective
▲
Uncooperative or belligerent in nature
noncompliant
rebellious
defiant
disobedient
recalcitrant
refractory
contumacious
uncooperative
restive
dissenting
nonconforming
belligerent
irregular
negative
declinatory
divergent
impatient
objecting
refusing
truculent
wayward
unruly
intractable
insubordinate
ungovernable
obstreperous
contrary
unmanageable
wilful
froward
balky
rebel
willful
incompliant
recusant
bolshie
difficult
uncontrollable
headstrong
undisciplined
mutinous
untoward
fractious
perverse
stubborn
awkward
stroppy
undisciplinable
unwilling
contrarious
obstinate
obstinately disobedient
disorderly
obdurate
delinquent
naughty
mischievous
incontrollable
errant
self-willed
uncompliant
badly behaved
non-compliant
pervicacious
resistant
wild
riotous
turbulent
troublesome
disruptive
rascally
unbiddable
roguish
impish
spiteful
bloody-minded
ornery
nonobservant
resistive
unrestrained
uncontrolled
argumentative
ungoverned
unyielding
intransigent
untrained
indomitable
mulish
capricious
renitent
inconsistent
opposing
pigheaded
radical
resisting
attention-seeking
opinionated
insubmissive
out of control
withstanding
bullheaded
lacking self-control
out of hand
cussed
cantankerous
insurgent
incorrigible
seditious
unpersuadable
thrawn
unmalleable
contentious
disputatious
unresponsive
disaffected
stiff-necked
treacherous
stubborn as a mule
bull-headed
factious
dissentious
uncomplying
unreasonable
unaccommodating
inflexible
unbending
uncompromising
dogged
adamant
rowdy
hardheaded
pertinacious
lawless
determined
implacable
immovable
unrelenting
insurrectionary
adamantine
quarrelsome
firm
revolutionary
disobliging
hardened
hard-nosed
steadfast
hard
single-minded
ossified
tenacious
inconvincible
violent
cross-grained
dissident
inexorable
troublemaking
relentless
self-opinionated
pat
obstructive
strong-willed
anarchic
dissentient
resolute
bellicose
malcontent
indocile
pugnacious
persistent
unhelpful
tough
tumultuous
nonconformist
fixed
rigid
iconoclastic
persevering
warring
militant
anarchistic
strong-minded
irrepressible
indurate
subversive
rough
boisterous
ill-disciplined
chaotic
insurrectionist
unpredictable
unbridled
insolent
set in one's ways
treasonable
pig-headed
unshakable
trying
impossible
exasperating
divisive
ill-natured
impetuous
reckless
iron-willed
scrappy
peevish
negativistic
hostile
rioting
intemperate
irritable
unflinching
annoying
raucous
tiresome
mean
antagonistic
vexatious
schismatic
threatening
misbehaving
unshakeable
badly-behaved
up in arms
disagreeable
rude
discordant
confrontational
wanton
restless
grim
fiendish
brassbound
diehard
wrong-headed
problematic
uproarious
traitorous
impulsive
deaf to reason
rash
disloyal
feisty
stalwart
impervious
imprudent
forward
assertive
heedless
unrestrainable
unwavering
rampageous
unamenable
petulant
cross
grumpy
choleric
partisan
out of line
challenging
rumbustious
unobliging
sectarian
anarchical
adverse
lawbreaking
unadaptable
ratty
tempestuous
individualistic
steely
narky
impudent
crabby
disagreeing
estranged
alienated
conflicting
remorseless
unsympathetic
passive-aggressive
rampant
haughty
rival
shirty
noisy
querulous
touchy
bad
unbendable
iron
litigious
disturbed
purposeful
shrewish
staunch
ill-tempered
chippy
bad-tempered
ruthless
insistent
mule
merciless
playful
hard to handle
stringent
out-of-line
inimical
tricksy
brattish
scampish
puckish
prankish
die-hard
out-of-order
gallus
unswayable
wrong
hardcore
immutable
hard-line
hard-core
dead set on
full of mischief
renegade
cavalier
unpliable
without law and order
irreconcilable
erratic
fickle
sabotaging
abandoned
heretical
maverick
uncontainable
rock-ribbed
morose
divided
split
treasonous
crazy
hysterical
nuts
madcap
insurmountable
berserk
unorthodox
mutinying
apostate
beside oneself
unbearable
undependable
intolerable
like a loose cannon
loath
averse
reluctant
indisposed
paradoxical
contrariant
arsey
antisocial
intent
maladjusted
sullen
immoral
aberrant
arbitrary
indefatigable
disordered
wrongheaded
antipathetic
converse
disorganized
US
tireless
unlawful
hidebound
tricky
proud
sulky
pesky
brawling
ugly
boneheaded
misbehaved
decisive
deranged
disorganised
UK
turbid
hedonistic
uncontained
blinkered
dyed-in-the-wool
assiduous
helter-skelter
importunate
indisciplined
opinionative
hard-shell
locked-in
separatist
forceful
self-indulgent
causing trouble
pushy
as stubborn as a mule
discommodious
incommodious
unchangeable
contending
fighting
termagant
domineering
wicked
impolite
ungracious
mullish
problem
drunk
sinful
contradictory
uncivil
discourteous
unfriendly
unpleasant
teasing
worthless
rambunctious
set in your ways
standing one's ground
unreformable
unamiable
uncongenial
out-of-control
difficult to handle
evil
quarreling
US
clashing
quarrelling
UK
on-a-tear
rampaging
unrepentant
uneager
begrudging
grudging
combative
at variance
at loggerheads
at odds
raunchy
artful
kiddish
infantile
sly
frolicsome
foxy
bothersome
ill-behaved
ruffianly
thoughtless
immature
childish
inconsiderate
disrespectful
devilish
aggressive
bad-mannered
unconvertible
factional
unsupportive
demurring
hardline
unregenerate
unappeasable
provocative
unmovable
durable
bold
daring
audacious
disregardful
cheeky
dareful
sassy
gutsy
noncooperating
noncooperative
ready for a fight
spoiling for a fight
locked in
hard and fast
progressive
reforming
not giving an inch
reformist
extreme
strict
severe
stern
testy
irascible
revisionist
fanatical
progressivist
extremist
grouchy
cranky
tetchy
snappy
prickly
fanatic
revolutionist
rabid
snappish
crotchety
excited
agitated
crabbed
waspish
rugged
harsh
splenetic
pettish
immoderate
crusty
dyspeptic
huffy
eggy
peppery
soreheaded
flinty
hard-hitting
liverish
angry
passionate
stormy
far-out
loony
looney
way out
ultraist
swivel-eyed
nihilistic
curmudgeonly
peckish
unstable
vociferous
bilious
callous
drastic
unsentimental
rigorous
miffy
snaky
explosive
unsettled
fretful
fierce
unforgiving
authoritarian
exacting
cold
austere
cool
draconian
captious
scratchy
cataclysmal
demonstrative
bitter
cataclysmic
waxy
complaining
uncaring
ferocious
fiery
perturbed
untamed
roughhouse
destructive
desperate
stony-hearted
hard-shelled
two-fisted
hard-hearted
hard-boiled
ramrod
stony
heavy-handed
hard-bitten
ill-humored
US
thin-skinned
short-tempered
hot-tempered
as cross as two sticks
in a mood
ill-humoured
UK
like a bear with a sore head
quick-tempered
on a short fuse
having got out of bed the wrong side
short-fused
in a bad mood
roller-coaster
full of ups and downs
full of conflict
in turmoil
full of confusion
full of upheavals
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline
decadent
depraved
corrupt
degenerate
debauched
dissolute
perverted
immoral
debased
dissipated
wicked
reprobate
sinful
licentious
degraded
wanton
libertine
rakish
abandoned
profligate
perverse
warped
unwholesome
unprincipled
sick
demoralised
UK
demoralized
US
loose
unclean
evil
sybaritic
intemperate
hedonistic
jackleg
rakehell
indulgent
shameless
epicurean
rakehelly
unrestrained
luxurious
louche
overindulgent
voluptuary
lost
decaying
pleasure-seeking
fast-living
gone bad
gone to the dogs
impure
lewd
unchaste
lascivious
lecherous
promiscuous
fast
vile
lustful
sordid
libidinous
base
carnal
indecent
bad
disreputable
self-indulgent
vicious
obscene
immoderate
prurient
salacious
sensual
wild
pervy
coarse
fast and loose
careless
rotten
dishonourable
UK
lubricious
extravagant
irresponsible
fallen
voluptuous
low
corrupted
deviant
high living
out of control
sicko
profaned
dishonorable
US
desecrated
concupiscent
twisted
randy
horny
uncleanly
immodest
amoral
goatish
hedonic
disgusting
vulgar
improper
of easy virtue
miscreant
lickerish
kinky
in the fast lane
swinging
reckless
saturnalian
imprudent
despicable
whorish
bacchanalian
unconstrained
defiled
gross
ignoble
passionate
hot
ungodly
abnormal
unsavoury
UK
unsavory
US
ribald
frivolous
mean
lubricous
satyric
lacking restraint
foolhardy
easy
hypersexual
itchy
unhealthy
dirty
unnatural
roundheeled
lotus-eating
incontinent
pleasure-loving
vitiated
vice-ridden
inconstant
luscious
lush
sullied
profane
no better than one should be
sensuous
nefarious
villainous
foul
uncontrolled
prodigal
Dionysiac
raunchy
greedy
unrefined
tainted
erotic
audacious
carefree
brash
heedless
scungy
infamous
fast-paced
fleshly
wayward
nasty
contaminated
wrongful
unworthy
self-gratifying
unvirtuous
monstrous
iniquitous
devil-may-care
crapulent
wolfish
not pure
raffish
daredevil
slack
harsh
bestial
low-down
exciting
gadabout
night owl
temerarious
inferior
crude
aberrant
retrograde
vulgarized
US
vulgarised
UK
morbid
hellbent
wrong
deviate
hedonist
pleasing
gone to seed
brutal
criminal
bawdy
retrogressive
pornographic
dissipative
dubious
grotesque
vitiate
sadistic
contorted
uncontrollable
impious
unrighteous
unholy
blasphemous
irreligious
scoundrelly
rascally
roguish
incorrigible
uncurbed
hardened
misguided
knavish
abased
unregenerate
impertinent
lawless
riotous
naughty
smutty
filthy
rude
drunken
open
dishonoured
UK
animal
unruly
unmoral
lax
desirous
relaxed
scabrous
disorderly
freethinking
light
dishonored
US
boorish
baneful
flagitious
deleterious
graceless
sexual
deviative
outrageous
X-rated
venereal
ruttish
hircine
hot to trot
wasteful
flatitious
demeaned
gratuitous
unreserved
squalid
wretched
contemptible
shoddy
cheap
undisciplined
tawdry
ignominious
dishonest
shameful
execrable
currish
abominable
seedy
seamy
discreditable
snide
detestable
servile
abject
paltry
avaricious
sleazoid
skanky
abhorrent
scurvy
repugnant
poor
distasteful
venal
mercenary
sleazy
calculated
covetous
low-minded
self-seeking
more ❯
Noun
▲
The practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something
abstinence
asceticism
abstemiousness
refraining
avoidance
continence
forbearance
shunning
renunciation
frugality
desisting
abstention
moderation
forbearing
keeping
withholding
forgoing
abnegation
abstaining
fasting
self-denial
self-restraint
self-discipline
self-control
self-abnegation
holding back
avoidance of
eschewal of
refusal of
renunciation of
abjuration of
doing without
going without
eschewal
desistance
nonindulgence
nonparticipation
non-indulgence
self-sacrifice
self-deprivation
temperance
austerity
sobriety
restraint
temperateness
puritanism
chastity
prudence
strictness
severity
moderateness
refrainment
control
repudiation
renouncement
going easy on
teetotalism
stoicism
moderatism
constraint
discretion
conservatism
soberness
ascetic
economy
abstention from
refraining from
chasteness
Spartanism
exactingness
spartanism
plain living
simple living
clear-headedness
willpower
simplicity
astringency
mortification
rigour
UK
harshness
monkishness
solitude
reclusiveness
hermitism
monasticism
plainness
anchorism
rigor
US
starkness
rigorousness
self-mastery
self-command
self-containment
self-government
self-mortification
strength of will
other-worldliness
lack of indulgence
strength of mind
holding off
a hair shirt
a spartan life
mortification of the flesh
more ❯
Noun
▲
The dismissing or refusing of a proposal or request
rejection
refusal
rebuff
turndown
denial
repudiation
veto
no
nonacceptance
declination
dismissal
disallowance
negative
nay
refutation
renunciation
nix
brushoff
pass
knock-back
non-acceptance
thumbs down
cold shoulder
turning down
kick in the teeth
nothing doing
no-go
no way
slap in the face
hard time
no dice
disapproval
spurning
elbow
snub
brush-off
red light
kiss-off
smack in the eye
smack in the face
prohibition
regrets
repulse
negation
snubbing
cold-shouldering
ban
bar
proscription
repulsion
embargo
negative response
interdict
boycott
sanction
non placet
knockback
debarment
restriction
barring
banning
slight
demurral
interdiction
declinature
elimination
noncompliance
discountenancing
renouncement
disqualification
prohibiting
exclusion
objection
dissension
contradiction
moratorium
discouragement
injunction
avoidance
barrier
shunning
prevention
pooh-poohing
opposition
disentitlement
abnegation
unacceptance
put down
withdrawal
withholding
begrudging
deprivation
disenablement
refusing
renegement
rejecting
refutal
noncommittal
disablement
lack of acceptance
forbiddance
the elbow
debarring
disbarring
interdicting
blockade
vetoing
stoppage
suppression
preclusion
nonconsent
blackball
order
more ❯
Noun
▲
An instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer
decrease
decline
reduction
lessening
diminution
drop
shrinkage
abatement
contraction
cutback
diminishing
downturn
ebb
loss
lowering
curtailment
cut
discount
falling off
wane
waning
decrement
dent
depletion
depression
diminishment
drop-off
dwindling
fall
falloff
slackening
downtick
subsidence
decrescence
de-escalation
dying down
step down
letting up
plunge
nosedive
slump
dive
sinking
crash
collapse
let-up
tumble
dropping off
dropping away
deduction
depreciation
downswing
weakening
descent
devaluation
deterioration
dip
subtraction
retrenchment
slide
downslide
recession
rebate
downfall
attenuation
markdown
downtrend
concession
cutting
allowance
downgrade
plummet
degradation
impoverishment
shortening
saving
lapse
reducing
decay
slash
degeneration
erosion
minimization
exhaustion
regression
shrinking
minimizing
US
deflation
skid
declination
sapping
truncation
sag
rollback
dilution
minimising
UK
abbreviation
condensation
restriction
limitation
fall-off
consumption
expenditure
draining
trimming
ebbing
expending
economy
receding
emptying
removal
easing
devaluing
failing
degeneracy
decadence
debit
slowdown
subsiding
decreasing
docking
attrition
discounting
detraction
withdrawal
declivity
limiting
devolution
slip
using up
fading
down
trough
running down
petering out
taking away
scaling down
mitigation
falling-off
dropoff
cutting back
abridgment
US
abridgement
UK
downsize
declension
lightening
precipitation
withering
landslide
write-down
extenuation
diminuendo
moderation
subduction
deletion
retrogression
deprivation
downhill trend
comedown
atrophy
worsening
privation
pruning
slimming
difference
easing off
stagnation
standstill
backsliding
forfeiture
squandering
chopping
debasement
axing
rundown
inactivity
curbing
repayment
relapse
grant
paralysis
shakeout
shortfall
dissipation
knock-off
subdual
subjugation
pullback
slimming down
curtailing
deficiency
refund
weighting
downsizing
contracting
curb
guillotine
phasedown
reversal
bottom-out
meltdown
reverse
flagging
blight
dump
drain
impairment
waste
belt-tightening
cheapening
depletion allowance
tax break
minus
salami slicing
downgrading
dying away
steep fall
want
failure
retardation
dying out
fading away
bottom out
decrease in value
lowering in value
bottoming out
enfeeblement
reduction in value
cutting down
accounting allowance
cutting short
loss of value
devitalization
debilitation
marking down
paring down
thinning
rarefication
sharp fall
weakness
cost saving
abstraction
tempering
watering down
taking the edge off
excision
dockage
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knocking off
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▲
Present participle for to refuse or say no to
refusing
rejecting
passing
desisting
dismissing
rebuffing
snubbing
spurning
denying
repudiating
shunning
abjuring
forbearing
forgoing
renouncing
avoiding
disapproving
repulsing
eschewing
demurring
reprobating
baulking at
demurring at
knocking back
passing on
passing up
saying no to
turning down
abstaining from
brushing aside
balking at
refraining from
shying from
desisting from
not accepting
withholding from
opting out
refusing to take advantage of
look down one's nose at
opting out of
shaking one's head
giving the red light
giving the thumbs down
“Due to unforeseen circumstances, I will have to respectfully
decline
your invitation.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to become smaller, weaker, or less important
deteriorating
degenerating
dropping
decaying
falling
worsening
ebbing
fading
failing
crumbling
degrading
atrophying
debilitating
diminishing
waning
depreciating
retrograding
retrogressing
spoiling
regressing
slumping
weakening
withering
languishing
receding
sliding
slipping
collapsing
devolving
flagging
nosediving
contracting
disintegrating
rotting
wilting
drooping
lapsing
lowering
palling
backsliding
disimproving
petering
slackening
becoming worse
fading away
getting worse
going downhill
growing worse
falling apart
falling off
going bad
hitting the skids
breaking down
going down the toilet
going down the tubes
wasting away
petering out
“His health would begin to
decline
at a rapid pace due to his new and extreme diet.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to go to a lower level, especially abruptly
sinking
dropping
falling
attenuating
plunging
collapsing
descending
dipping
decreasing
plummeting
plummetting
reducing
abating
contracting
crashing
diminishing
dwindling
easing
ebbing
lessening
receding
shrinking
tapering
waning
diving
lowering
moderating
relenting
slumping
subsiding
tumbling
depreciating
nosediving
remitting
de-escalating
dropping off
falling off
getting less
going down
growing smaller
dying down
dying out
falling away
tailing off
tapering off
getting smaller
going downwards
taking a nosedive
becoming lower
getting lower
“The region's population would continue to
decline
over the coming years.”
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