age gracefully
Grow old well
To age gracefully is to grow older while maintaining dignity, health, and a positive attitude—accepting rather than fighting the natural process.
The phrase suggests adapting to physical changes without desperation or denial: She's aging gracefully, embracing her gray hair rather than hiding it.
It can also apply to things that improve or remain appealing over time: The building has aged gracefully.
- matureFully grown or developed
- elegantGracefully refined, tasteful
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- wrinklesSurface lines from folding
- aging skinEpidermis losing elasticity over time
silver · silver hair · dignified · serene · inner beauty · vitality · timeless · distinguished · golden years · poise · acceptance · radiant · seasoned · mellow · refined · natural · wholesome · grandmother
- agingaging process, aging body, biological age, aging workforce, aging parents
- maturityadulthood, immature, come of age, ripe, unripe
age gracefullyfall apart
Break into pieces
let oneself go · go to seed · go downhill · crumble · waste away
graceful, ageing, ageless, grace, graces, graced, gracing, gracefully, gracefulness