dying
On death's threshold
Dying is the process of ceasing to live, the transition toward death.
Someone dying of cancer is in their final decline.
The word extends to things fading or ending: a dying art, dying embers, her dying wish.
To be dying to do something is to want it intensely: I'm dying to know what happened.
To be dying for something is to crave it: I'm dying for a cup of coffee.
Cessation of life
- terminalAt the endpoint
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
- palliativeOffering relief, not remedy
- deathbedDying person's resting place
final · last breath · expiring · passing · end-of-life · moribund · fading · perishing
Gradual loss of intensity
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- ebbingGradually declining or receding
- witheringDrying and declining
- weakeningBecoming less strong
diminishing · failing · decay · deterioration · atrophy · wilting · crumbling · slumping
Pigment for changing hues
- pigmentColor-imparting material
- tintFaint color addition
- hennaPlant-derived body dye
- bleachChemical stain and germ killer
ombre · highlights · balayage · toner · colorist · salon · shade · hue
At risk of extinction
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
- disappearanceAct of going missing
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- obsolescenceState of becoming disused
relic · archaic · heritage · preservation · tradition · craftsmanship · ancient · rare
death
Cessation of life
- terminalAt the endpoint
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
- palliativeOffering relief, not remedy
deathbed · final · last breath · expiring · passing · end-of-life · moribund · fading · perishing · succumbing
fading
Gradual loss of intensity
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- ebbingGradually declining or receding
- witheringDrying and declining
weakening · diminishing · failing · decay · deterioration · atrophy · wilting · crumbling · slumping · shrinking
dye
Pigment for changing hues
bleach · ombre · highlights · balayage · toner · colorist · salon · shade · hue · pastel
endangered
At risk of extinction
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
- disappearanceAct of going missing
- forgottenNo longer recalled
obsolescence · relic · archaic · heritage · preservation · tradition · craftsmanship · ancient · rare · ephemeral
- gerundswalking, running, talking, eating, sleeping
- deathdead, deceased, corpse, mortality, demise
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
- battery statuscharged, charging, dead, depleted, drained
- fearsspiders, snakes, falling, heights, death
- gradual declinefading, waning, dwindling, diminishing, ebbing
dyingthriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · vivacious · lively · energetic · vibrant
dyinggrowing
Increasing or enlarging
thriving · flourishing · developing · prospering · nascent
- dying toIntensely eager for
- dying laughingOverwhelmed by humor
- dying outBecoming extinct gradually
- dying downDecreasing in force
- dying forExtremely eager for
- dying breedDiminishing group nearing disappearance