Synonyms for declining:
adj. corrupt, self-indulgent
adj. descending
adj. moving down
adj. below; physically lower
adj. descending
adj. failing, expiring
adj. spoiled, exhausted
adj. in old age
adj. not well, weak
adj. dropping
adj. sick
adj. decreasing
adj. dying
adj. unwilling to go along with something
adj. reverting
adj. shy
adj. not healthy, not feeling well
noun becoming older
noun refusal
noun diminishing, lessening
noun rejection
Examples of uses:
In such a world, declining, running away, schmuck...
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Standard-bearer for the declining bourgeoisie, Freek Groenevelt.
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When will come the quiet hours of our declining years?
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What did Moses do when he saw those... declining', backsliding', never-mindin' sinners?
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Those were the declining years of Earth's planetary empire, this is just the beginning.
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Even in her declining years, whenever she would speak of it her eyes would light up.
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There are a number of people who feel there are no more pressing problems than our declining position in world leadership.
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Lord Marchmain with a taste for the dramatically inopportune declared his intention in view of the international situation of returning to England and passing his declining years in his old home.
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How do you expect a poor girl to make a living in today's declining economy?
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One: rise of merchant classes, Two: urbanization of craft guilds, Three: declining moral values, in age of increasing social betterment.
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