mouldering
Meaning of mouldering
verb, gerund or present participle
- slowly decay or disintegrate, especially because of neglect.
the books, if any are ever printed, will moulder in the warehouse
I couldn't permit someone of your abilities to moulder away in a backwater
mid 16th century: perhaps from mould3, but compare with Norwegian dialect muldra ‘crumble’.
Information about mouldering
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Hyphenation of mouldering
moul-der-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- mouldering is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
mouldering synonyms
Meaning (of organic matter) rot or decompose through the action of bacteria and fungi:
Meaning (with reference to a dead body or other organic matter) make or become rotten; decay or cause to decay:
Meaning (chiefly of animal or vegetable matter) decay or cause to decay by the action of bacteria and fungi; decompose:
Meaning (of rubber, food, etc.) lose its normal qualities; rot or decay:
Meaning (of food) become unfit for eating:
Meaning (of a body or other organic matter) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell:
Meaning break or fall apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration:
Meaning break up into small parts as the result of impact or decay:
Meaning become progressively worse:
Anagrams of mouldering
Words that rhyme with mouldering
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