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  • adj.failing, expiring
  • nounact of ceasing to live

synonyms for dying

  • decaying
  • doomed
  • fading
  • moribund
  • declining
  • disintegrating
  • ebbing
  • fated
  • final
  • going
  • mortal
  • passing
  • perishing
  • sinking
  • vanishing
  • withering
  • at death's door
  • at end of rope
  • done for
  • giving up the ghost
  • in extremis
  • on last leg
  • one foot in grave
See also synonyms for: dyings
On this page you'll find 63 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dying, such as: decaying, doomed, fading, moribund, declining, and disintegrating.

antonyms for dying

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  • permanent
  • creating
  • developing
  • growing
  • living
  • reviving
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    How to use dying in a sentence

    You might think that the praise for So’s work springs from grief over his dying so young.
    ‘AFTERPARTIES’ IS THE BOOK OF THE SUMMERKATHI WOLFEAUGUST 13, 2021WASHINGTON BLADE
    In fact, even if you do get infected after vaccination, your risks of getting seriously ill, needing to go in the hospital, needing to go in the intensive care unit or dying are reduced even further.
    STILL UNSURE ABOUT GETTING THE COVID-19 VACCINE? START HERE.KALEIGH ROGERSAUGUST 11, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
    It’s a reminder that while most of those who’ve died of the virus have been old, being old is not a prerequisite for dying of the virus.
    YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO BASE KEY MEDICAL DECISIONS ON MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE’S ADVICEPHILIP BUMPJULY 9, 2021WASHINGTON POST
    In the final stage of this “demographic transition,” Thompson proposed, the fertility rate would settle at just about replacement level with one baby born for every adult dying.
    HOW LOW CAN AMERICA’S BIRTH RATE GO BEFORE IT’S A PROBLEM?STEPHANIE H. MURRAYJUNE 9, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
    Retiring or dying would still dilute the impact of a justice’s side on the court, but it wouldn’t be so pivotal.
    4 IDEAS FOR SUPREME COURT REFORMAARON BLAKEAPRIL 15, 2021WASHINGTON POST
    She enters his name, address and health information that indicates he’s at high risk of contracting and dying of the coronavirus.
    WHEN A TEXAS COUNTY TRIED TO ENSURE RACIAL EQUITY IN COVID-19 VACCINATIONS, IT DIDN'T GO AS PLANNEDJANELL ROSS/DALLASMARCH 2, 2021TIME
    A social worker in New York who provides home hospice services to the dying, he was one of the first people in the country to get the vaccine.
    SO YOU GOT VACCINATED … AND THEN YOU GOT COVID. NOW WHAT?MAGGIE KOERTH (MAGGIE.KOERTH-BAKER@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)FEBRUARY 23, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
    The shots come amid a worsening pandemic, with more than 4,000 dying of covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, on Wednesday.
    CORONAVIRUS CASES AMONG LAWMAKERS WHO SHELTERED IN LOCKDOWN SHOW ONE VACCINE DOSE MAY NOT IMMEDIATELY PROTECT AGAINST INFECTIONBEN GUARINOJANUARY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POST
    You see, I am the city undertaker, and the people are dying here so fast, that I can hardly supply the demand for coffins.
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    The Alcalde was kneeling by his side, gazing sadly and earnestly into the face of the dying man.
    BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS
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