mouldering

Meaning of mouldering

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. 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

  • It is a verb.
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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:

decay

Meaning (with reference to a dead body or other organic matter) make or become rotten; decay or cause to decay:

decompose

Meaning (chiefly of animal or vegetable matter) decay or cause to decay by the action of bacteria and fungi; decompose:

rot

Meaning (of rubber, food, etc.) lose its normal qualities; rot or decay:

perish

Meaning (of food) become unfit for eating:

spoil

Meaning (of a body or other organic matter) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell:

putrefy

Meaning break or fall apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration:

crumble

Meaning break up into small parts as the result of impact or decay:

disintegrate

Meaning become progressively worse:

deteriorate

Anagrams of mouldering

remoulding

Words that rhyme with mouldering

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