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Languish

To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.

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Degenerate 76% connected

Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deteriorate 76% connected

To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Devolve 76% connected

To roll onward or downward; to pass on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hanker 76% connected

To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker afte…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Long 76% connected

Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Weaken 76% connected

To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Yearn 76% connected

To pain; to grieve; to vex.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Die 76% connected

of Dice

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Fading 74% connected

of Fade

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fading 74% connected

of Fade

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wastage 74% connected

Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wastage 74% connected

Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Yen 74% connected

of Ye

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Yen 74% connected

of Ye

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Synonym 6

Ache 92% connected

A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fade 92% connected

Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pine 92% connected

Woe; torment; pain.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Waste 92% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Yearn 92% connected

To pain; to grieve; to vex.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Yen 92% connected

of Ye

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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