Definitions For Decaying

verb

  • To be slowly destroyed by natural processes : to be slowly broken down by the natural processes that destroy a dead plant or body
  • To slowly lose strength, health, etc.
  • To go slowly from a bad condition to a worse condition : to slowly enter a state of ruin

noun

  • The process or result of being slowly destroyed by natural processes
  • The slow loss of strength, health, etc.
  • The process or result of going slowly from a bad condition to a worse condition

Is Decaying a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
17

The word Decaying is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Decaying in a Sentence

  • The smell of decaying rubbish
  • Dead plants and leaves decayed by bacteria
  • She believes that the moral fiber of our society is decaying.
  • The decay of dead plants and leaves
  • She writes about the moral decay of our society.
  • The patient's physical and mental decay

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