📖 Definitions of "Moribund"
noun
- 1
A person who is near to dying.
adjective
- 1
Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.
- 2
Almost obsolete, nearing an end.
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Moribund"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dyingnoun | Approaching death; about to die; moribund. |
| expiring | Ending, terminating, dying. |
| stagnant | (figurative) Without progress or change; stale; inactive. |
| adynamic | Not dynamic; without strength or vigor. |
| undynamic | Not dynamic. |
| morient | (rare, literary) Dying, moribund. |
| deadly | Causing death; lethal. |
| morbifick | Obsolete form of morbific. [That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic.] |
| gravebound | Headed for the grave or death. |
| all-a-mort | Alternative form of alamort (“dejected”). [(obsolete) Half-dead; in a depressed condition; dejected.] |
| mortall | Obsolete spelling of mortal. [Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal.] |
| dead | (usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.) |
| doom'dverb | Obsolete spelling of doomed. [Assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome.] |
| tabidnoun | A barangay of Ozamiz, Misamis Occidental, Philippines. |
| mortiferous | Causing physical death; deadly, fatal, lethal. |
| far gone | Almost entirely used up or elapsed. |
| deadbornnoun | (dated, rare) Stillborn. |
| alamort | (obsolete) Half-dead; in a depressed condition; dejected. |
| fatal | Causing death or destruction. |
| doomward | Toward one's doom. |
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