Dying

/ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:11 pts5 letters

Definition of Dying

verb

  1. To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
  2. To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).

    "He died a hero's death."

  3. To yearn intensely.

    "I'm dying for a packet of crisps."

  4. To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.

    "The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother."

  5. To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.

    "He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him."

verb

  1. To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

noun

  1. (with "the") Those who are currently expiring, moribund.

    "The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying."

adjective

  1. Approaching death; about to die; moribund.

    "The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!"

  2. Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.

    "In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon."

  3. Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

    "His dying words were of his mother."

Anagrams of Dying

Exact Anagrams

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Words You Can Make

8 words can be made from the letters in "dying":

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Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

be no morebite the big onebite the dustbuy the farmcease to becheck outcross overcross the riverexpiregive up the ghostgo to meet one's makerhop off the twigjoin the choir invisiblekick the bucketpass

ANTONYMS

nascent