dying

Adjective
  1. In or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be (synset 300003938)
    "a dying man"; "his dying wish"; "a dying fire"; "a dying civilization"
    similar:
    • moribund - being on the point of death; breathing your last
    • last - occurring at the time of death
  2. Eagerly desirous (synset 300814817)
    "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won"
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    similar: eager - having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
    synonym: anxious
Noun
  1. The time when something ends (synset 115168437)
    "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"
    hypernym: end, ending - the point in time at which something ends
    hyponym: grave - death of a person
    part meronym: life, life-time, lifespan, lifetime - the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
    synonym: death, demise

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