DYING

5 letters 10 Scrabble points /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/

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."

Related words: be no more bite the big one bite the dust buy the farm cease to be check out cross over cross the river
verb

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

Related words: shade stain streak tint
noun

  1. The process of approaching death; loss of life; less precisely, death.

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."

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters D Y I N G
Length 5 letters
Scrabble Score 10 points

Anagrams of DYING

Words that use the same letters:

DINGY

Words Containing "DYING"

BANDYING BELADYING BLOODYING BODYING BRANDYING BUDDYING CADDYING CADYING CANDYING COEMBODYING DYINGLY DYINGNESS DYINGS DISEMBODYING EDDYING EMBODYING GIDDYING HOWDYING IMBODYING JEOPARDYING

Words Starting with "DYING"

DYINGLY DYINGNESS DYINGS

Words Ending with "DYING"

BANDYING BELADYING BLOODYING BODYING BRANDYING BUDDYING CADDYING CADYING CANDYING COEMBODYING DISEMBODYING EDDYING EMBODYING GIDDYING HOWDYING IMBODYING JEOPARDYING JUNDYING LINDYING MELODYING