11
biting(verb, adjective, painful, disapprobation)
8
fading(verb, adjective, decline, collapse, failing)
8
waning(verb, decline, deterioration, degeneration, deteriorating)
8
wilting(verb, deteriorating)
7
cutting(verb, adjective, painful, disapprobation)
7
decay(noun, decline, disease, collapse, down)
7
devastating
7
atrophy(noun, decline, ruin, collapse, deterioration)
6
annihilative
6
contemptuous(adjective, contempt)
6
declining(verb, adjective, deteriorating)
6
drying(verb, drying)
6
ebbing(verb, deteriorating)
6
parching(verb, adjective, drying)
6
severe(adjective, painful, severity, disapprobation)
6
sharp(adjective, disapprobation)
6
shriveling(verb, adjective, reduction, shrinkage, tightening)
6
wasting(verb, decline, ruin, collapse, failing)
5
annihilating
5
blight(noun, decline, disease, collapse, stain)
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