3
shrivelling(verb, reduction, shrinkage, tightening)
3
sliding(verb, deteriorating)
3
slipping(verb, deteriorating)
3
slumping(verb, deteriorating)
3
stabbing(adjective, painful)
3
supercilious
2
abbreviating(verb, reduction, shrinkage, tightening, contracting)
2
abridging(verb, reduction, shrinkage, tightening, contracting)
2
belittling
2
blighting
2
captious
2
carping
2
censorious(adjective, disapprobation)
2
condensing(verb, reduction, shrinkage, tightening, contracting)
2
consumption(decline, ruin, collapse, failing, deterioration)
2
crumbling(decline, ruin, collapse, failing, deterioration)
2
crushing(adjective, painful)
2
curse(disease, stain, decay, affliction, scar)
2
decadent
2
decline(ruin, collapse, failing, deterioration, impairment)
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