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biting(adjective, painful, disapprobation)
8
fading(adjective, decline, collapse, failing)
8
waning(decline, deterioration, degeneration, deteriorating)
8
wilting
7
cutting(adjective, painful, disapprobation)
6
declining(adjective, deteriorating)
6
drying
6
ebbing
6
parching(adjective, drying)
6
shriveling(adjective, reduction, shrinkage, tightening)
6
wasting(decline, ruin, collapse, failing)
5
decaying(adjective, deteriorating)
5
languishing
4
desiccating(adjective, drying)
4
deteriorating(adjective, deteriorating)
4
dying(decline, ruin, collapse, last)
4
failing(decline, ruin, collapse, deterioration)
4
shrinking(adjective, reduction, shrinkage, tightening)
4
sinking
4
worsening
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