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mouldering Definition and Meaning in English (mouldering definition)

adjective
Synonyms:decayingrottingdisintegrating
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Mouldering definition: Describing something that is slowly decaying and disintegrating, often due to dampness or neglect.

Definitions of Mouldering

  1. 1adjective

    Describing something that is slowly decaying and disintegrating, often due to dampness or neglect.

  2. 2verb

    The present participle of 'moulder', indicating the process of decaying slowly and crumbling into dust.

Example Sentences

casual

“The old wooden cabin was slowly mouldering away in the damp forest.”

casual

“We found a mouldering book in the attic, its pages brittle with age.”

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past participlemouldered
nounmoulder

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Mouldering definition: Describing something that is slowly decaying and disintegrating, often due to dampness or neglect.
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