Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dying

/ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.63 in modern English

Syllables: dy-ing
IPA: /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Approaching death; about to die; moribund.

adj

Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.

adj

Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

noun

The process of approaching death; loss of life; death.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of die

verb

present participle and gerund of dye

Example Sentences

"The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!"
"a dying fire"
"The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying."
"The face of the dying man in the lingchi video monotonously evokes Maria Falconetti in Carl Theodor Dreyer ’s 1928 “Passion of Joan of Arc.”"
"In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon."
"The dieselisation of this line has not been, as is sometimes the case, a means of reviving a dying branch, but an improving hand to a healthy service."

Etymology

From die + -ing.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dyings (plural)

Derived Forms

dyingly dyingness nondying undying

Phrases

dying breed dying declaration dying gasp dying pig dying quail dying seconds like a dying duck in a thunderstorm never-dying

Synonyms

anxious death demise

Homonyms

dyeing

Antonyms

nascent

Rhymes With

trying buying flying lying crying applying underlying denying relying supplying drying tying

Questions

How do you pronounce dying?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/.
What does dying mean?: Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
Where does dying come from?: From die + -ing.

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