Synonyms for waste away
- verb
Definitions
- v. 1
To lose energy or become weak and feeble.
She watched him waste away from lack of food or exercise.
Example sentences
- pine The fir, the spruce and the pine are all conifers.
- decay A mother must protect her child's teeth from decay.
- perish If a mouse only has one hole, it will soon perish.
- wither What is left when the flowers of time wither away?
- languish Now that I've lost him, all I can do is languish.
By length
- 4 letters
- pine1
- 5 letters
- waste1, decay2
- 6 letters
- perish2, wither2
- 7 letters
- dwindle2
- 8 letters
- languish2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (decay2 = 2 syllables).