molder
verb
1 molder
Break down.
synonyms: decompose, moulder, rot.
Roget 475:
be uncertain
etc.
adj.;
wonder whether.
lose the clue,
lose the clew,
scent;
miss one's way.
not know what to make of
etc.
(unintelligibility)
519,
not know which way to turn,
not know whether one stands on one s head or one's not know whether one stands on one s head or one's heels;
float in a sea of doubt,
hesitate,
flounder;
lose oneself,
lose one's head;
muddle one's brains.
render uncertain
etc.
adj.;
put out,
pose,
puzzle,
perplex,
embarrass;
confuse,
confound;
bewilder,
bother,
molder,
addle the wits,
throw off the scent,
ambiguas in vulgus spargere voces [Lat.];
keep in suspense.
doubt
etc.
(disbelieve)
485;
hang in the balance,
tremble in the balance;
depend.
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Roget 653:
be unclean,
become unclean
etc.
adj.;
rot,
putrefy,
ferment,
fester,
rankle,
reek;
stink
etc.
401;
mold,
molder;
go bad
etc.
adj..
render unclean
etc.
adj.;
dirt,
dirty;
daub,
blot,
blur,
smudge,
smutch†,
soil,
smoke,
tarnish,
slaver,
spot,
smear;
smirch;
begrease†;
dabble,
drabble†,
draggle,
daggle†;
spatter,
slubber;
besmear
&c.,
bemire,
beslime†,
begrime,
befoul;
splash,
stain,
distain†,
maculate,
sully,
pollute,
defile,
debase,
contaminate,
taint,
leaven;
corrupt
etc.
(injure)
659;
cover with dust
etc.
n.;
drabble in the mud†;
roil.
wallow in the mire;
slobber,
slabber†.
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Dutch: kneder, vormer
adjective
Roget 659:
unimproved
etc.
(improve)
etc.
658;
deteriorated
etc.
v.;
altered,
altered for the worse;
injured
etc.
v.;
sprung;
withering,
spoiling
etc.
v.;
on the wane,
on the decline;
tabid†;
degenerate;
marescent†;
worse;
the worse for,
all the worse for;
out of repair,
out of tune;
imperfect
etc.
651;
the worse for wear;
battered;
weathered,
weather-beaten;
stale,
passe,
shaken,
dilapidated,
frayed,
faded,
wilted,
shabby,
secondhand,
threadbare;
worn,
worn to a thread,
worn to a shadow,
worn to the stump,
worn to rags;
reduced,
reduced to a skeleton;
far gone;
tacky [U.S.].
decayed
etc.
v.;
moth-eaten,
worm-eaten;
mildewed,
rusty,
moldy,
spotted,
seedy,
time-worn,
moss-grown;
discolored;
effete,
wasted,
crumbling,
moldering,
rotten,
cankered,
blighted,
tainted;
depraved
etc.
(vicious)
945;
decrepid†,
decrepit;
broke,
busted,
broken,
out of commission,
hors de combat [Fr.],
out of action,
broken down;
done,
done for,
done up;
worn out,
used up,
finished;
beyond saving,
fit for the dust hole,
fit for the wastepaper basket,
past work
etc.
(useless)
645.
at a low ebb,
in a bad way,
on one's last legs;
undermined,
deciduous;
nodding to its fall
etc.
(destruction)
162;
tottering
etc.
(dangerous)
665;
past cure
etc.
(hopeless)
859;
fatigued
etc.
688;
retrograde
etc.
(retrogressive)
283;
deleterious
etc.
649.
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Moby thesaurus: ablate, age, antiquate, atomize, become extinct, become obsolete, break down, break up, calm, calm down, canker, carver, cease, chaser, clay modeler, come apart, consume, corrode, corrupt, crack up, crumble, crumble into dust, date, decay, decompose, die down, disintegrate, disjoin, disorganize, dissolve, dwindle, earth artist, ebb, erode, fade, fall into decay, fall to pieces, fester, figurer, figuriste, fission, fossilize, fust, gangrene, gem carver, go bad, go to pieces, graver, grow old, halt, lose currency, lull, mason, mildew, modeler, mold, monumental mason, mortify, necrose, obsolesce, outdate, pacify, perish, putrefy, putresce, quiesce, quiet, quieten, rankle, rot, rust, sculptor, sculptress, sculpturer, soothe, sphacelate, split, spoil, statuary, stonecutter, stop, subside, superannuate, suppurate, taint, tranquilize, turn, wane, waste away, wax modeler, wear away, wood carver ... show more.
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