moribund[adjective]Synonyms: declining, on its last legs, stagnant, waning, weak
Contrasted words: booming, flourishing, prospering, thriving, lively, viable
Related Idioms: at death's door, on one's last legs, with one foot in the grave
Related Words: expiring,
fading,
going,
decadent,
deteriorating,
regressing [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
mor‧i‧bund /ˈmɒrəbʌnd, ˈmɒrɪbʌnd $ ˈmɔː-, ˈmɑː-/
adjective[
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: Latin;
Origin: moribundus, from mori 'to die']
1. a moribund organization, industry etc is no longer active or effective and may be coming to an end:
The region’s heavy industry is still inefficient and moribund. A cut in interest rates will help the country’s moribund housing market.2. literary slowly dying:
The patient was moribund by the time the doctor arrived. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲