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meath — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • decadence noun A state of moral or cultural decline, often linked to excessive luxury or self-indulgence.
  • decay verb To rot or gradually break down, especially of organic matter.
  • decline verb To become weaker, smaller, or worse over time.
  • deteriorate verb To get worse in quality or condition.
  • fail verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
  • failure noun The state of not achieving a desired or intended result.
  • waste noun Material that is no longer wanted or useful; rubbish.

Senses

meath is used for these senses in English:

  • decadence A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
  • decay (ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.
  • decay A deterioration of condition; loss of status, quality, strength, or fortune.
  • decay (intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
  • decline Downward movement, fall.
  • decline (intransitive) To become weaker or worse.
  • deteriorate (intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
  • fail (intransitive) To be unsuccessful.

decadence — full definition

  1. noun A state of moral or cultural decline, often linked to excessive luxury or self-indulgence.
  2. noun Luxurious self-indulgence, without necessarily implying moral decline.

decay — full definition

  1. verb To rot or gradually break down, especially of organic matter.
  2. verb To decline gradually in quality, strength, or condition.
  3. noun The process or result of rotting or gradual deterioration.
  4. noun In physics, the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus or particle breaks down over time.

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