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71decline — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. droop, slant, slope; decadence, wasting, aging, deterioration. v. worsen, slump; refuse, turn down (an offer). See oldness, age, refusal, descent, weakness, recession. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …
72deterioration — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Growing worse Nouns 1. deterioration, debasement; wane, ebb (see decrease); decline, declension; relapse, backsliding (see regression); recession; rust belt. 2. (moral deterioration) degeneracy,… …
73dinosaur — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. brontosaurus, etc. (see animal); old dog, relic, fossil. See oldness. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. 1. saurian sauropod, *terrible lizard, prehistoric creature, theropod. WORD FIND • aquatic:… …
74disuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of use Nouns 1. disuse, forbearance, abstinence; obsoleteness, [planned] obsolescence; relinquishment; cessation, discontinuance; abandonment; castaway, throwaway, reject. Informal, cold storage.… …
75elder — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. older, earlier, superior, senior; elderly. n. ancestor, senior. See age, oldness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. older, senior, ranking, more mature; see older , senior . n. 1. [Old person] Syn. old… …
76extinct — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. extinguished, quenched; exterminated, nonexistent, obsolete; died out, gone. See oldness, past, nonexistence, death, destruction. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dead, ended, terminated, exterminated,… …
77fashion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Prevailing mode Nouns 1. fashion, style, [bon] ton, society; good society, polite society; drawing room, civilized life, civilization; town; haut or beau monde, high life, court; world; haute couture,… …
78fossil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. relic, petrification; fogy. See oldness, age. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. remains, organic remains, reconstruction, specimen, skeleton, relic, impression, imprint, trace, petrified deposit, petrifaction.… …
79fusty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. musty, stuffy, stale; old fashioned. See oldness. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Smelling of mildew or decay: frowzy, moldy, musty, putrid, rancid, rank2, rotten. See SMELLS. 2. Of a style… …
80geriatric — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. elderly, aged. See oldness. Ant., youthful …
