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perishing

3 syllables
adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, perishing means extremely cold. As a noun, it means the act of something that perishes.

Meanings of perishing

3 meanings

adjective

  1. Extremely cold.

  2. Extreme; used of environmental or bodily conditions.

verb

Present participle of perish

noun

  1. The act of something that perishes; decay or destruction.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Words that rhyme with perishing

cherishing

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