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perishing

[ per-i-shing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

causing destruction, ruin, extreme discomfort, or death:
lost in the perishing cold.

perishing

/ ˈpɛrɪʃɪŋ /

informal.
(of weather, etc) extremely cold
slang.
(intensifier qualifying something undesirable)
it's a perishing nuisance!

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; perish, -ing ²

In "the haste of the workers, the feeling for form itself, the ear and eye for the melody of movements are [. . .] perishing."

His soul was tossed on the billows of a tempestuous ocean, in the midst of which he saw his father perishing.

A perishing formation loses moral force in more rapid progression than the mere loss of members would seem to warrant.

The claims of countrymen perishing for lack of knowledge, on those who know the truth, are strong.

It is easy to imagine the gratitude and joy of the nine perishing men who were rescued from an awful death!

She had the fixed look of one who watches the perishing under her eyes of a beloved dream.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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