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View synonyms for ageing

ageing

[ ey-jing ]

noun

  1. a variant of aging.


ageing

/ ˈeɪdʒɪŋ /

noun

  1. the process of growing old or developing the appearance and characteristics of old age
  2. the change of properties that occurs in some metals after heat treatment or cold working


adjective

  1. becoming or appearing older or elderly

    an ageing car

  2. giving or creating the appearance of age or elderliness

    that dress is really ageing on her

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Example Sentences

Proponents of the Warthog, however, argue that the ageing plane has no equal in supporting troops on the ground.

For me, what was most moving was his terrible fear of ageing and his extreme dislike of his own appearance.

The Netherlands humiliates an ageing Spain, while the world looks on in disbelief.

To stand up to the depilation dictators, to ignore all diet and detox regimes, to embrace ageing, wrinkles, and grey hair.

Despite the anguish, she was careful to maintain her responsibilities to her own children and ageing parents.

Hilda's assumption that the ageing woman had telegraphed for her on inadequate grounds had proved to be quite wrong.

There was in it the indefinable hardening and ageing which seemed to Boyson to have affected the whole personality.

Evenings without number, after little Hal had been tucked into bed, the two ageing men had sat and smoked together.

Indeed she looked quite youthful, despite the ageing influences of black silk.

When was it to end—this curse of his heart not ageing while his frame moved naturally onward?

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