Definitions for moribund

moribund mor·i·bund

Spelling: [mawr-uh-buhnd, mor-]
IPA: /ˈmɔr əˌbʌnd, ˈmɒr-/

Moribund is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 249 anagrams from letters in moribund (bdimnoru).

Definitions for moribund

adjective

  1. in a dying state; near death.
  2. on the verge of extinction or termination.
  3. not progressing or advancing; stagnant:

Origin of moribund

1715-25; Latin moribundus dying, equivalent to mori- (stem of morī to die) + -bundus adj. suffix

Examples for moribund

Then Heal STL was burned down Monday like a moribund body for cremation.

Now French investigators, with the help of the FBI, want to know if it is more than a moribund coincidence.

Together the two works are an epitome of modern and moribund Iran.

Is Palestinian culture to blame for the moribund state of the Palestinian economy?

When Murdoch bought the paper in 1969 it was a moribund broadsheet losing a ton of money, with a circulation of 800,000.

"You can tell my country, sir, that I died willingly," panted the moribund.

Leaving the moribund Eddie, Frank crosses paths with a black deliveryman, and they talk about hurricane survivors.

Surely it was time to infuse new blood into the veins of the moribund art.

I saw for myself the return of life to a body that was moribund.

More than the population of the moribund city, at least as Harkaman remembered it.

Word Value for moribund
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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