Usually means: Decaying slowly, especially organic matter.
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  1. mouldering: Collins English Dictionary
  2. mouldering: Vocabulary.com
  3. mouldering: Wordnik
  4. mouldering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. mouldering: Wiktionary
  6. Mouldering, mouldering: Dictionary.com
  7. Mouldering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. mouldering: Rhymezone
  9. mouldering: FreeDictionary.org
  10. mouldering: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. Mouldering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

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  1. mouldering: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  That moulders; decaying

Similar:
rotten, rotting, decomposing, moldering, mouldly, smouldry, smouldring, mouldy, semidecaying, decayed, more...

Opposite:
fresh, pristine, new, unspoiled, immaculate

Types:
decaying, rotting, putrefying, festering, moldy, more...

Adjectives:
slow, long, great, peaceable, few, rough, chill, general, beautiful

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Similar:
rotten, rotting, decomposing, moldering, mouldly, smouldry, smouldring, mouldy, semidecaying, decayed, more...

Opposite:
fresh, pristine, new, unspoiled, immaculate

Types:
decaying, rotting, putrefying, festering, moldy, more...

Adjectives:
slow, long, great, peaceable, few, rough, chill, general, beautiful



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