adj. Function: adjective
approaching death or a final end FF1C; found lying moribund in her bed FF1E; FF1C; with its mills shut down the city's economy was moribund FF1E;
Synonyms: dying
Related Words: expiring, fading, going; decadent, deteriorating, regressing
Idioms: at death's door, on one's last legs, with one foot in the grave
Contrasted Words: booming, flourishing, prospering, thriving; lively, viable