grow+stale

  • 101tire — [v] exhaust, weary annoy, bore, burn out*, bush*, collapse, crawl, debilitate, deject, depress, disgust, dishearten, dispirit, displease, distress, drain, droop, drop, enervate, ennui, exasperate, fag, fail, faint, fatigue, flag, fold, give out,… …

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  • 102wither — [v] droop, decline atrophy, become stale, blast, blight, collapse, constrict, contract, decay, deflate, desiccate, deteriorate, die, disintegrate, dry, dry up, fade, fold, languish, perish, shrink, shrivel, wane, waste, waste away, wilt, wizen;… …

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  • 103exolete — adjective Etymology: Latin exoletus, past participle of exolescere to go out of use, become out of date, from ex ex (I) + olescere (as in adolescere to grow up) more at adult 1. obsolete : disused, obsolete …

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