1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Waste.

2. (a.) Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune.

Sanforizing abscess aging ague anemia ankylosis anoxia apnea asphyxiation asthma ataxia atrophy attenuation backache baneful bleeding blennorhea cachexia cachexy calamitous cataclysmal cataclysmic catastrophic chill chills chronic ill health colic coming apart constipation consuming consumption consumptive convulsion coughing cracking crumbling cyanosis deadly debilitation debility decadent declining decrepitude degenerate delicacy delicate health demolishing demolitionary depredatory desolating destroying destructive deteriorating devastating diarrhea disastrous disintegrating dizziness doomful doting draining drooping dropsy drying drying up dwindling dysentery dyspepsia dyspnea ebbing edema effete emaceration emaciation enervation exhaustion fading failing fainting falling fatal fateful fatigue feebleness fever fibrillation flagging flux fragility fragmenting frailty fratricidal getting on going to pieces growing old growth healthlessness hemorrhage high blood pressure hydrops hypertension hypochondria hypochondriasis hypotension icterus ill health indigestion infirmity inflammation insomnia internecine invalidism invalidity itching jaundice labored breathing languishing languishment low blood pressure lumbago marasmus marcescent morbidity morbidness nasal discharge nausea necrosis nihilist nihilistic pain paralysis parching peakedness pining poor health preshrinkage pruritus rash ravaging regressive retrograde retrogressive rheum ruining ruinous sclerosis searing seizure self-destructive senescent shock shrinkage shrinking shriveling sickliness sinking skin eruption sliding slipping slumping sneezing sore spasm subsiding subversionary subversive suicidal tabes tabetic tachycardia thinning tumor unhealthiness unsoundness unwholesomeness upset stomach valetudinarianism vandalic vandalish vandalistic vertigo vomiting waning wasteful weakliness wilting withering worsening