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Showing words for PERISH using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Perish

perish, reship, seriph

5 Letter Words for Perish

epris, heirs, hiper, hires, hirse, peris, phies, piers, pries, rhies, ripes, shier, shire, shrip, siper, speir, spier, spire

4 Letter Words for Perish

eris, ersh, heir, heps, herp, hers, hesp, hies, hipe, hips, hire, ipse, ires, irpe, pehs, perh, peri, pers, phis, pier, pies, pirs, pise, pish, pres, prie, rehs, reps, resp, ries, ripe, rips, rise, risp, seir, sher, ship, shir, shri, sier, sipe, sire, spie

3 Letter Words for Perish

ehs, eir, epi, ers, esp, esr, hei, hep, her, hes, hie, hip, hir, his, hrs, ihp, ihs, iph, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, ish, peh, per, pes, phi, phr, pie, pir, pis, pre, prs, psi, reh, rei, rep, res, rhe, rie, rip, rps, sei, sep, ser, she, shi, shp, shr, sie, sip, sir, sri

Definitions for Perish

[1] to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
[2] to pass away or disappear: an age of elegance that has forever perished.
[3] to suffer destruction or ruin: His valuable paintings perished in the fire.
[4] to suffer spiritual death: Save us, lest we perish.
[5] perish the thought , may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
[6] to be destroyed or die, esp in an untimely way
[7] (tr sometimes followed by with or from) to cause to suffer we were perished with cold
[8] to rot leather perishes if exposed to bad weather
[9] perish the thought! may it never be or happen thus
[10] do a perish Australian informal to die or come near to dying of thirst or starvation

Words related to Perish

disintegrate, crumble, wither, cease, disappear, vanish, rot, succumb, decease, depart, collapse, pass, corrupt, expire, demise, fall, go, end, waste, decompose

Words nearby Perish

perisalpingitis, perisalpinx, perisarc, periscope, periscopic, perish, perish the thought, perishable, perished, perishing, perisigmoiditis

Origin of Perish

1200–50; Middle English perissen < Old French periss-, long stem of perir < Latin perīre to perish, literally, go through, spend fully, equivalent to per- per- + īre to go

Other words from Perish

per·ish·less , adjective
per·ish·ment , noun
un·per·ished , adjective

Word origin for Perish

C13: from Old French périr, from Latin perīre to pass away entirely, from per- (away) + īre to go

Synonyms for Perish

cease, crumble, disappear, disintegrate, pass away, rot, succumb, vanish, wither, collapse, corrupt, croak, decease, decompose, demise, depart, end, expire, fall, go, pass, waste, OD, be destroyed, be killed, be lost, bite the dust, break down, buy the farm, check out, give up the ghost, go under, kick the bucket, lose life, pass on