Decline and Mess

Decline

Decline noun - A gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body.

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Mess and decline are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mess" instead a noun "Decline".

Mess noun - A state in which everything is out of order.

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Decline and mess are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decline" instead a noun "Mess".

Nearby Words: messy, messed, messing

real	real decline	real mess
massive	massive decline	massive mess
huge	huge decline	huge mess
sad	sad decline	sad mess
Other adjectives: major, general, political, further, subsequent, resulting.

Similarly, smaller creatures will decline to mess with giant robots (unless you step on them).

Source: Preexisting Encounters
Mess with Baby 5, a girl who cannot decline a question (like marriage) and is like a younger sister to Dofy?

Source: Not So Different / Anime and Manga
Dark Souls has a mess of rather varied demons roaming throughout Lordran, although they are fairly new to the scene, having only come about when the Age Of Fire started to decline and the Witch Of Izalith tried to recreate the First Flame.

Source: The Legions of Hell

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