Meanings
balding1
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bald
adjectivebalding (comparative more balding, superlative most balding)
comparative more balding · superlative most balding
- Becoming bald, especially having male pattern baldness.
[…] doing variations on Old Devil Moon on trumpet, backed by an aging hippy on drums, a stringbeany, college student type on upright bass, and a balding man in his fifties playing an effectively understated piano.
2002, Laurance L. Priddy, Critical Evidence, page 96
Balding2
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivegetting bald
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Translations
Bulgarian оплешивяващ
- оплешивяващ (oplešivjavašt)becoming bald
Czech plešatějící
- plešatějícíbecoming bald
Dutch kalen, kaal worden
- kalenbecoming bald
- kaal wordenbecoming bald
Finnish kaljuuntuva
- kaljuuntuvabecoming bald
Indonesian menggundul, meranggas
- menggundulbecoming bald
- meranggasbecoming bald
- mengausbecoming bald
Māori tihetihe
- tihetihebecoming bald
Portuguese calvejante, calvo
- calvejantebecoming bald
- calvobecoming bald
Russian лысе́ющий
- лысе́ющий (lyséjuščij)becoming bald
Swedish som börjar bli skallig, som tappar hår
- som börjar bli skalligbecoming bald
- som tappar hårbecoming bald
- tunnhårigbecoming bald
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Cite this entry
APA
balding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balding
MLA
“balding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balding. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balding.
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