Antonyms for dying down

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : dahy

Phonetic Transcription : daɪ

Definition of dying down

Origin : mid-12c., possibly from Old Danish døja or Old Norse deyja "to die, pass away," both from Proto-Germanic *dawjanan (cf. Old Frisian deja "to kill," Old Saxon doian, Old High German touwen, Gothic diwans "mortal"), from PIE root *dheu- (3) "to pass away, become senseless" (cf. Old Irish dith "end, death," Old Church Slavonic daviti, Russian davit' "to choke, suffer").
It has been speculated that Old English had *diegan, from the same source, but it is not in any of the surviving texts and the preferred words were steorfan (see starve), sweltan (see swelter), wesan dead, also forðgan and other euphemisms.
Languages usually don't borrow words from abroad for central life experiences, but "die" words are an exception, because they are often hidden or changed euphemistically out of superstitious dread. A Dutch euphemism translates as "to give the pipe to Maarten." Regularly spelled dege through 15c., and still pronounced "dee" by some in Lancashire and Scotland. Used figuratively (of sounds, etc.) from 1580s. Related: Died; dies.

As in lessening : adj decreasing
As in lessen : verb lower, reduce
As in let up : verb pause
As in lull : verb calm, ease off
As in moderate : verb restrain, control
As in wane : verb diminish, lessen
As in blow over : verb disappear slowly
As in peter : verb decrease
As in clear up : verb become improved
As in decrease : verb grow less or make less
As in dwindle : verb waste away; taper off
As in ebb : verb subside; decline

Example sentences :

He was between the columns at last, but the light was dying down.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

Now and again he raised his head to note the dying down of the fire.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

But perhaps it was only that the breeze was dying down as the afternoon wore on.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

The island was dying down over the sea in a pale light of silver grey.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

To Solomon was left the consummation and the finish, and the dying down.
Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence

Daylight is due pretty soon, now, and the storm is dying down.
Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram

The day was closing; the thunders of the cannon were dying down.
Extract from : « The Parisians, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

It is not a flame of popular discontent, arising in a day and dying down in a day.
Extract from : « Revolution and Other Essays » by Jack London

For an hour the wind kept up, only dying down for a minute or two.
Extract from : « The Putnam Hall Encampment » by Arthur M. Winfield

There, the noise is dying down back of us, Mayhew announced.
Extract from : « The Pioneer Boys of the Yellowstone » by Harrison Adams

Synonyms for dying down

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