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Synonyms for dying down
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : dahy |
Phonetic Transcription : daɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for dying down Other synonyms for the word dying down
- abating
- abridge
- allay
- amputate
- appease
- assuage
- attenuate
- balm
- bate
- becalm
- become fair
- become smaller
- become sunny
- blow over
- brighten
- calm
- calm down
- cease
- chasten
- check
- chill out
- clip
- close
- compose
- contract
- cool
- cool off
- cool out
- crop
- crumble
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- de-escalate
- decay
- decline
- declining
- degenerate
- degrade
- depreciate
- depreciating
- deteriorate
- devaluate
- die away
- die down
- die out
- diminishing
- dissipate
- downsize
- drain
- draw to a close
- droop
- drop
- drop off
- dropping
- dry up
- dwindle
- dwindling
- dying down
- ease
- ease off
- ease up
- ebb
- ebbing
- end
- erode
- evaporate
- fade
- fade away
- fading away
- fail
- fall
- fall away
- fall back
- fall off
- fall short
- finish
- fizzle out
- flag
- flow back
- go out
- grow less
- hush
- impair
- improve
- languish
- lapse
- lay back
- lessen
- let up
- lift
- lighten
- lightening
- lose edge
- losing momentum
- lower
- lowering
- lullaby
- meet halfway
- melt
- minify
- minimize
- mitigate
- moderate
- moderating
- modify
- modulate
- mollify
- narrow
- narrow down
- narrowing
- pacify
- pass
- peter out
- pick up
- pine
- play down
- plummeting
- plunging
- put a lid on
- qualify
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- quieting
- rebate
- recede
- reduce
- regulate
- release
- relent
- relieve
- repress
- restrain
- retire
- retreat
- retrocede
- roll back
- run its course
- run low
- sagging
- settle
- shrink
- shrinking
- shrivel
- shriveling up
- sink
- sinking
- slack off
- slack up
- slacken
- slackening
- slash
- slow
- slow down
- slowing
- slump
- slumping
- soft-pedal
- soften
- softening
- soothe
- still
- stop
- stroke
- subdue
- subside
- subsiding
- tail away
- tail off
- take it easy
- take the bite out
- take the edge
- take the edge off
- take the sting out
- tame
- taper
- taper off
- temper
- thin
- tone down
- tranquilize
- truncate
- vanish
- wane
- waning
- waste
- waste away
- wasting
- weaken
- weakening
- wear away
- wear down
- wearing down
- wearing off
- wind down
- withdraw
- wither
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for dying down
- add
- advance
- aggravate
- agitate
- aid
- allow
- arouse
- ascend
- assist
- brighten
- build
- complicate
- compliment
- continue
- develop
- disturb
- egg on
- energize
- enhance
- enlarge
- excite
- expand
- extend
- flourish
- flow
- forge
- forward
- free
- go up
- grow
- help
- improve
- incite
- increase
- intensify
- irritate
- laud
- lengthen
- let go
- liberate
- magnify
- move
- permit
- pour
- praise
- prolong
- provoke
- question
- raise
- reach
- release
- rise
- save
- start
- strengthen
- stretch
- swell
- trouble
- turn over
- unleash
- upset
- win
- worry
- worsen
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