Synonyms for vanishing

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : van-ish

Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæn ɪʃ

Définition of vanishing

Origin : c.1300, from shortened form of stem of Old French esvanir "disappear," from Vulgar Latin *exvanire, from Latin evanescere "disappear, die out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + vanescere "vanish," from vanus "empty" (see vain). Related: Vanished; vanishing. Vanishing point in perspective drawing is recorded from 1797.

adj disappearing
noun disappearance

Example sentences :

Light seemed to be vanishing from the universe, leaving them alone with the sea.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

It was merely a semblance, which effaced itself; the vanishing of an illusion.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

I got there just in time to see him vanishing in the bushes.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

And then she went off, vanishing down the passage as light, as ethereal, as a shadow.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

He shut his eyes on the vanishing scene: he opened them upon her.
Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen

In that boat, now vanishing upon the sea, the dead man held an oar.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

Brightness of colour was vanishing; each work seemed to show a decline.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

John looked upon her going as a vanishing from sight merely.
Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt

Can the thing beauty be vanishing away from us while the words are yet in our mouths?
Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato

Then they passed from me to the vanishing Jeanneton, and methought that she was about to call her back.
Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini

Antonyms for vanishing

appearance

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