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Synonyms for waste away
| Grammar : Verb |
Top 10 synonyms for waste away Other synonyms for the word waste away
- attenuate
- be cleaned out
- be disregarded
- be impaired
- be neglected
- be out of
- be spent
- become contaminated
- become limp
- become stale
- blast
- blight
- break into pieces
- break up
- brood
- cease
- clear
- close
- collapse
- come to a close
- compress
- concentrate
- condense
- conk out
- constrict
- contract
- cook
- corrupt
- curdle
- debase
- debauch
- decline
- defile
- deflate
- defront
- degenerate
- deliquesce
- demoralize
- depart
- deprave
- depreciate
- descend
- desiccate
- desire
- despond
- deteriorate
- die
- die away
- die down
- die on vine
- die out
- diffuse
- dilapidate
- dim
- diminish
- disappear
- disband
- discolor
- disimprove
- disintegrate
- disperse
- dissipate
- dissolve
- drain
- draw to a close
- droop
- drop
- drop off
- dry
- dry up
- dry-rot
- dwindle
- ease off
- ebb
- end
- etiolate
- evanesce
- evanish
- evaporate
- exhaust
- expire
- fade
- fade away
- fag
- fag out
- fail
- faint
- fall
- fall off
- fall short
- fester
- finish
- fizzle out
- flag
- flow
- fluidify
- flux
- fold
- fuse
- get worse
- give out
- gnaw
- go
- go bad
- go downhill
- go soft
- go to pieces
- go to pot
- go to seed
- go to the dogs
- grieve
- grow smaller
- hanker
- have no more
- have none left
- heat
- hit rock bottom
- hit the skids
- hunger
- hush
- knock out
- languish
- lapse
- lessen
- let up
- liquefy
- liquesce
- long
- lose
- melt
- melt away
- merge
- mildew
- moderate
- mold
- molder
- mortify
- mummify
- narrow
- nibble
- pass
- pass away
- pejorate
- perish
- pervert
- peter out
- pine
- pollute
- poop out
- putrefy
- putresce
- quiet
- rarefy
- reach depths
- reduce
- relent
- render
- repine
- retrograde
- rot
- run
- run through
- rust
- sap
- separate
- shorten
- shrink
- shrivel
- sicken
- sigh
- sink
- slack off
- slacken
- slip away
- slump
- smelt
- snivel
- soften
- sorrow
- spill
- spoil
- squander
- stain
- stop
- subside
- succumb
- suffer
- suppurate
- taint
- taper
- taper off
- terminate
- thaw
- thin
- tire
- transpire
- tucker
- tucker out
- turn
- unmake
- vanish
- wane
- warm
- warp
- waste
- waste away
- weaken
- wear away
- wear out
- wilt
- wind down
- wither
- wizen
- worsen
- wrinkle
- yearn
Définition of waste away
- As in languish : verb droop; become dull, listless
- As in melt : verb liquefy; dissolve
- As in rot : verb corrode, deteriorate
- As in run out : verb fail, be exhausted
- As in shrink : verb become smaller
- As in wane : verb diminish, lessen
- As in wilt : verb sag, fail
- As in wither : verb droop, decline
- As in molder : verb decay
- As in decay : verb deteriorate, crumble
- As in dissolve : verb melt from solid to liquid; mix in
- As in dissolve : verb disappear, disintegrate
- As in eat : verb erode, wear away; use up
- As in fade : verb dwindle, die out
- As in go : verb elapse
- Our powers are given us to be used; and unless they are used they waste away.
- Extract from : « Practical Ethics » by William DeWitt Hyde
- In fact she was so very, very fat that nobody thought she could waste away.
- Extract from : « The Tale of Snowball Lamb » by Arthur Bailey
- There is no virtue in feeding when the manure is permitted to waste away.
- Extract from : « Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement » by Alva Agee
- You are too much of a man, Felt, to waste away in these wilds.
- Extract from : « The Forsaken Inn » by Anna Katharine Green
- All rocks have a tendency to waste away under the influence of the atmosphere.
- Extract from : « Geology » by James Geikie
- He will not suffer to waste away and vanish the faith for which he died.
- Extract from : « Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare » by Walter Savage Landor
- If any one group is over-used there will come a time when they will begin to waste away.
- Extract from : « Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them » by Charles David Musgrove
- The same muscle that grows when used within certain limits will waste away when deprived of proper exercise.
- Extract from : « The Woman Beautiful » by Helen Follett Stevans
- Soon the left gland will waste away until it is no larger than in a small boy.
- Extract from : « Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction » by T. W. Shannon
- Yet might they not so waste away their bodies, but that they recovered from their sorrows, as still happeneth oft enow.
- Extract from : « The Nibelungenlied » by Unknown
Antonyms for waste away
- appear
- arrive
- ascend
- assemble
- be born
- be happy
- bear
- begin
- bloom
- blow up
- break
- brighten
- build
- clean
- cleanse
- coagulate
- collect
- color
- combine
- commence
- concentrate
- condense
- continue
- cool
- create
- delight
- despise
- develop
- disagree
- dislike
- divide
- enhance
- enlarge
- expand
- extend
- face
- fight
- flourish
- free
- freeze
- gather
- germinate
- get
- go up
- grow
- hate
- have
- help
- hoard
- improve
- increase
- integrate
- invigorate
- keep
- lengthen
- loosen
- maintain
- make well
- marry
- meet
- mismatch
- moralize
- preserve
- prolong
- prosper
- purify
- put together
- raise
- reach
- recover
- refresh
- resolve
- ripen
- rise
- save
- separate
- sharpen
- solidify
- start
- stay
- stop
- strengthen
- stretch
- succeed
- supply
- surrender
- take on
- unite
- unmix
- upgrade
- win
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