Antonyms for fell away
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɔl |
- accomplish
- accuse
- achieve
- add
- advance
- aggravate
- allow
- amplify
- approve
- ascend
- awake
- blame
- blow up
- break off
- build
- carry on
- censure
- charge
- condemn
- continue
- develop
- dilate
- disagree
- draw up
- encourage
- enlarge
- expand
- extend
- flourish
- flow
- forge
- forward
- free
- give
- go
- go up
- grow
- hold
- improve
- incite
- increase
- incriminate
- intensify
- irritate
- keep
- leave alone
- lengthen
- let go
- loose
- loosen
- magnify
- open
- permit
- progress
- prolong
- punish
- raise
- reach
- receive
- release
- rise
- save
- sentence
- spread
- straighten
- strengthen
- stretch
- succeed
- take away
- tighten
- wake
- win
- worry
Definition of fell away
Origin :- present participle adjective from fall (v.). Falling star is from 1560s; falling out "disagreement" is from 1560s. Falling evil "epilepsy" is from early 13c.
- As in regress : verb return to earlier way of doing things
- As in remit : verb stop, postpone
- As in sag : verb droop
- As in lose ground : verb suffer loss or disadvantage
- As in contract : verb condense
- As in drop off : verb decrease
- As in ebb : verb subside; decline
- He fell away into a weakness so extreme that he could not raise his hand.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Her glance faltered, and fell away before his own that was so intent.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- There were the eyes that fell away before the spurious effrontery of her own glance.
- Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
- Then her assumed calm and the anger with which she had met his own all fell away from her.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- Her eyes roved to Garnache's, and fell away in affright before their glitter.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- Mechanically his arm relaxed the hold of her waist and fell away.
- Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
- They fell away voluminously into the capaciousness of her bosom.
- Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
- All that was false, fantastic, artificial, loosed its hold and fell away.
- Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
- And they that could not bear temptations, became reprobate, and fell away.
- Extract from : « Gathering Jewels » by James Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles
- All her resolution, her hope, fell away, and her heart was heavy and cold.
- Extract from : « The Spirit of Sweetwater » by Hamlin Garland
Synonyms for fell away
- abate
- abbreviate
- abridge
- absolve
- alleviate
- amnesty
- backslide
- bag
- become smaller
- bend
- bow
- bulge
- cancel
- cave in
- clench
- compress
- condone
- confine
- constrict
- consume
- curtail
- curve
- dangle
- decay
- decline
- decrease
- defer
- deflate
- degenerate
- delay
- desist
- deteriorate
- die down
- die out
- diminish
- dip
- draw in
- drop
- drop off
- dwindle
- ease off
- ease up
- ebb
- edit
- epitomize
- evaporate
- excuse
- exonerate
- fade away
- fail
- fall
- fall away
- fall back
- fall farther behind
- fall off
- flag
- flap
- flop
- flow back
- forbear
- forgive
- give way
- go back
- go out
- grow less
- halt
- hang
- hang down
- hold off
- hold up
- intermit
- languish
- lapse
- lean
- lessen
- let up
- lose
- lose ground
- melt
- mitigate
- moderate
- modify
- modulate
- narrow
- omit
- pardon
- peter out
- prorogue
- purse
- put off
- recede
- reduce
- relapse
- relax
- release
- relent
- repeal
- reprieve
- rescind
- respite
- retire
- retreat
- retrocede
- retrogress
- revert
- roll back
- run out of gas
- sag
- settle
- shelve
- shrink
- shrivel
- sink
- slack
- slacken
- slide
- slip
- slump
- soften
- stay
- subside
- suspend
- swag
- syncopate
- take in
- throw back
- tighten
- turn back
- wane
- waste
- weaken
- wilt
- withdraw
- wither
- wrinkle
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