Antonyms for wear away
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : wair |
| Phonetic Transcription : wɛər |
- add
- adorn
- advance
- aid
- allow
- appear
- appease
- approve
- arrive
- ascend
- assist
- be born
- be careful
- bear
- beautify
- begin
- benefit
- bless
- brighten
- build
- calm
- clean
- cleanse
- clear
- color
- combine
- comfort
- commence
- compliment
- construct
- continue
- create
- cure
- decorate
- destroy
- develop
- elevate
- enhance
- enlarge
- expand
- extend
- favor
- fix
- flourish
- forge
- forward
- germinate
- get better
- go up
- grow
- heal
- help
- honor
- improve
- increase
- irritate
- join
- laud
- lengthen
- liberate
- live
- make well
- mend
- neglect
- ornament
- pacify
- perfect
- placate
- please
- pour
- praise
- prolong
- prosper
- protect
- purify
- put together
- raise
- reach
- repair
- ripen
- rise
- schedule
- set up
- sew
- soothe
- start
- strengthen
- stretch
- unite
- upset
- wait
- win
Definition of wear away
Origin :- "action of wearing" (clothes), mid-15c., from wear (v.). Meaning "what one wears" is 1570s. To be the worse for wear is attested from 1782; noun phrase wear and tear is first recorded 1660s, implying the sense "process of being degraded by use."
- As in whittle : verb cut away at; reduce
- As in bite : verb corrode, eat away
- As in wear off : verb go away
- As in peter : verb decrease
- As in damage : verb cause injury, loss
- As in decay : verb deteriorate, crumble
- As in decrease : verb grow less or make less
- As in deteriorate : verb decay, degenerate
- As in die : verb wither, dwindle
- As in flake : verb peel off
- As in fray : verb shred, come apart
- As in fret : verb rub hard
- Do not eat the heart: do not wear away the heart by anxiety.
- Extract from : « Plutarch's Morals » by Plutarch
- The hours wear away, and the candles are snuffed again and again.
- Extract from : « The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees » by Mary Caroline Crawford
- Before Mid-Lent, even though I wear away my legs to the knees!
- Extract from : « Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc » by Mark Twain
- But I believe the flesh on her bones she'd wear away for any one that touched her heart.
- Extract from : « Rhoda Fleming, Complete » by George Meredith
- Nataly spied at Dudley's behaviour, and said: 'That will wear away.
- Extract from : « One of Our Conquerors, Complete » by George Meredith
- They wear away, and we lay them aside like worn garments that have served their purpose.
- Extract from : « Dawn » by Mrs. Harriet A. Adams
- His censure, when counterbalanced by your censure, 127 may wear away.
- Extract from : « The Amores, or Amours » by Ovid
- Between that time and the present full nine long hours had to wear away.
- Extract from : « Stories of Exile » by Various
- If I excuse Lewis, she will think it is but some passing thing that awhile will wear away.
- Extract from : « Merkland » by Mrs. Oliphant
- The effect is terrible and does not wear away for several days.
- Extract from : « Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory » by Lucien Turner
Synonyms for wear away
- abate
- abrade
- abuse
- adulterate
- alloy
- atrophy
- bang up
- bate
- batter
- be impaired
- be worse for wear
- become contaminated
- become ragged
- become threadbare
- become worse
- bleach
- blight
- blister
- break
- break down
- break up
- burn
- calm down
- carve
- chafe
- check
- chip
- collapse
- consume
- contaminate
- contract
- corrode
- corrupt
- crack
- cripple
- crumble
- curb
- curdle
- curtail
- cut down
- debase
- debilitate
- decay
- decline
- decompose
- decrease
- deface
- defile
- degenerate
- degrade
- delaminate
- deprave
- depreciate
- descend
- desquamate
- deteriorate
- devaluate
- die down
- dilapidate
- diminish
- dirty
- disappear
- discolor
- disfigure
- disimprove
- disintegrate
- dismantle
- dissolve
- drain
- droop
- drop
- drop off
- dry up
- dry-rot
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- eat away
- eat into
- ebb
- end
- engrave
- erode
- etch
- evaporate
- excoriate
- exfoliate
- expire
- fade
- fade away
- fade out
- fail
- fall
- fall apart
- fall off
- fashion
- fizzle out
- flag
- form
- fray
- frazzle
- fret
- gall
- get worse
- gnaw
- go bad
- go downhill
- go to pieces
- go to pot
- go to seed
- go to the dogs
- halt
- harm
- hew
- hit rock bottom
- hit the skids
- hurt
- impair
- incapacitate
- infect
- injure
- lacerate
- languish
- lapse
- lessen
- let up
- lighten
- lose edge
- lose it
- lose power
- lose quality
- lower
- maim
- maltreat
- mangle
- mar
- melt away
- mildew
- model
- moderate
- modify
- mold
- molder
- mortify
- mutilate
- narrow down
- oxidize
- pare
- pass
- pejorate
- perish
- pervert
- peter out
- pollute
- putrefy
- putresce
- quell
- quiet
- rankle
- ravage
- ravel
- reach depths
- rebate
- recede
- reduce
- regress
- restrain
- retrograde
- retrogress
- riffle
- rip
- ripple
- rot
- rub
- ruin
- run down
- run low
- run out
- rust
- sap
- scab
- scale
- scathe
- scorch
- scour
- scratch
- sculpt
- sear
- settle
- shape
- shave
- shed
- shrink
- shrivel
- sicken
- sink
- skid
- slack off
- slacken
- slash
- slice
- slide
- sliver
- slow down
- slump
- smart
- smash
- soften
- split
- spoil
- stab
- stain
- sting
- stop
- subside
- suppurate
- tail away
- tail off
- tamper with
- taper
- tarnish
- tatter
- tear
- tingle
- trim
- turn
- undermine
- unravel
- vanish
- vitiate
- wane
- waste
- waste away
- weaken
- wear
- wear away
- wear down
- wear thin
- wear threadbare
- wilt
- wither
- worsen
- wound
- wreak havoc on
- wreck
- wrong
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