Antonyms for wearing away
Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
- add
- adorn
- advance
- agreement
- aid
- allow
- appear
- appearance
- appease
- approve
- arrival
- arrive
- ascend
- assist
- be born
- be careful
- bear
- beautify
- begin
- benefit
- bless
- brighten
- build
- calm
- clean
- cleanse
- clear
- color
- combine
- comfort
- coming
- commence
- compliment
- construct
- continue
- create
- cure
- decorate
- destroy
- develop
- elevate
- enhance
- enlarge
- entrance
- expand
- extend
- favor
- fix
- flourish
- forge
- forward
- germinate
- get better
- go up
- grow
- harmony
- heal
- help
- honor
- improve
- increase
- irritate
- join
- laud
- lengthen
- liberate
- live
- make well
- mend
- neglect
- ornament
- pacify
- peace
- perfect
- placate
- please
- pour
- praise
- prolong
- prosper
- protect
- purify
- put together
- raise
- reach
- repair
- ripen
- rise
- schedule
- set up
- sew
- soothe
- start
- stay
- staying
- strengthen
- stretch
- unite
- upset
- wait
- win
Definition of wearing away
- As in decaying : adj rotting
- As in wear and tear : noun devaluation due to use
- As in vanishment : noun disappearance
- As in disappearance : noun vanishing
- As in friction : noun rubbing
- 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
Synonyms for wearing away
- abate
- ablation
- abrade
- abrasion
- abuse
- adulterate
- agitation
- alloy
- atrophy
- attrition
- 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
- breaking down
- breaking up
- burn
- calm down
- carve
- ceasing to exist
- chafe
- chafing
- check
- chip
- collapse
- collapsing
- consume
- consumption
- contaminate
- contract
- corrode
- corrupt
- crack
- cripple
- crumble
- crumbling
- curb
- curdle
- curtail
- cut down
- debase
- debilitate
- decay
- decline
- decline and fall
- decompose
- decomposing
- decrease
- decrement
- deface
- defile
- degenerate
- degrade
- delaminate
- dematerialization
- departure
- depletion
- deprave
- depreciate
- depreciation
- descend
- desertion
- desquamate
- deteriorate
- deteriorating
- devaluate
- die down
- dilapidate
- diminish
- dirty
- disappear
- disappearing act
- discolor
- disfigure
- disimprove
- disintegrate
- disintegrating
- disintegration
- dismantle
- dispersal
- dissipation
- dissolution
- dissolve
- drain
- droop
- drop
- drop off
- dry up
- dry-rot
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- eat away
- eat into
- ebb
- ebbing
- eclipse
- end
- engrave
- erode
- eroding
- erosion
- escape
- etch
- evanescence
- evaporate
- evaporation
- excoriate
- exfoliate
- exit
- exodus
- expire
- fade
- fade away
- fade out
- fade-out
- fading
- fail
- fall
- fall apart
- fall off
- falling to pieces
- fashion
- filing
- fizzle out
- flag
- flight
- form
- fray
- frazzle
- fret
- fretting
- gall
- get worse
- gnaw
- go bad
- go downhill
- go to pieces
- go to pot
- go to seed
- go to the dogs
- going
- grating
- grinding
- halt
- hard wear
- harm
- hew
- hit rock bottom
- hit the skids
- hurt
- impair
- incapacitate
- infect
- injure
- irritation
- lacerate
- languish
- lapse
- lessen
- let up
- lighten
- lose edge
- lose it
- lose power
- lose quality
- loss
- lower
- maim
- maltreat
- mangle
- mar
- massage
- melt away
- melting
- mildew
- model
- moderate
- modify
- mold
- molder
- mortify
- mutilate
- narrow down
- overuse
- oxidize
- oxidizing
- pare
- pass
- passing
- pejorate
- perish
- pervert
- peter out
- pollute
- putrefy
- putresce
- quell
- quiet
- rankle
- rasping
- ravage
- ravages of time
- ravel
- reach depths
- rebate
- recede
- receding
- recession
- reduce
- regress
- removal
- resistance
- restrain
- retirement
- retrograde
- retrogress
- riffle
- rip
- ripple
- rot
- rub
- ruin
- run down
- run low
- run out
- rust
- rusting
- sap
- scab
- scale
- scathe
- scorch
- scour
- scraping
- 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
- soreness
- split
- spoil
- spoiling
- stab
- stain
- sting
- stop
- subside
- suppurate
- tail away
- tail off
- tamper with
- taper
- tarnish
- tatter
- tear
- tingle
- traction
- trim
- trituration
- turn
- undermine
- unravel
- vanish
- vitiate
- wane
- waste
- waste away
- wasting away
- weaken
- wear
- wear away
- wear down
- wear thin
- wear threadbare
- wearing away
- weathering
- wilt
- withdrawal
- wither
- worsen
- wound
- wreak havoc on
- wreck
- wrong
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