Synonyms for dying away
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : daɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for dying away Other synonyms for the word dying away
- attenuate
- bate
- be merciful
- become fair
- become smaller
- become sunny
- blow over
- brighten
- change one's mind
- clear
- close
- collapse
- come to a point
- contract
- cool it
- cry uncle
- de-escalate
- decline
- deliquesce
- deteriorate
- die away
- die down
- die on vine
- die out
- dim
- diminish
- disappear
- disperse
- dissolve
- drain
- draw to a close
- droop
- drop
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- ease up on
- ebb
- etiolate
- evanesce
- evanish
- evaporate
- fade
- fade away
- fag out
- fail
- fall
- fall short
- flag
- fold
- forbear
- give in
- give quarter
- give some slack
- give up
- give way
- go along with
- go easy on
- grow less
- have mercy
- have pity
- hush
- improve
- languish
- lapse
- lay back
- lessen
- let go
- let it happen
- let up
- level off
- lift
- lighten up
- lower
- lull
- mellow out
- melt
- melt away
- moderate
- narrow
- perish
- peter out
- pick up
- pine
- poop out
- quiet
- quieten
- quit
- rarefy
- recede
- reduce
- relax
- relent
- rescind
- run its course
- say uncle
- settle
- show mercy
- shrink
- shrivel
- sink
- slack off
- slacken
- slow
- soften
- subside
- taper
- taper off
- thin
- thin out
- tire
- tucker out
- vanish
- wane
- waste away
- weaken
- wilt
- wind down
- wither
- yield
Définition of dying away
Origin :- mid-12c., possibly from Old Danish døja or Old Norse deyja "to die, pass away," both from Proto-Germanic *dawjanan (cf. Old Frisian deja "to kill," Old Saxon doian, Old High German touwen, Gothic diwans "mortal"), from PIE root *dheu- (3) "to pass away, become senseless" (cf. Old Irish dith "end, death," Old Church Slavonic daviti, Russian davit' "to choke, suffer").
- It has been speculated that Old English had *diegan, from the same source, but it is not in any of the surviving texts and the preferred words were steorfan (see starve), sweltan (see swelter), wesan dead, also forðgan and other euphemisms.
- Languages usually don't borrow words from abroad for central life experiences, but "die" words are an exception, because they are often hidden or changed euphemistically out of superstitious dread. A Dutch euphemism translates as "to give the pipe to Maarten." Regularly spelled dege through 15c., and still pronounced "dee" by some in Lancashire and Scotland. Used figuratively (of sounds, etc.) from 1580s. Related: Died; dies.
- As in relent : verb die down; let up
- As in subside : verb die down; decrease
- As in taper/taper off : verb decrease to a point
- As in wane : verb diminish, lessen
- As in taper : verb decrease
- As in clear up : verb become improved
- As in dwindle : verb waste away; taper off
- As in fade : verb dwindle, die out
- It was now full daylight, and the rain was dying away to a sprinkle.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- The extreme bitterness of his passion was dying away from him.
- Extract from : « The Northern Iron » by George A. Birmingham
- It was dark, and he could see nothing, and the steps were dying away.
- Extract from : « The Son of Monte Christo » by Jules Lermina
- Already the heat of the impulse that had carried her into speech was dying away.
- Extract from : « The Squirrel-Cage » by Dorothy Canfield
- Its reverberations were but dying away when Hosmer asked if Mrs. Larimore were in.
- Extract from : « At Fault » by Kate Chopin.
- Again that low, long sound, rumbling and grumbling and dying away.
- Extract from : « The Outrage » by Annie Vivanti
- Unfortunately, the first enthusiasm of the village was dying away.
- Extract from : « The Smuggler's Cave » by George A. Birmingham
- The breeze is dying away now, and in a little while we'll have a dead calm.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, May 31, 1881 » by Various
- At one end the thunderous campaigns of Napoleon are dying away.
- Extract from : « Famous Affinities of History, Vol 1-4, Complete » by Lyndon Orr
- Then you hear footsteps retreating and dying away in the distance.
- Extract from : « Riverby » by John Burroughs
Antonyms for dying away
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