Relations between us seem to be on the ebb.
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Ebb
//ɛb//
Synonyms for "ebb" (252 found)
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depreciationderogationdescenddescentdeteriorationdevolutiondiedie awaydie downdiminishdiminuendodirect tidedivedowntrenddownturndownward mobilitydownward trenddraindrift awaydrop
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drop offdwindledwindlingdyingdying downease offebb and flowebb tideebbingeffetenesserodefadefade awayfadingfailfailingfailurefailure of nervefallfall awayfall offfalling-offflagfloodflood tideflowflow backflow inflow outflushfluxflux and refluxfull stopfull tideget overgogo aroundgo awaygo downgo downhillgo offgo roundgo sidewaysgushgyratehalthigh tide
Noun(1 words)
Related words (126)
high waterhit a slumphit rock bottomhit the skidsinvolutionissuelanguishlapselessenlet uplockloss of tonelow tidelow waterlulllunar tidemakemelt awaymoderatemolder
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mountmovemove awaymove offmove overneapneap tideopposite tidepacifypeter outplummetplungepourprogresspull awayquiescequietquietenreach the depthsrecederefluencerefluxregressregressionregurgitaterelentremissionremitretireretreatretrocederetrocessionretrogradationretrograderetrogressretrogressionripriptideriserotaterunrun downrun lowrushsagsetshiftshrinksinkslackenslideslipslippageslowdownslumpsoarsolar tidesoothespinspring tidestandstand offstandstillstillstandstirstopstreamsubsidesubsidencesurgesurge backtail offtaperthalassometertidal amplitudetidal currenttidal current charttidal flowtidal rangetidetide charttide gatetide gaugetide racetide riptidewatertidewaytouch bottomtranquilizetraveltrendtwilightwanewaningwastewaste awaywearwear awaywhirlwiden the distancewithdraw
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2 entriesderived
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2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
74 translations across 32 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- отлив noun (receding movement of the tide)
- спадам verb (to fall away or decline)
Catalan
4 entries- reflux noun (receding movement of the tide)
- baixar verb (to fall away or decline)
- refluir (la marea) verb (to fall away or decline)
- retirar-se verb (to fall away or decline)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 減退 /减退 verb (to fall away or decline)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 落潮 noun (receding movement of the tide)
- 退潮 noun (receding movement of the tide)
Czech
1 entries- odliv noun (receding movement of the tide)
Danish
1 entries- ebbe noun (receding movement of the tide)
Dutch
2 entries- eb noun (receding movement of the tide)
- wegebben verb (to fall away or decline)
Esperanto
1 entries- forfluo noun (receding movement of the tide)
Finnish
2 entries- laskuvesi noun (receding movement of the tide)
- luode noun (receding movement of the tide)
French
4 entries- jusant noun (receding movement of the tide)
- reflux noun (receding movement of the tide)
- décliner verb (to fall away or decline)
- refluer verb (to fall away or decline)
Galician
4 entries- devalo noun (receding movement of the tide)
- refluxo noun (receding movement of the tide)
- vazante noun (receding movement of the tide)
- devalar verb (to fall away or decline)
Georgian
4 entries- ზღვის მიქცევა noun (receding movement of the tide)
- მიქცევა noun (receding movement of the tide)
- მიქცევის დინება noun (receding movement of the tide)
- დაკნინება verb (to fall away or decline)
German
3 entries- Ebbe noun (receding movement of the tide)
- abebben verb (to fall away or decline)
- ebben verb (to fall away or decline)
Greek
1 entries- άμπωτη verb (to fall away or decline)
Hungarian
4 entries- apály noun (receding movement of the tide)
- apad verb (to fall away or decline)
- fogy verb (to fall away or decline)
- fogyatkozik verb (to fall away or decline)
Irish
3 entries- aife noun (receding movement of the tide)
- trá noun (receding movement of the tide)
- tráigh verb (to fall away or decline)
Italian
1 entries- riflusso noun (receding movement of the tide)
Middle English
2 entries- ebbe noun (receding movement of the tide)
- ebben verb (to fall away or decline)
Māori
4 entries- heke verb (to fall away or decline)
- keketu verb (to fall away or decline)
- timu verb (to fall away or decline)
- tiremi verb (to fall away or decline)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- ebbe noun (receding movement of the tide)
- fjære noun (receding movement of the tide)
- fjøre noun (receding movement of the tide)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- fjære noun (receding movement of the tide)
- fjøre noun (receding movement of the tide)
Old Irish
1 entries- aithbe noun (receding movement of the tide)
Persian
1 entries- جزر noun (receding movement of the tide)
Polish
1 entries- odpływ noun (receding movement of the tide)
Portuguese
4 entries- refluxo noun (receding movement of the tide)
- vazante noun (receding movement of the tide)
- refluir verb (to fall away or decline)
- vazar verb (to fall away or decline)
Romanian
1 entries- reflux noun (receding movement of the tide)
Russian
2 entries- отли́в noun (receding movement of the tide)
- ослабевать verb (to fall away or decline)
Spanish
2 entries- marea noun (receding movement of the tide)
- reflujo noun (receding movement of the tide)
Swedish
2 entries- ebb noun (receding movement of the tide)
- ebba verb (to fall away or decline)
Ukrainian
1 entries- відпли́в noun (receding movement of the tide)
Unami
1 entries- wënhikahële noun (receding movement of the tide)
Welsh
1 entries- trai noun (receding movement of the tide)
Sample sentences
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Sarah was at a low ebb for several weeks after her mother died.
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The tide is on the ebb.
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His popularity was at a low ebb.
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