Hope of finding the child alive is fading rapidly.
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Fading
//ˈfeɪdɪŋ//
Synonyms for "fading" (186 found)
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deformationdegeneracydegeneratedegeneratenessdegenerationdegradationdematerializationdemotiondeparturedepravationdepravednessdepreciationderogationdescentdeterioratingdeteriorationdevolutiondiminishingdisappearancedisappearing
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discolorationdisintegratingdispersiondissipationdissolutiondissolvingdotingdowntrenddownturndownward mobilitydownward trenddrainingdriftdroopingdropdwindlingdyingebbebbingeclipseeffeteeffetenesseliminationephemeralerasureetiolationevanescenceevanescentevaporatingevaporationextinctionfade outfade-outfadeawayfadeout
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failingfailurefailure of nervefallfallingfalling-offfickleflaggingfleetingflittingfly-by-nightflyingfragilefragmentingfrailfugaciousfugitivegetting ongoinggoing to pieces
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growing oldimpermanentimpetuousimpulsiveinconstantinsubstantialinterferenceinvolutionlanguishinglapselighteningloss of tonemadder bleachmarcescentmarket bleachmeltingmomentarymoribundmortalmutablenoisenondurablenonpermanentoccultationpalingpassingperishablepiningrecedingreceptionregressionregressiverelapseretiringretreatingretrocessionretrogradationretrograderetrogressionretrogressivesenescentshort livedshort-livedshrinkingshrivelingsinkingslidingslippageslippingslumpslumpingstaticsubsidingtabetictemporaltemporarytransienttransitivetransitoryundurableunenduringunstablevanishingvanishing pointvolatilewanewaningwastingwhiteningwiltingwipewitheringworsening
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My concern here is whether the women's movement is fading or not.
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Fighting the fading light he continued to count their names.
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The shadow is fading.
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