His strength is waning.
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Waning
//ˈweɪ.nɪŋ//
Synonyms for "waning" (116 found)
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Related words (58)
moribundon the wanepacificpeaceablepeacefulpiningplacidquiescentquietrecedingreductiveregressivereposefulreposingrestfulrestingretiringretreatingretrograderetrogressive
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secludedsenescentsequesteredsequestratedshelteredshrinkingshrivelingsinkingslidingslippingslumpingsmoothstandstandstillstillstill as deathstillishstillystoicstolidstopsubsidencesubsidingtabetictranquiltwilightunagitatedundisturbedunmovedunperturbedunruffledunstirringuntroubledwanewastingwiltingwitheringworsening
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5 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 13 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- minvant adj (of the lunar phase)
Czech
3 entries- mizející adj (becoming weaker or smaller)
- ubývající adj (of the lunar phase)
- vytrácející se adj (becoming weaker or smaller)
Esperanto
1 entries- malkreska adj (of the lunar phase)
Finnish
1 entries- hupeneva adj (becoming weaker or smaller)
French
4 entries- décroissant adj (becoming weaker or smaller)
- décroissant adj (of the lunar phase)
- diminution noun (becoming weaker or smaller)
- décroissance noun (The fact or act of becoming smaller)
German
1 entries- abnehmen adj (of the lunar phase)
Latin
2 entries- decrescens adj (of the lunar phase)
- senescens adj (of the lunar phase)
Norman
1 entries- tchiyant adj (of the lunar phase)
Occitan
4 entries- amenent adj (becoming weaker or smaller)
- amermant adj (becoming weaker or smaller)
- descreissent adj (becoming weaker or smaller)
- descreissent adj (of the lunar phase)
Polish
3 entries- blednący adj (of the lunar phase)
- malejący adj (becoming weaker or smaller)
- słabnący adj (becoming weaker or smaller)
Portuguese
1 entries- minguante adj (of the lunar phase)
Spanish
4 entries- decreciente adj (becoming weaker or smaller)
- menguante adj (of the lunar phase)
- menguar adj (becoming weaker or smaller)
- decrecimiento noun (The fact or act of becoming smaller)
Thai
1 entries- แรม adj (of the lunar phase)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The eruption seems to be waning.
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His popularity is waning.
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It is a waning moon.
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