waning

Plural: wanings

Noun

• a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
  • "the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious"
  • "the waxing and waning of the moon"
• The fact or act of becoming less or less intense or present; fading.
• The fact or act of becoming smaller.

Verb

Verb Forms: waned, waning, wanes

• Decreasing in vigor, power, or extent; drawing to a close.
• grow smaller
• become smaller
• decrease in phase
  • "the moon is waning"
• become pale and sickly
• present participle and gerund of wane

Adjective

• (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases
  • "after full moon comes the waning moon"

Adj

• Becoming weaker or smaller.
• Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth.

Examples

• His confidence was WANING as his opponent consistently played high-scoring words.

Synonyms

decline, go down, wan, wane

Antonyms

wax, waxing

Anagrams of waning