What is another word for petering out?
Pronunciation:
[ pˈiːtəɹɪŋ ˈa͡ʊt], [ pˈiːtəɹɪŋ ˈaʊt], [ p_ˈiː_t_ə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ ˈaʊ_t]
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Synonyms for Petering out:
n.
• ebb (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• blow over (verb) • decrease (verb)- wither,
- depreciate,
- wear down,
- restrain,
- calm down,
- dwindle,
- degenerate,
- soften,
- quiet,
- dry up,
- wear away,
- slack off,
- drop off,
- narrow down,
- quell,
- curb,
- lower,
- reduce,
- crumble,
- waste,
- slash,
- sink,
- check,
- run low,
- lighten,
- devaluate,
- deteriorate,
- modify,
- slow down,
- tail off,
- slacken,
- shrink,
- ease,
- weaken,
- decline,
- droop,
- let up,
- settle,
- fall off,
- contract,
- curtail,
- slump,
- lose edge,
- shrivel,
- cut down.
- fade away,
- expire,
- wilt,
- lose power,
- dilapidate,
- run down,
- moderate,
- rot,
- break down,
- bate,
- lapse,
- molder,
- retrograde,
- rankle,
- fade out,
- go downhill,
- ease off,
- go bad,
- halt,
- melt away,
- fall,
- disappear.
- cut,
- abbreviate,
- become smaller,
- extenuate,
- attenuate,
- taper,
- retrench,
- close,
- temper,
- minify.
Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words:- fall back,
- poop out,
- weary,
- conk out,
- draw,
- die away,
- fag,
- dim,
- overfatigue,
- overdo,
- use up,
- debilitate,
- overextend,
- dissolve,
- frazzle,
- cripple,
- suck dry,
- enfeeble,
- do in,
- flag,
- tire,
- thin,
- hush,
- etiolate,
- disperse,
- die on vine,
- fall away,
- poop,
- enervate,
- Deliquesce,
- flow back,
- grow less,
- rarefy,
- retire,
- fatigue,
- tucker out,
- withdraw,
- prostrate,
- relent,
- fold,
- pine,
- burn out,
- impoverish,
- clear,
- languish,
- tucker,
- perish,
- overtire,
- bankrupt,
- evanesce,
- disable,
- overwork,
- melt,
- waste away.
How to use "Petering out" in context?
"petering out" is a term used to describe a situation in which someone or something begins to slowly or eventually end. The term is often used when describing a person or thing that has been gradually losing energy or momentum, or when their usefulness has ended. The term can also be used to describe a situation in which someone or something is no longer able to continue functioning in the same way as before. The death of a star is an example of a petering out event, as is the gradual decline of a company or organization.
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