lessen, diminish, decrease
There are many synonyms for the word decrease, among which are: diminish, curtail, wane, lessen, decline, dwindle, reduction, abate, decrement, subside, lower, declension or contraction.
decrease, decline, lessen, shrink, dwindle, wane, recede, subside
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decrease and lessen
There are many synonyms for the word decrease, among which are: diminish, curtail, wane, lessen, decline, dwindle, reduction, abate, decrement, subside, lower, declension or contraction.
decline, lessen, dull, decrease, reduce, diminish, dwindle, slow, quell, subdue, wane, taper
Some synonyms for the word diminished are: Decline Decrease Depreciate Dwindle Ebb Lessen Lower Reduce Shrink Weaken
The past tense of dwindle is dwindled.
You can use "dwindle" in a sentence when describing something gradually decreasing in size, amount, or intensity. For example, "The water supply continued to dwindle during the drought" or "Her savings began to dwindle after she lost her job."
How about "The vocabulary of America's Youth is starting to dwindle."? ;)
"Dwindle" means for something to gradually grow less or smaller
Dwindle means to slowly get smaller. The amount of water had started to dwindle because of the extremely hot summer's day.
Dwindle means to diminish in size, quantity, or quality and become close to the point of non-existence. It can be used as follows: Our food supplies began to dwindle and we were worried about our survival."
dwarf, dwell, dwiddle Also, the proper name: Dwight.
Words starting with DW are dweeb these can be found inwebsters new twentieth dictionary unabridged second edition: dwale dwälm/dwäm dwang dwarf dwell dwelling dwelling house dwelt dwindle dwine