decline
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(verb) grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned" |
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Synonyms: go down, wane |
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Related Words: decrease, diminish, dip, drop, fall, lessen, wear on |
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(verb) of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives |
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Related Words: inflect |
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(verb) go down |
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Related Words: dip, drop, sink |
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(noun) change toward something smaller or lower |
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Synonyms: diminution |
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Related Words: decline in quality, decrease, decrement, deterioration, drop-off, ebb, ebbing, falling off, falloff, loss, sinking spell, slack, slump, wane, worsening |
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(noun) a condition inferior to an earlier condition |
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Related Words: condition, disuse, neglect, status, twilight, wreck |
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Antonyms: improvement |
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(verb) grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened" |
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Synonyms: worsen |
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Related Words: change state, come down, degenerate, deprive, deteriorate, drop, drop away, drop off, fail, fall away, impoverish, inflame, regress, retrograde, retrogress, sicken, slip, suffer, tumble, turn |
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(verb) show unwillingness towards |
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Synonyms: refuse |
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Related Words: contract out, disdain, disobey, freeze off, pooh-pooh, regret, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down |
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(noun) a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current |
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Synonyms: decay |
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Related Words: decrease, decrement, exponential decay, exponential return |
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(noun) a downward slope |
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Synonyms: declivity, descent, downslope, fall |
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Related Words: downhill, incline, side, slope, steep |
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(verb) refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" |
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Synonyms: pass up, refuse, reject, turn down |
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Related Words: bounce, dishonor, dishonour |
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