Antonyms for dying down


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : dahy
Phonetic Transcription : daɪ


Definition of dying down

Origin :
  • mid-12c., possibly from Old Danish døja or Old Norse deyja "to die, pass away," both from Proto-Germanic *dawjanan (cf. Old Frisian deja "to kill," Old Saxon doian, Old High German touwen, Gothic diwans "mortal"), from PIE root *dheu- (3) "to pass away, become senseless" (cf. Old Irish dith "end, death," Old Church Slavonic daviti, Russian davit' "to choke, suffer").
  • It has been speculated that Old English had *diegan, from the same source, but it is not in any of the surviving texts and the preferred words were steorfan (see starve), sweltan (see swelter), wesan dead, also forðgan and other euphemisms.
  • Languages usually don't borrow words from abroad for central life experiences, but "die" words are an exception, because they are often hidden or changed euphemistically out of superstitious dread. A Dutch euphemism translates as "to give the pipe to Maarten." Regularly spelled dege through 15c., and still pronounced "dee" by some in Lancashire and Scotland. Used figuratively (of sounds, etc.) from 1580s. Related: Died; dies.
  • As in lessening : adj decreasing
  • As in lessen : verb lower, reduce
  • As in let up : verb pause
  • As in lull : verb calm, ease off
  • As in moderate : verb restrain, control
  • As in wane : verb diminish, lessen
  • As in blow over : verb disappear slowly
  • As in peter : verb decrease
  • As in clear up : verb become improved
  • As in decrease : verb grow less or make less
  • As in dwindle : verb waste away; taper off
  • As in ebb : verb subside; decline
Example sentences :
  • He was between the columns at last, but the light was dying down.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Now and again he raised his head to note the dying down of the fire.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • But perhaps it was only that the breeze was dying down as the afternoon wore on.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • The island was dying down over the sea in a pale light of silver grey.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • To Solomon was left the consummation and the finish, and the dying down.
  • Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
  • Daylight is due pretty soon, now, and the storm is dying down.
  • Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram
  • The day was closing; the thunders of the cannon were dying down.
  • Extract from : « The Parisians, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • It is not a flame of popular discontent, arising in a day and dying down in a day.
  • Extract from : « Revolution and Other Essays » by Jack London
  • For an hour the wind kept up, only dying down for a minute or two.
  • Extract from : « The Putnam Hall Encampment » by Arthur M. Winfield
  • There, the noise is dying down back of us, Mayhew announced.
  • Extract from : « The Pioneer Boys of the Yellowstone » by Harrison Adams

Synonyms for dying down

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