Synonyms for die away
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : daɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for die away Other synonyms for the word die away
- attenuate
- bate
- be merciful
- become fair
- become smaller
- become sunny
- blow over
- brighten
- change one's mind
- clear
- close
- collapse
- come to a point
- contract
- cool it
- cry uncle
- de-escalate
- decline
- deliquesce
- deteriorate
- die away
- die down
- die on vine
- die out
- dim
- diminish
- disappear
- disperse
- dissolve
- drain
- draw to a close
- droop
- drop
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- ease up on
- ebb
- etiolate
- evanesce
- evanish
- evaporate
- fade
- fade away
- fag out
- fail
- fall
- fall short
- flag
- fold
- forbear
- give in
- give quarter
- give some slack
- give up
- give way
- go along with
- go easy on
- grow less
- have mercy
- have pity
- hush
- improve
- languish
- lapse
- lay back
- lessen
- let go
- let it happen
- let up
- level off
- lift
- lighten up
- lower
- lull
- mellow out
- melt
- melt away
- moderate
- narrow
- perish
- peter out
- pick up
- pine
- poop out
- quiet
- quieten
- quit
- rarefy
- recede
- reduce
- relax
- relent
- rescind
- run its course
- say uncle
- settle
- show mercy
- shrink
- shrivel
- sink
- slack off
- slacken
- slow
- soften
- subside
- taper
- taper off
- thin
- thin out
- tire
- tucker out
- vanish
- wane
- waste away
- weaken
- wilt
- wind down
- wither
- yield
Définition of die away
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 relent : verb die down; let up
- As in subside : verb die down; decrease
- As in taper/taper off : verb decrease to a point
- As in wane : verb diminish, lessen
- As in taper : verb decrease
- As in clear up : verb become improved
- As in dwindle : verb waste away; taper off
- As in fade : verb dwindle, die out
- But no, he might die away from home, and that would disgrace their Caste.
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
- And in a few years the clamour will cease, the din will die away.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- About four miles had been covered when the breeze began to die away.
- Extract from : « The Rover Boys on the Farm » by Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)
- "Then—" the laugh grew heartier, finally, however, to die away.
- Extract from : « The Cross-Cut » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
- If that love was to be starved and die away, it would not be because of any moral scruples.
- Extract from : « The Patrician » by John Galsworthy
- What had caused his exuberance to die away, his enthusiasm to grow dim?
- Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath
- The words seemed to die away on her lips as she pronounced them.
- Extract from : « The Regent's Daughter » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
- But that seemed to die away, and again all was utterly silent.
- Extract from : « Boycotted » by Talbot Baines Reed
- The wind did not increase in force nor, on the other hand, did it die away.
- Extract from : « Held Fast For England » by G. A. Henty
- She heard the wheels of the carriage on the circle—yet she listened to them die away.
- Extract from : « A Modern Chronicle, Complete » by Winston Churchill
Antonyms for die away
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