dwindled
Slowly became less
Dwindled is the past tense of dwindle, meaning to gradually shrink or diminish over time.
Unlike sudden disappearance, dwindling suggests a slow decline: Their savings dwindled to nothing, The crowd dwindled as the night wore on.
Resources dwindle, populations dwindle, hopes dwindle—anything that fades by degrees rather than vanishing at once.
Made or became smaller
- decreasedBecame smaller in amount
- reducedMade less in amount
- lessenedMade or became smaller
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
shrunk · contracted · downsized · curtailed · minimized · lowered · thinned · dropped
Lost original color
- wanedDecreased gradually
- ebbedFlowed back out
- taperedGradually narrowing in width
- witheredDried and shrunken
wilted · petered out · trailed off · wound down · slackened · weakened · languished · flagged
diminished
Made or became smaller
depleted · shrunk · contracted · downsized · curtailed · minimized · lowered · thinned · dropped · fallen
faded
Lost original color
withered · wilted · petered out · trailed off · wound down · slackened · weakened · languished · flagged · melted away
eroded
Gradually degraded by elements
degenerated · crumbled · shriveled · withered · wasted · declined · deteriorated · rotted · rusted · corroded
- diminisheddevalued, lessened, decreased, depreciated, reduced
- disappearedvanished, disappeared, gone, vanish, faded
dwindledincreased
Grew larger in amount
grew · expanded · accumulated · multiplied · enlarged
dwindledsurged
Increased suddenly and forcefully
flourished · thrived · intensified · strengthened · blossomed