evanescing
Fading from view
Evanescing is the present participle of evanesce, meaning to fade away or disappear gradually like vapor.
The word carries a literary, almost poetic quality: The morning mist was evanescing as the sun rose.
Things that evanesce don't vanish abruptly—they dissolve slowly into nothing, leaving no trace.
Ceasing to exist physically
- dissolvingPassing into solution
- meltingSolid-to-liquid transition
- evaporatingChanging from liquid to gas
- sublimingSolid-to-gas transition
dispelling · fading · receding · departing · withdrawing · retreating · escaping · slipping away
Passing very quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- transitoryBrief in duration
- impermanentNot meant to last
short-lived · passing · brief · temporary · fugitive · volatile · mercurial · flitting
Decreasing in brightness
- palingStakes forming a boundary
- blanchingBriefly boiling then cooling
- bleachingChemical color removal
- whiteningMaking something lighter
graying · dulling · softening · weakening · blurring · hazing · muting · hushing
Distribution in many directions
- dispersingSpreading widely apart
- diffusingSpreading particles or light
- atomizingBreaking into droplets
- vaporizingTransforming into gaseous state
sublimating · thinning · diluting · attenuating · depleting · spreading · radiating · emanating
dematerializing
Ceasing to exist physically
- dissolvingPassing into solution
- meltingSolid-to-liquid transition
- evaporatingChanging from liquid to gas
subliming · dispelling · fading · receding · departing · withdrawing · retreating · escaping · slipping away · ebbing
fleeting
Passing very quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- transitoryBrief in duration
impermanent · short-lived · passing · brief · temporary · fugitive · volatile · mercurial · flitting · meteoric
dimming
Decreasing in brightness
whitening · graying · dulling · softening · weakening · blurring · hazing · muting · hushing · quieting
scattering
Distribution in many directions
- dispersingSpreading widely apart
- diffusingSpreading particles or light
- atomizingBreaking into droplets
vaporizing · sublimating · thinning · diluting · attenuating · depleting · spreading · radiating · emanating · exhaling
evanescingappearing
Becoming visible or present
materializing · emerging · manifesting · surfacing · arising
evanescingsolidifying
Becoming rigid or fixed
materializing · coalescing · condensing · crystallizing · congealing
evanescinggrowing
Increasing or enlarging
increasing · intensifying · swelling · amplifying · expanding
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