slackened
Let up some
Slackened is the past tense of slacken, meaning to become or make looser, slower, or less intense.
A rope slackens when tension releases.
Pace or effort slackens when it diminishes: The rain slackened toward evening.
Interest in the project had slackened considerably.
Made less severe
- abatedBecame less intense
- subsidedDecreased in intensity
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- lessenedMade or became smaller
reduced · decreased · moderated · waned · ebbed · tapered · let up · died down
Made less in amount
- decreasedBecame smaller in amount
- loweredMoved downward or reduced
- lessenedMade or became smaller
- weakenedMade less capable
declined · dropped · fallen off · eased up · moderated · curtailed · scaled back · wound down
eased
Made less severe
- abatedBecame less intense
- subsidedDecreased in intensity
- diminishedMade or became smaller
lessened · reduced · decreased · moderated · waned · ebbed · tapered · let up · died down · decelerated
reduced
Made less in amount
weakened · declined · dropped · fallen off · eased up · moderated · curtailed · scaled back · wound down · slowed
loose
Not firmly secured
- untiedReleased from binding
- unfastenedNot held closed
- releasedSet free from confinement
unbound · detached · freed · eased · let out · gave way · unwound · unclenched · unhooked · unbuckled
- slowed downbraked, decelerated, reduced speed, throttled, retarded
- diminisheddevalued, lessened, decreased, depreciated, reduced
slackenedintensified
Made more extreme
increased · heightened · redoubled · stepped up · amplified
slackenedaccelerated
Increased in velocity
quickened · hastened · sped up · picked up speed · picked up
- slacken offReduce speed or effort