subsiding
Gradually becoming less
Subsiding describes something gradually decreasing, sinking, or settling down.
Floodwaters subside as they recede.
Pain subsides as it eases.
Anger subsides as it calms.
Land subsides when it sinks to a lower level: The foundation cracked as the ground beneath it was subsiding.
The word implies a slow diminishing rather than a sudden stop.
Decrease or refuse
- dropFall or release
- fallDescend under gravity
- reductionMaking something smaller
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
lessening · lowering · shrinkage · contraction · tapering · waning · dwindling · fading
Undisturbed peacefulness
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- quietudeState of calm stillness
- placidityState of undisturbed calm
quiescence · lull · hush · easing · soothing · settling · gentleness · peace
Reduction of intensity
- easingReducing strain or difficulty
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- respiteShort pause from hardship
- abatementDecrease in force
mitigation · lessening · soothing · reprieve · remission · amelioration · assuagement · lightening
Gradual retreat seaward
Sanctuary or withdrawal
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- ebbingGradually declining or receding
- regressionReturn to former state
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
backing · retiring · reversal · de-escalation · return · recession
Falling through water
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- saggingBending downward weakly
decline
Decrease or refuse
diminishing · lessening · lowering · shrinkage · contraction · tapering · waning · dwindling · fading · weakening
tranquility
Undisturbed peacefulness
placidity · quiescence · lull · hush · easing · soothing · settling · gentleness · peace · repose
alleviation
Reduction of intensity
abatement · mitigation · lessening · soothing · reprieve · remission · amelioration · assuagement · lightening · palliation
ebb
Gradual retreat seaward
retreat
Sanctuary or withdrawal
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- ebbingGradually declining or receding
- regressionReturn to former state
retraction · backing · retiring · reversal · de-escalation · return · recession
sinking
Falling through water
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
sagging · dropping · lowering · compression
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
- decreasesreduction, decline, drop, fall, decrease
- gradual declinefading, waning, dwindling, diminishing, ebbing
- fading awayfading, waning, ebbing, dwindling, dying down
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- gradual motioncrawling, creeping, inching, drifting, gliding
subsidingintensifying
Increasing in strength
strengthening · escalating · increasing · growing · amplifying
subsidingerupting
Violently expelling material
flaring up · breaking out · emerging · arising · reigniting
- subsidized apartmentsRentals with financial aid
- subsidized housingIncome-based rental assistance
- subsidized loansDebt with reduced interest
- subsidized rentPartially covered housing cost
- foreign subsidiary
- subsidized mealsFood partially paid by others
subsidiary, subsidize, subsidized, subsidizing, subsidizes, subsidization, subsidizer, subsidiarity, subsidizers