waning
Losing its strength
Waning describes something gradually decreasing in size, intensity, or power.
The moon wanes as it shrinks from full to new.
Interest wanes when enthusiasm fades: Public support for the project was waning.
Influence, strength, and daylight all wane.
The noun wane appears in on the wane, meaning in decline.
Progressively becoming smaller
- shrinkingDecreasing in dimension
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
- decreasingBecoming smaller or fewer
- subsidingDecreasing in intensity
tapering · ebbing · receding · contracting · withering · depleting · abating · attenuating
Process of declining quality
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- downturnEconomic decline period
- slumpExtended period of decline
recession · downfall · collapse · regression · depletion · erosion · weakening · flagging
Light after sunset
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- senescenceGradual functional decline with age
- dotageAge-related mental weakness
decline · retirement · legacy · wisdom · venerable · hoary · elder · frailty
dwindling
Progressively becoming smaller
- shrinkingDecreasing in dimension
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
- decreasingBecoming smaller or fewer
subsiding · tapering · ebbing · receding · contracting · withering · depleting · abating · attenuating · thinning
deterioration
Process of declining quality
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- downturnEconomic decline period
slump · recession · downfall · collapse · regression · depletion · erosion · weakening · flagging · faltering
twilight
Light after sunset
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- senescenceGradual functional decline with age
dotage · decline · retirement · legacy · wisdom · venerable · hoary · elder · frailty · fading
gibbous
Convexly swollen shape
- crescentCurved sickle-like arc
- moonNatural planetary satellite
- moonlightReflected solar radiance, nocturnal
lunar · cycle · phase · orbit · tide · monthly · nocturnal · celestial · illumination · darkness
power
Energy transfer rate
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- relevanceState of mattering here
- prominenceNotable status or visibility
popularity · prestige · dominance · clout · sway · grip · control · standing · stature · reputation
- gradual declinefading, dwindling, diminishing, ebbing, declining
- astronomy termseclipse, solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, star, meteor shower
- celestialsun, moon, stars, planet, planets
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
- declinesdrop, decline, downtrend, downturn, downfall
- decliningdeclining, fading, diminishing, decreasing, ebbing
waningwaxing
Coating for shine
increasing · growing · rising · expanding · mounting
waningflourishing
Prospering vigorously
thriving · burgeoning · blossoming · strengthening · reviving
- waning moonMoon after full, before new
- waxing and waningCyclical increase and decrease
- waning immunityDecreasing bodily defense capacity
- waning crescentFinal lunar phase shown
- waning gibbousMoon more than half-lit, decreasing