wore off
Lost its effect
Wore off is the past tense of wear off, meaning to gradually fade or diminish until gone.
The effect of medication wears off as the body metabolizes it: The anesthesia wore off and the pain returned.
Novelty wears off when something stops feeling new: The excitement of the job wore off after a few months.
- ebbedFlowed back out
- died downBecame less intense
- weakenReduce in strength
- subsidedDecreased in intensity
- diminishedMade or became smaller
fade · faded away · decreased · dissipate · dwindled · fade away · vanished · wane · expire · wore out · petered out · abate · dulled · taper · high · came down · gradual · declined
- diminisheddevalued, lessened, decreased, depreciated, reduced