Waning
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

EBB
The outward flow of the tide

5 letters

DYING
The time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

AGING
Acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

6 letters

ENDING
The act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"

DIEING

EBBING
A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

FADING
Weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound"

AGEING
Acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

7 letters

WASTING
A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

SAGGING
Hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)

LAGGING
Used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat

WILTING
Causing to become limp or drooping

PAUSING

ABATING

PASSING
Allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"

CALMING
The act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)

SINKING
A descent as through liquid (especially through water); "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic"

DECLINE
Change toward something smaller or lower

FAILING
Failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks on his report"

FALLING
Coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain"

LULLING

DIMMING

8 letters

DECAYING

DROOPING
Hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)

DELAYING

DROPPING
Coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain"

DECREASE
The act of decreasing or reducing something

FALGGING

REDUCING
Any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

MATURING

RECEDING
The act of becoming more distant

SLACKING
The evasion of work or duty

TAPERING
The act of gradually lowering the size or amount; "the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose"

9 letters

WEAKENING
The act of reducing the strength of something

SUBSIDING
A gradual sinking to a lower level

WITHERING
Making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert

SHRINKING
The act of becoming less

DWINDLING
A becoming gradually less; "there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family"

LESSENING
A change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"

REMITTING

VANISHING
A sudden disappearance from sight

DECLINING

RETURNING
Tending to return to an earlier state

LOOSENING
The act of making something less tight

10 letters

DESCENDING
Coming down or downward

CONDENSING
The act of increasing the density of something

DECREASING
Becoming less or smaller

REGRESSING

MODERATING
Lessening in intensity or strength

ATROPHYING

ESTRAINING

SLACKENING
An occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind"

11 letters

DIMINISHING
Becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so; "diminishing returns"; "his diminishing respect for her"

CONTRACTING
Becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"

PETERINGOUT

WITHDRAWING

12 letters

DISAPPEARING
The act of leaving secretly or without explanation

ONTHEDECLINE

13 letters

DETERIORATING