diminishing

1. 1
   adjective

   Getting smaller, fewer, or less as time goes on.

   Like a candle slowly burning down until little is left.

   The diminishing daylight made each evening feel shorter.

   We watched our diminishing supply of water with worry.

   Similarshrinking, dwindling, decreasing, waning

   Oppositeincreasing, rising

2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of diminish. Use this -ing form when something is getting smaller right now.

   The noise was diminishing as the storm moved away.

   Her interest in the project kept diminishing each week.

   Note
3. 3
   noununcountable

   A drop in the size, amount, or strength of something.

   Like air slowly leaking out of a balloon until it goes flat.

   There was a slow diminishing of their hope as the days passed.

   The diminishing of the river left the whole valley dry.

   Similarreduction, decrease, decline, lessening, erosion

   Oppositeincrease, growth, rise

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