evanesce

ev·a·nesce

verb \ˌe-və-ˈnes\

ev·a·nescedev·a·nesc·ing

Definition of EVANESCE

intransitive verb

: to dissipate like vapor

Examples of EVANESCE

1. <the kids' rainy-day gloom evanesced the minute they heard that we were going out for ice cream>

Origin of EVANESCE

Latin evanescere — more at vanish

First Known Use: 1822

Related to EVANESCE

Synonyms: dematerialize, dissolve, disappear, evaporate, fade, flee, fly, go (away), melt, sink, vanish

Antonyms: appear, materialize

Related Words: blank (out), clear, die (away or down or out), disperse, dissipate, dissolve, dry up; blur, dim

Near Antonyms: arrive, break out, come out, emerge, issue, loom, show up

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Rhymes with EVANESCE

ABS, acquiesce, baroness, bitter cress, CBS, coalesce, convalesce, crown princess, DES, decompress, deliquesce, derepress, dispossess, due process, effervesce, effloresce, full-court press, gentilesse, granny dress, in-process, inverness, Inverness, less and less, letterpress, luminesce, Lyonnesse, minidress, more or less, nonetheless, obsolesce, otherguess, overdress, pennycress, phosphoresce, politesse, prepossess, preprocess, recrudesce, repossess, reprocess, retrogress, second-guess, SOS, sweaterdress, underdress, watercress, window-dress, word process