Related Words for on the wane

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waning
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Noun, Noun
dwindle
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Verb
flagging
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Noun
withering
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Noun
fade
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
dying
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Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
late
/
Adjective
dusky
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Noun
autumnal
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Noun
terminating
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Verb
under the weather
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Phrase, Adjective
imminent
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Adjective
vanishing
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Noun
down for the count
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Phrase, Adjective
lagging
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Noun
faint
/
Adjective
short
/
Adjective
doon
/
Noun
asleep
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Adverb
wintry
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Adjective
latter
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Noun
dark
/
Adjective
dull
/
Adjective
falling
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Verb
midterm
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Noun
downcast
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Adjective
downbeat
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Noun
darkened
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Adjective
intervening
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Noun
sunless
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Adjective
overcast
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Adjective
darkling
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Name
bleak
/
Adjective
twilight
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Noun
broken
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Adjective
bleached
/
Adjective
dusk
/
Noun
lowering
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Verb
behind
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Adverb, Adjective, Noun
out like a light
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Phrase, Adjective
climacteric
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Noun
cool
/
Adjective
aging
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Noun
fin de siècle
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Phrase, Adjective, Noun
rise
/
Noun, Verb
chilling
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Adjective
cold
/
Noun
perishing
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Noun
blue
/
Noun
postseason
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Noun
shaded
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Adjective
barren
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Adjective
early
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Adjective
momentary
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Adjective
mild
/
Adjective
obscured
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Verb
clement
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Name
overnight
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Adjective
daytime
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Noun
closing
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Noun
lukewarm
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Adjective
sometime
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Adverb
moonlit
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Noun
abate
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Verb, Noun
advance
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
bringing
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Noun
calculation
xx/x
Noun
change
/
Noun, Verb
climb
/
Verb, Noun
craziness
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Noun
decadence
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Noun
decay
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Noun, Verb
decline
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Noun, Verb
decrease
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Noun, Verb
diminish
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Verb
dip
/
Noun, Verb
disappearance
xx/x
Noun
downturn
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Noun, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
ebb
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
eclipse
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Noun, Verb
embracing
x/x
Noun
escape
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Verb, Noun
exit
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Noun, Verb
falter
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Verb, Noun
flirtation
x/x
Noun
full
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
lessen
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Verb
mount
/
Noun, Verb
push
/
Verb, Noun
recession
x/x
Noun
reduce
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Verb
retreat
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Noun, Verb
sinking
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Verb
slacken
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Verb
submergence
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Noun
transmutation
xx/x
Noun
vegetable
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Noun, Adjective
waver
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Verb, Noun
wax
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
weaken
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Verb
wear on
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Phrase, Verb