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Synonyms and Antonyms of ebbed
- the fortunes of the town slowly ebbed as factory after textile factory closed
atrophied, crumbled, decayed, declined, degenerated, descended, deteriorated, devolved, regressed, retrograded, rotted, sank (or sunk), worsened
abated, de-escalated, diminished, downsized, dwindled, receded, waned
broke down, corrupted, decomposed, degraded, dilapidated, disintegrated, moldered, putrefied
soured, spoiled (or chiefly British spoilt)
drooped, failed, fell, flagged, lagged, languished, ran down, sagged, slipped, wasted (away), weakened, wilted
- the howling winds ebbed as the hurricane moved into the interior
abated, declined, decreased, de-escalated, died (away or down or out), diminished, drained (away), dropped (off), dwindled, eased, fell, fell away, lessened, let up, lowered, moderated, palled, phased down, ratcheted (down) also racheted (down) , receded, relented, remitted, shrank (or shrunk), subsided, tapered, tapered off, waned
accumulated, ballooned, built, burgeoned (also bourgeoned), enlarged, escalated, expanded, grew, increased, intensified, mounted, mushroomed, picked up, rose, snowballed, soared, swelled, waxed
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