dwindle

Meaning

1. To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
2. To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.
3. To lessen; to bring low.
4. To break up or disperse.

Synonyms

decrease

diminish

shrink

lessen

wane

decline

waste

abate

waste away

subside

reduce

weaken

degenerate

contract

decay

drop

dwindle away

fall off

recede

worsen

grow less

dwindle down

fade away

fail

fall

bate

go down

droop

lessened

loll

melt

moderate

narrow

pine

grow dry

die down

reduced

run out

run short

die

💀

sink

deteriorate

taper

thin

thin out

descend

depleted

decompose

wilt

wither

consume away

drain away

tabefy

melt away

dry up

tapering off

ebb

evaporate

exhausted

fade

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdwɪn.dəl/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Norse: dvena

Cognate with Dutch: verdwijnen

In summary

Frequentative form of dwine, from Middle English dwinen, from Old English dwīnan (“to waste away”), itself from Proto-Germanic *dwīnaną. It is equivalent to dwine + -le, akin to Old Norse dvena, dvína, Dutch verdwijnen (“to disappear, dwindle”).