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What is another word for
petering out
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Verb
Present participle for to diminish to nothing
(
of an event, action, or process
)
Present participle for to come to an end or cease to occur
Present participle for to decrease in amount or degree
(
informal
)
Present participle for to exhaust (someone)
Present participle for to stop operating
Present participle for to hinder or impede the progress or movement of
Present participle for to fail to discharge properly
Noun
The process of something ceasing to exist or coming to an end
The action of making something less extreme, intense, or violent
Adjective
Diminishing in level or extent
… more ▼
▲
Verb
▲
Present participle for to diminish to nothing
dwindling
waning
fading
ebbing
diminishing
subsiding
abating
lessening
disappearing
receding
decreasing
dissolving
evaporating
palling
failing
stopping
draining
rebating
tapering off
melting away
fading away
tailing off
dying out
fizzling out
dying away
going away
trailing off
coming to an end
coming to nothing
trailing away
giving out
running out
falling through
running dry
coming to a halt
declining
weakening
dying down
dropping off
letting up
falling away
easing
vanishing
moderating
falling
dropping
slackening
lowering
shrinking
sinking
relenting
tapering
ratcheting down
phasing down
remitting
draining away
de-escalating
falling off
slumping
easing off
dying off
reducing
growing less
withering
deteriorating
attenuating
contracting
ceasing
going downhill
degenerating
ending
flagging
plummetting
plummeting
dying
wearing off
passing away
decaying
dissipating
passing
growing faint
wasting away
ceasing to exist
winding down
crumbling
tempering
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
expiring
slackening off
becoming smaller
dropping away
growing smaller
becoming less
dimming
wilting
depleting
softening
dispersing
depreciating
finishing
drooping
quelling
closing
running low
trailing
cooling off
slacking off
growing dim
drying up
becoming extinct
toning down
wearing away
calming down
fading out
alleviating
clearing
blurring
terminating
checking
nosediving
quietening
atrophying
going
blowing over
going down
ceasing to be
settling
lapsing
slowing down
perishing
mitigating
evanescing
assuaging
allaying
dulling
retrograding
languishing
lightening
relaxing
dampening
halting
downscaling
plunging
eroding
calming
becoming weaker
melting
breaking up
disintegrating
wearing down
downsizing
tailing away
passing into oblivion
devaluating
coming to a stop
collapsing
easing up
settling down
drawing to a close
becoming weak
withering away
lulling
worsening
dematerializing
regressing
deadening
rotting
mollifying
devolving
fleeing
flying
concluding
relieving
subduing
discontinuing
descending
depressing
evanishing
leaving off
coming to naught
giving way
wasting
slowing
going south
minifying
slipping
withdrawing
elapsing
fizzling
clearing up
curtailing
decrementing
giving in
becoming obsolete
getting smaller
taking the sting out
quitting
restraining
narrowing down
denting
dipping
ceasing to be known
dispelling
taking the edge off
petering
bating
losing edge
leaving no trace
running its course
disappearing from the face of the earth
curbing
levelling off
knocking down
quieting
winding up
breaking off
dead-ending
winking out
breaking down
quietening down
determining
slaking
guttering
retiring
faltering
closing out
taking a nosedive
stilling
thinning down
thinning out
phasing out
coming to a standstill
pausing
decimating
turning down
making less
minimizing
US
paring down
minimising
UK
falling short
chilling out
slacking
decelerating
cooling
unlaxing
cooling it
fainting
sagging
abbreviating
going through the floor
retrenching
extenuating
making smaller
hitting the floor
blunting
palliating
diluting
vaporizing
US
vaporising
UK
disengaging
releasing
cutting
growing weaker
clipping
impairing
getting less
desisting
thinning
taking the bite out
slacking up
cutting back
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
taming
coming down
rolling back
becoming less common
becoming rarer
passing on
giving up
lifting
degrading
growing worse
going bad
going down the tubes
getting worse
spoiling
going down the toilet
falling apart
sliding
debilitating
becoming worse
backsliding
disimproving
hitting the skids
retrogressing
departing
vanishing into thin air
losing its effectiveness
losing its effect
losing intensity
losing strength
numbing
becoming confused
becoming indistinct
becoming blurred
becoming shadowy
growing feeble
becoming vague
making faint
finishing up
wearing out
exhausting
having no more
cutting down
slashing
modifying
putting a lid on
quashing
sinking into oblivion
disappearing slowly
more ❯
“Some films
peter out
purely on lack of effort in developing the main storyline.”
Verb
▲
(
of an event, action, or process
)
Present participle for to come to an end or cease to occur
stopping
ceasing
ending
finishing
coming to an end
coming to a stop
concluding
drawing to a close
terminating
closing
pausing
coming to a close
coming to a halt
coming to a standstill
completing
winding up
breaking off
closing out
coming to rest
culminating
desisting
discontinuing
drawing to a halt
fading away
finishing off
halting
stopping dead
winding down
wrapping up
closing down
collapsing
cooling it
cutting short
dying
dying away
dying down
dying out
elapsing
ending up
expiring
fizzling out
getting done
letting up
packing it in
passing
reaching a standstill
running its course
running out
shutting down
stopping in your tracks
holding
standing
running down
bringing to an end
axing
quitting
consummating
lapsing
wrapping
settling
breaking up
sewing up
topping off
rounding off
dead-ending
knocking off
rounding out
leaving off
packing in
winking out
dissolving
dropping
resolving
calling off
breaking
canceling
US
annulling
abolishing
aborting
cancelling
UK
scrapping
belaying
sundering
relinquishing
interrupting
determining
crowning
putting an end to
cutting off
cutting out
giving up
switching off
laying off
packing up
desisting from
shutting off
disposing of
putting paid to
pulling the plug
calling a halt to
calling it a day
putting a stop to
giving over
giving the chop
putting the lid on
knocking something on the head
nipping in the bud
getting shut of
getting shot of
pulling the plug on
finalizing
US
discharging
accomplishing
shuttering
clinching
folding
scratching
finalising
UK
scrubbing
coming to a conclusion
rounding up
carrying out
bringing to fruition
carrying through
bringing to a conclusion
hanging up
bringing to a close
setting the seal on
crossing the line
finishing up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to decrease in amount or degree
reducing
lessening
lowering
decreasing
diminishing
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
tapering
depleting
easing
curtailing
cutting
limiting
moderating
lightening
mitigating
scaling down
cutting back
cutting down
quelling
abating
alleviating
curbing
dialing down
downscaling
tempering
axing
dropping
paring
rolling back
slashing
toning down
winding down
attenuating
bringing down
clipping
couching
declining
decrementing
de-escalating
denting
relaxing
restraining
tapering off
waning
casting down
degrading
depressing
devaluating
downgrading
dropping off
drying up
dwindling
easing off
ebbing
eroding
extenuating
making cutbacks in
marking down
minifying
restricting
sinking
slackening
slowing down
tailing off
taking down
trimming
trimming back
trimming down
whittling
amortising
UK
amortizing
US
diluting
impairing
making less
making smaller
qualifying
stepping down
taking the edge off
tightening
weakening
running down
whittling down
depreciating
dampening
blunting
deadening
shrinking
allaying
subsiding
contracting
downsizing
palliating
muffling
damping
muting
softening
wearing down
subduing
cushioning
squelching
stifling
soothing
dulling
assuaging
abasing
wearing away
smothering
taking the bite out
taking the sting out
putting a damper on
paring down
shaving
pruning
rounding down
slimming down
shortening
rationing
cutting back on
levelling down
averaging down
repressing
cutting down on
shedding
abridging
cheapening
breaking
devaluing
truncating
deflating
undervaluing
demoting
narrowing
discounting
putting down
reducing greatly
retrenching
removing
deleting
eliminating
omitting
confining
damping down
getting rid of
knocking down
writing off
writing down
causing to fall
easing up on
whittling away
making reductions in
taking off
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
informal
)
Present participle for to exhaust (someone)
pooping
exhausting
draining
wearying
enervating
fatiguing
sapping
enfeebling
tuckering
debilitating
overexerting
weakening
frazzling
overextending
overfatiguing
prostrating
overtiring
overworking
conking out
doing in
pooping out
tiring out
wearing down
wearing out
running ragged
sucking dry
taking it out of
tiring
wearing
knocking out
busting
killing
disabling
knackering
bushing
shattering
tuckering out
breaking
outwearing
harassing
overtaxing
jading
flagging
depleting
languishing
succumbing
whacking
fizzling
washing out
doing up
wearing to a frazzle
taxing
sinking
drooping
crippling
bedraggling
dropping
sagging
overdoing
drawing
bankrupting
draining of energy
shagging out
taking
impoverishing
making sleepy
making weary
wearing on
boring
using up
rooting
incapacitating
failing
folding
overburdening
overstraining
collapsing
yawning
fainting
wearing yourself out
running into the ground
tiring yourself out
wearing oneself to a shadow
wiping out
making tired
wearing oneself to a frazzle
nearly killing
putting to sleep
growing weary
going stale
becoming fatigued
growing tired
getting tired
becoming tired
bonking
hitting the wall
devitalizing
etiolating
softening
wasting
indisposing
undermining
torpefying
immobilizing
US
paralysing
UK
making feeble
laying low
paralyzing
US
making weak
immobilising
UK
impairing
emasculating
diminishing
reducing
sapping your strength
putting out of action
straining
handicapping
vitiating
attenuating
eviscerating
sapping the strength of
rendering infirm
becoming exhausted
blunting
exasperating
sickening
disempowering
destroying
burdening
plaguing
drowsing
getting the better of
oppressing
weighing
paining
fading
glutting
extenuating
hampering
encumbering
hindering
marring
injuring
hurting
harming
making feebler
removing the sting from
reducing the powers of
depriving of force
unstrengthening
causing ennui
atrophying
running out of steam
stressing out
becoming drained
breaking down
running down
withering
confining to a wheelchair
confining to bed
shrivelling
UK
emaciating
shriveling
US
shrinking
consuming
gnawing
corroding
hamstringing
ruining
disarming
dwindling
depressing
wrecking
overthrowing
mowing
defeating
eating away
running low
making powerless
making helpless
making impotent
getting less
becoming depleted
bringing someone to their knees
bringing low
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to stop operating
dying
failing
stopping
halting
aborting
breaking
bombing
buckling
collapsing
crashing
floundering
folding
foundering
giving
stalling
tanking
yielding
cratering
crumpling
falling
fizzling
flatlining
flopping
flunking
breaking down
cutting out
giving out
conking out
ceasing to function
fizzling out
stopping working
fading away
fading out
falling flat
packing up
seizing up
flaming out
losing power
running down
biting the dust
caving in
coming unstuck
going belly-up
going kaput
going phut
running aground
giving up the ghost
stopping functioning
Verb
▲
Present participle for to hinder or impede the progress or movement of
stalling
hindering
impeding
curbing
obstructing
hampering
thwarting
inhibiting
restricting
restraining
blocking
retarding
frustrating
stymieing
trammelling
trammeling
fettering
forestalling
slowing
encumbering
shackling
derailing
limiting
balking
US
baulking
UK
hamstringing
interrupting
stonewalling
bridling
shelving
borking
sabotaging
suspending
holding back
interfering with
slowing down
putting off
standing in the way of
standing off
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fail to discharge properly
misfiring
failing
flopping
miscarrying
foundering
aborting
backfiring
floundering
missing
fizzling
boomeranging
rebounding
blundering
slipping
recoiling
falling flat
falling through
breaking down
coming to nothing
fizzling out
coming to grief
meeting with disaster
going wrong
going awry
coming a cropper
falling short
going amiss
biting the dust
going up in smoke
going pear-shaped
going phut
fizzing out
pooping out
not coming off
failing to go off
Noun
▲
The process of something ceasing to exist or coming to an end
disappearance
death
dying
ending
expiry
extinction
decline
disintegration
perishing
passing away
dying out
falling off
fizzling out
passing into oblivion
withering away
coming to an end
ceasing to exist
decline and fall
Noun
▲
The action of making something less extreme, intense, or violent
lessening
reduction
decrease
decline
diminution
abatement
shrinkage
contraction
dwindling
weakening
slackening
moderation
curtailment
waning
deduction
ebbing
discount
subtraction
minimization
erosion
detraction
let-up
de-escalation
taking away
easing
diminishing
subsiding
ebb
wane
dying away
dying down
dying out
sinking
slowing
fading
fade
attenuation
relaxation
easing off
tailing off
cooling off
tapering off
relenting
fall
diminishment
falloff
drop
dropping away
dropping off
deterioration
recession
degeneration
decay
depreciation
subsidence
flagging
fading away
decrement
lowering
depletion
loss
cut
drop-off
cutback
depression
dent
step down
mitigation
downturn
slump
alleviation
relief
softening
nosedive
retrenchment
plunge
assuagement
falling off
palliation
downswing
tumble
dulling
lightening
remission
cutting
dive
tempering
downtick
allaying
soothing
mollification
restriction
downgrade
extenuation
degradation
deadening
shortening
devaluation
exhaustion
descent
dip
dilution
crash
downtrend
quelling
lapse
appeasement
modification
reducing
declining
plummet
truncation
easement
impoverishment
slash
regression
minimizing
US
downfall
shrinking
cushioning
limitation
abbreviation
sapping
condensation
qualification
collapse
minimising
UK
declination
downslide
sag
comfort
slide
ease
fall-off
amelioration
palliative
trimming
consumption
failing
receding
slaking
expenditure
cure
remedy
draining
decadence
degeneracy
thinning
rollback
expending
limiting
emptying
decreasing
devolution
rest
letting up
slowdown
attrition
declivity
slip
scaling down
improvement
letup
using up
running down
down
abridgment
US
abridgement
UK
blunting
markdown
retardation
downsize
decrescence
loosening
reprieve
declension
diminuendo
allayment
balm
withering
precipitation
pruning
slimming
landslide
release
alleviating
downhill trend
chopping
debasement
axing
retrogression
curbing
comedown
atrophy
worsening
quenching
subdual
subjugation
pullback
slimming down
curtailing
comforting
mitigating
relieving
assuaging
salving
dropoff
backsliding
cutting back
docking
enfeeblement
relapse
break
absorption
stagnation
standstill
falling-off
pause
curb
guillotine
respite
inactivity
downsizing
contracting
discounting
devitalization
debilitation
lull
paralysis
bottom out
trough
bottom-out
shakeout
rarefication
recess
economy
soaking up
interval
weakness
cessation
cutting short
phasedown
saving
reversal
cutting down
marking down
paring down
watering down
taking the edge off
belt-tightening
salami slicing
tightening
narrowing
sharp fall
tapering
pacification
placation
modulation
calming
damping
stilling
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Diminishing in level or extent
gradually reducing
contracting
decreasing
diminishing
lessening
shrinking
tapering
declining
dwindling
dimming
slackening
ebbing
drooping
subsiding
receding
failing
abating
slumping
weakening
deteriorating
atrophying
collapsing
withering
degenerating
vanishing
moribund
fading
winding down
tailing off
dissolving
growing faint
giving way
on the way out
on the decline
sinking
on one's last legs
flagging
evaporating
evanescing
tapering off
dying out
melting away
obsolescent
drawing to a close
on the wane
fading away
in remission
in a state of deterioration
attenuating
in a slump
falling off
disintegrating
crumbling
more ❯
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