All atrophying synonyms

verb atrophying

• deteriorate — If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
• dwindle — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
• deteriorate — If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
• shrivel — shrink, dry up
• fade — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
• pollute — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
• wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
• dwindle — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
• disintegrate — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
• lessen — to become less.
• corrode — If metal or stone corrodes, or is corroded, it is gradually destroyed by a chemical or by rust.
• discolor — to change or spoil the color of; fade or stain.
• wither — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
• degenerate — If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
• mortify — to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
• atrophy — If a muscle or other part of the body atrophies, it decreases in size or strength, often as a result of an illness.
• rot — to undergo decomposition; decay.
• dissolve — to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
• decompose — When things such as dead plants or animals decompose, or when something decomposes them, they change chemically and begin to decay.
• dim — DIM statement
• abate — If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
• ebb — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
• subside — to sink to a low or lower level.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• slacken — If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
• peter out — to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
• shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
• die out — If something dies out, it becomes less and less common and eventually disappears completely.
• taper off — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
• die down — If something dies down, it becomes very much quieter or less intense.
• blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
• drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
• consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
• lavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
• deplete — To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
• dissipate — to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
• lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
• misuse — wrong or improper use; misapplication.
• divert — to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
• undermine — to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
• squander — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
• dry — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
• deflate — If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
• languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
• waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
• die — When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
• contract — A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
• fold — to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
• desiccate — to remove most of the water from (a substance or material); dehydrate
• constrict — If a part of your body, especially your throat, is constricted or if it constricts, something causes it to become narrower.