dwindling
adjective
[ ˈdwɪndlɪŋ ]
• gradually diminishing in size, amount, or strength.
• "dwindling resources"
dwindle
verb
• diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength.
• "traffic has dwindled to a trickle"
Similar:
diminish,
decrease,
reduce,
get smaller,
become smaller,
grow smaller,
become less,
grow less,
lessen,
wane,
contract,
shrink,
fall off,
taper off,
tail off,
drop,
fall,
go down,
sink,
slump,
plummet,
disappear,
vanish,
die out,
nosedive,
take a nosedive,
decline,
degenerate,
deteriorate,
fail,
ebb,
slip,
slide,
go downhill,
go to rack and ruin,
decay,
wither,
fade,
fade away,
peter out,
go to pot,
go to the dogs,
hit the skids,
go down the toilet,
go down the tubes,
go to the pack,
Origin:
late 16th century: frequentative of Scots and dialect dwine ‘fade away’, from Old English dwīnan, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch dwīnen and Old Norse dvína .
