ebbing

Definitions

The process of flowing backward or away, as the tide.

A gradual decline or reduction in intensity, amount, or strength.

Examples

The ebbing tide revealed a vast stretch of wet sand and scattered seashells.

As the night wore on, his enthusiasm for the project was slowly ebbing away.

Synonyms

waning receding declining diminishing fading subsiding decreasing

Antonyms

waxing increasing growing rising expanding advancing swelling