waned

[ weynd ]

adjective

1. having decreased in strength, intensity, etc.:

   Shale gas drilling caused earthquakes in the United Kingdom, leading to waned interest in shale gas and a slowdown of geological work.

2. having declined in power, importance, prosperity, etc.:

   This film director hasn't done too well of late, either commercially or critically, but nobody should gloat over his waned status.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of wane.

Other Words From

• un·waned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of waned¹

wane ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

The German infatuation with Atatürk and Turkey waned after the Beerhall Putsch.

From The Daily Beast

When Marston died in 1947, her political edge waned still further.

From The Daily Beast

As prejudices waned, it became easier and ultimately desirable for Jews to fully assimilate.

From The Daily Beast

In 1944, the Nazi influence waned, allowing the Soviet tide to come crashing back down on the Baltic shores.

From The Daily Beast

Trust in European institutions has waned across the continent.

From The Daily Beast

Egypt withdrew, the glamour waned, the ancient spell seemed lifted.

From Project Gutenberg

Uxenden eventually waned entirely, and without tears so far as I was concerned.

From Project Gutenberg

And Rollo indeed ran faster, but the desert steed faster too; and for a long time the distance between neither waxed nor waned.

From Project Gutenberg

The talk grew less and less magnetic; the interest waned; the descriptions of his travels became less alive.

From Project Gutenberg

Slowly, as the summer waned, I made my way up through the Casentino, once more past the strongholds and the little towns.

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Related Words

• abate
• atrophy
• decrease
• die down
• die out
• dim
• dwindle
• ebb
• fade
• peter out
• shrink
• slacken
• subside
• taper off
• weaken
• wither