waned

American  

[weynd] / weɪnd /

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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• unwaned
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of waned

wane ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

And murmurings crept On toward me feet that were glow; and faces uncovered, Radiant and crystalline clear, In tortuous, sinuous swirl of vapory pearl, Waned near and more near.

From Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems by Cawein, Madison Julius

Summer's last moon has waned— Waned As amber fires Of an Aztec shrine.

From Song-Surf by Rice, Cale Young

So she drew back awhile, And trembled; then her doubting hand she laid Against the door, and pushed it; but the light Waned, faded, sank; and as she came within— Hark, hark!

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Ingelow, Jean

Waned the even, and folk began to go bedward, so that the hall grew thin of guests.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William

Stars which perhaps ten thousand years ago Waned and grew cold at Thy almighty word Waft their light hitherward.

From Eyes of Youth A Book of Verse by Padraic Colum, Shane Leslie, A.O. by Various

Related Words

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