waste away

1. Lose energy and vigor, become enfeebled and weak, as in She was wasting away before our eyes. [Late 1300s]

Related Words

• abate 
• deteriorate 
• dim 
• diminish 
• disappear 
• dissolve 
• ebb 
• evaporate 
• fail 
• fall 
• lessen 
• melt 
• peter out 
• sink 
• vanish 
• wane 
• weaken 
• wilt 
• wither