melt away
— phrasal verb with melt /melt/ verbDefinition
› to disappear slowly: As the police sirens were heard, the crowd started to melt away.Appearing and disappearing › If a strong feeling melts away, you feel it less strongly and it disappears: Her anger melted away when she read the letter.Becoming and making less strong
(Definition of melt away from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abate verb
- adulterate verb
- attenuate verb
- attrition noun
- be fading away/fast idiom
- blunt verb
- decline noun
- dull verb
- ebb verb (FEELING)
- falter verb
- flagging adjective
- keep sb down phrasal verb
- knock/take the stuffing out of sb/sth idiom
- neutralize verb (STOP EFFECT)
- relieve verb (MAKE BETTER)
- waste away phrasal verb
- water sth down phrasal verb (DRINK)
- water sth down phrasal verb (IDEA)
- waver verb
- weaken verb
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