'Waning' definitions:
Definition of 'waning'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases; "after full moon comes the waning moon" [ant: waxing]
noun
A gradual decrease in magnitude or extent; "the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious"; "the waxing and waning of the moon" [ant: waxing]
Definition of 'Waning'
From: GCIDE
- Wane \Wane\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waned; p. pr. & vb. n. Waning.] [OE. wanien, AS. wanian, wonian, from wan, won, deficient, wanting; akin to D. wan-, G. wahnsinn, insanity, OHG. wan, wana-, lacking, wan?n to lessen, Icel. vanr lacking, Goth. vans; cf. Gr. ? bereaved, Skr. ?na wanting, inferior. ????. Cf. Want lack, and Wanton.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon. [1913 Webster]
- Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane. Waning moons their settled periods keep. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To decline; to fail; to sink. [1913 Webster]
- You saw but sorrow in its waning form. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Land and trade ever will wax and wane together. --Sir J. Child. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Waning'
From: GCIDE
- Waning \Wan"ing\, n. The act or process of waning, or decreasing. [1913 Webster]
- This earthly moon, the Church, hath fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'waning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aging,
- at rest,
- calm,
- cloistered,
- coming apart,
- contractive,
- cool,
- cracking,
- crumbling,
- decadent,
- declining,
- decreasing,
- decrescendo,
- decrescent,
- degenerate,
- deliquescent,
- deteriorating,
- diminishing,
- diminuendo,
- disintegrating,
- doting,
- draining,
- drooping,
- dwindling,
- dying,
- ebbing,
- effete,
- even-tenored,
- fading,
- failing,
- falling,
- flagging,
- fragmenting,
- getting on,
- going to pieces,
- growing old,
- halcyon,
- hushed,
- impassive,
- isolated,
- languishing,
- lessening,
- marcescent,
- moldering,
- on the wane,
- pacific,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- pining,
- placid,
- quiescent,
- quiet,
- receding,
- reductive,
- regressive,
- reposeful,
- reposing,
- restful,
- resting,
- retiring,
- retreating,
- retrograde,
- retrogressive,
- secluded,
- senescent,
- sequestered,
- sequestrated,
- sheltered,
- shrinking,
- shriveling,
- sinking,
- sliding,
- slipping,
- slumping,
- smooth,
- still,
- still as death,
- stillish,
- stilly,
- stoic,
- stolid,
- subsiding,
- tabetic,
- tranquil,
- unagitated,
- undisturbed,
- unmoved,
- unperturbed,
- unruffled,
- unstirring,
- untroubled,
- wasting,
- wilting,
- withering,
- worsening