to melt

Examples

• All

• It's just that everything that had seemed so magical when I married Josh somehow just melted away.

  Melinda and Melinda (2004)

• But my initial anger at the prospect of being fired melted quickly into relief.

  Fiction book (1993)

• These cases are the ones that absolutely melt my heart.

• Her skin felt as if it were melting where he touched it.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Yes, Doug, how do you not just melt when you watch the Puppy Bowl?

• A poet's eyes cause a girl's heart to melt, a mother's heart to weep.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The resentment he'd harbored toward her had melted away with the press of her lips against his.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Snowden quotes a Greek epigrammatist, Asclepiades, "Gazing at her beauty, I melt like wax before the fire."

  Academic text (1995)

• Watching the puppy play with the children made my worries melt away.

• The actor's emotional performance caused the audience's defenses to melt.

Synonyms

D

to disappear

vsto melt

∞ 1.0

To stop being seen or to no longer be there

describes gradual lessening of intensity specifically, not simple vanishing

F

to fade

vsto melt

531 1.2

To slowly become less visible, bright, or loud

covers gradual reduction of intensity especially in emotions or qualities

W

to wear off

vsto melt

93 4.0

An effect or feeling that becomes less strong and then stops

applies to effects or feelings that lessen over time rather than vanish suddenly

F

to fade away

vsto melt

69 3.0

To become weaker and then disappear over time

describes feelings growing less intense over time rather than sudden loss

D

to dissipate

vsto melt

48 6.8

To make something spread out and disappear, for example fog or tension

means feelings fade without implying physical dispersion or scattering

D

to dissolve

vsto melt

43 3.9

To slowly disappear or become less clear

is focused on feelings and qualities becoming less intense rather than physical separation

E

to evaporate

vsto melt

38 4.1

Gradually become less strong until a feeling is gone

is used for feelings or conditions that fade away gradually

D

to die away

vsto melt

8 4.2

To become quieter and then stop

is about feelings or qualities becoming less intense and fading slowly

P

to pass off

vsto melt

3.9

To become less strong over time

is the same fading but used mainly for discomforts or bad moods

Antonyms

I

to intensify

110 4.0

Make something stronger or more intense

H

to heighten

76 4.1

To make a feeling, effect or situation stronger

Idioms

M

melt in the mouth

1 3.6

So soft and tender that it disappears when you eat it

B

butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth

• UK

9.9

Seems very innocent and quiet but is not really kind

Phrasal Verbs

M

to melt down

12 6.9

Lose control emotionally or fail completely because it gets too hot

M

to melt down

12 3.0

Make a solid become liquid by heating it

M

to melt off

• Informal

1 4.1

To lose extra body weight slowly until it goes away

Compounds

I

ice melt

• Specialized

2 3.5

Ice changing into water in large areas like glaciers and sea ice

I

ice melt

• UK

1 3.4

A salt or liquid used to make ice become water on roads and sidewalks

How Intense

to vanish

421 3.0

to melt

82 2.8

to subside

47 4.8

to lessen

34 2.8

to ease

305 2.1

Surface Forms

Etymology