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to start to fizzle

to start to fizzle

4.8
To lose energy or interest slowly until it fades
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : comenzar a desvanecerse
  • Don't start to fizzle!

Examples

  • The party began to start to fizzle by midnight.

  • After a few days, their motivation to exercise started to fizzle as routines became repetitive.

  • Her interest in learning Spanish started to fizzle after she missed several classes.

  • The party was lively at first, but the fun started to fizzle as people left early.

  • As the days went by, their excitement for the trip started to fizzle out due to poor weather forecasts.

  • The initial hype for the new product started to fizzle after the first week of disappointing sales.

  • His enthusiasm for the project began to fizzle as he encountered more obstacles than he expected.

Synonyms

to fade
vsto start to fizzle
531 1.2

To slowly become less visible, bright, or loud

is the early decline in enthusiasm rather than the final vanished condition
to cool
vsto start to fizzle
146 4.1

To become less strong in feeling or interest

is the early softening of feeling rather than a permanent lack of passion
to fade away
vsto start to fizzle
69 3.0

To become weaker and then disappear over time

is the beginning loss of excitement rather than the total disappearing stage
to fall off
vsto start to fizzle
49 2.6

Become less in number, amount, or quality

is the early drop in enthusiasm rather than the full long term decline
to falter
vsto start to fizzle
48 4.9

To lose confidence, strength, or determination and become less able to continue

is mainly about early loss of enthusiasm rather than losing confidence or will
to wane
vsto start to fizzle
48 6.4

To become less in size, amount, or strength

is the initial phase of that decrease, focusing on losing excitement first
to die down
vsto start to fizzle
46 2.7

To become less strong or loud over time

is focused on the early drop in excitement rather than overall reduction
to evaporate
vsto start to fizzle
38 4.1

Gradually become less strong until a feeling is gone

is the early fading of excitement rather than the total disappearance phase
to fizzle
vsto start to fizzle
  • Informal
27 5.6

To end in a weak or disappointing way after a promising start

is about initially losing enthusiasm gradually rather than only the final weak end
to fall away
vsto start to fizzle
19 4.3

To become less in amount or quality

is limited to the first signs of loss rather than the later reduced state
to ease off
vsto start to fizzle
9 4.0

To become gradually less strong or severe

is the first sign of dropping excitement rather than a general easing of pressure
to peter out
vsto start to fizzle
9 5.6

To slowly become weaker and then stop

is the early waning of enthusiasm rather than the final complete end
to taper off
vsto start to fizzle
9 4.5

To become smaller or weaker over time until it stops

is the initial reduction in enthusiasm rather than the final stopped state
to die away
vsto start to fizzle
8 4.2

To become quieter and then stop

is the first loss of enthusiasm rather than the eventual full disappearance
to fizzle out
vsto start to fizzle
  • Informal
8 5.3

To gradually lose energy or interest and end weakly

is about early loss of enthusiasm rather than the complete weak ending
to run out of steam
vsto start to fizzle
  • Informal
6 4.8

To lose energy or enthusiasm and stop working well

is the early reduction in energy and interest, not complete exhaustion
to cool off
vsto start to fizzle
4 4.9

To become less interested in a person or thing

is the early stage of that loss of interest rather than full indifference
to ebb away
vsto start to fizzle
1 5.6

To move back slowly, like water leaving a shore

is about the initial loss in strength rather than the long slow recession
to ebb off
vsto start to fizzle
6.5

To flow back or become less strong slowly

is the early phase of that receding feeling, not the full pullback

Antonyms

to strengthen
327 3.0

To make muscles, relationships, or groups stronger

to intensify
110 4.0

Make something stronger or more intense

How Faded

to die out
47 3.7
to peter out
9 5.6
to fade
531 1.2
to start to fizzle
4.8
to wane
48 6.4

Surface Forms

start to fizzle infinitive
started to fizzle past
started to fizzle past participle
starting to fizzle present participle
starts to fizzle third person singular

Morphology

start + to + fizzle

The meaning is directly compositional: 'start' = begin and 'fizzle' = lose momentum/finish weakly, so 'start to fizzle' straightforwardly means 'begin to lose strength or enthusiasm.' It follows the common 'start to + verb' construction found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Start to fizzle may come from the sound and image of a fizzy drink or a small fire that slowly fizzles, its hiss and bubbles quieting down. So it is used when something 'begins to lose energy or excitement' and slowly 'fades away'.