to subside
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4.8
- verb
- /səbˈsaɪd/
:
disminuir
- Her anxiety began to subside once she received assurance from her friends.
- the pain subsided
- the feeling subsided
- the violence subsided
But once the guilt subsides, then it's back to the same old, same old.
- But once the guilt subsides, then it's back to the same old, same old.
- It rebounds slightly after the panic subsides, but not nearly close to pre crash levels.
- And strangely enough, the chaos sort of subsided.
- Then when that buzz subsides, like any good shampoo, lather, rinse, repeat.
- You might have this massive wave of emotion hit you and it'll, and then it'll subside.
- My educated guess was such that I looked at when is most fear likely to subside.
- If you weren't in this narcissistic relationship, would some of these symptoms subside?
- It's like I'm just in a space of like, OK, you know, the anger has subsided.
- They in my opinion, are getting set to explode with earnings once supply chain shortages subside.
- And like I said, I was in a lot of pain when I when I first went and then after one injection the pain subsided a whole lot.
- Present moment awareness means thinking subsides, may not disappear completely, but something else arises that is primary.
- And so when you start to remove the offending agents from your diet, this chronic inappropriate inflammation starts to subside.
- Maybe they had that spark of chemistry and now that's kind of subsided.
- But when I am true to myself, they all subside and I get this unbelievable health.
Examples
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In recent years, this problem subsided, and the once-controversial word is now used routinely.
Academic text (1991) -
As business around the country continues to improve and the credit crisis subsides, investments and acquisitions will increase.
Academic text (2011) -
Most of the debris will burn away, and the flames do subside a little bit.
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But the nightmares will subside eventually.
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Stop to take it in and hopefully the hate subsides and the love can begin.
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It will continue for a while but it should subside.
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But once the guilt subsides, then it's back to the same old, same old.
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Just as important, however, is that as the media speculation about management subsides, team anxieties are reduced.
Academic text (1994) -
After a few minutes, the pounding of his heart subsided to a somewhat more normal rhythm.
Fiction book (1991) -
Lying still in a darkened room until the attack subsides aids recovery.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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1.2
To slowly become less visible, bright, or loud
93
4.0
An effect or feeling that becomes less strong and then stops
69
3.0
To become weaker and then disappear over time
48
6.8
To make something spread out and disappear, for example fog or tension
46
2.7
To become less strong or loud over time
38
4.1
Gradually become less strong until a feeling is gone
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2.8
To make something smaller in amount or strength
29
4.8
To move back or become less strong
19
4.3
To become less in amount or quality
9
4.0
To become gradually less strong or severe
8
4.2
To become quieter and then stop
1
5.6
To move back slowly, like water leaving a shore
To become less strong over time
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Etymology
Subside comes from the Latin parts sub- 'under' and sidere 'to sit', the same root as the English word sit, so you can imagine a strong feeling or noise 'sitting down' and becoming calmer. That's why subside means to become less strong or to die down.