Usually means: Decreasing gradually; becoming progressively less.
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  1. dwindling: Merriam-Webster
  2. dwindling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dwindling: Vocabulary.com
  4. Dwindling, dwindling: Wordnik
  5. dwindling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. dwindling: Wiktionary
  7. Dwindling, dwindling: Dictionary.com
  8. dwindling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Dwindling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. dwindling: Rhymezone
  11. Dwindling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. dwindling: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. dwindling: FreeDictionary.org
  14. dwindling: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. dwindling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  declining; growing less
▸ noun:  A gradual reduction to nothing.

Similar:
tapering, decreasing, dwindling away, tapering off, decrescent, waning, diminuent, flagging, receding, withering, more...

Opposite:
increasing, growing, expanding, rising

Types:
decreasing, diminishing, declining, more...

Phrases:
dwindling away, treat with dwindling affection, more...

Adjectives:
gradual, rapid, steady, slow, further, progressive, general, daily, consequent, temporary, sudden

Colors:
    pale blue,     dusty rose,     muted brown,     washed-out green,     soft lavender, more...



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Similar:
tapering, decreasing, dwindling away, tapering off, decrescent, waning, diminuent, flagging, receding, withering, more...

Opposite:
increasing, growing, expanding, rising

Types:
decreasing, diminishing, declining, more...

Phrases:
dwindling away, treat with dwindling affection, more...

Adjectives:
gradual, rapid, steady, slow, further, progressive, general, daily, consequent, temporary, sudden

Colors:
    pale blue,     dusty rose,     muted brown,     washed-out green,     soft lavender, more...



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