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Decrescent

/dɪˈkɹɛsənt/

A crescent oriented with horns turned to sinister (pointing right).

📖 Definitions of "Decrescent"

noun

adjective

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Word	Definition
dwindlingnoun	A gradual reduction to nothing.
diminuent	lessening
waningnoun	The fact or act of becoming less or less intense or present; fading.
recedingnoun	The action of something that recedes.
descendingverb	Moving or sloping downwards.
declinatenoun	(grammar, rare, nonstandard) Synonym of decline.
descendantnoun	One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
flaggingnoun	The process by which something flags or tires.
reducentnoun	(chemistry) A reducing agent.
diminished	lessened, reduced
retrograde	Directed or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel; retreating.
diminutive	Very small.
depreciatingnoun	That is declining in value.
downfallingnoun	A downfall.
witheringnoun	The process by which something withers.
demissionary	(sometimes after the noun modified) Having resigned or been removed from a position, but retaining some status or powers.
depascent	(formal) Consuming.
ablatitious	(Late Modern, sciences, obsolete) Subtractive or tending to diminish.
detractive	Tending to detract or belittle; depreciative; defamatory
step-down	(of a transformer etc.) That reduces a voltage.