declines (Meaning)
declines
a downward slope, to turn from a straight course, the period during which something is deteriorating or approaching its end, to tend toward an inferior state or weaker condition, to bend down, a gradual physical or mental sinking and wasting away, to give in prescribed order the grammatical forms of (a noun, pronoun, or adjective), avert, pulmonary tuberculosis, to pass toward a lower state or level, the process of declining, a gradual sinking and wasting away, to stoop (see stoop entry 1 sense 3b) to what is unworthy, the period during which the end of life is approaching, to slope downward, to draw toward a close, to become less in amount, to sink toward setting, the time when something is approaching its end, to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to, avoid, to cause to bend or bow downward, to refuse to undertake, undergo, engage in, or comply with, to tend toward an impaired state or a weaker condition, to give the declension of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, to withhold consent, a change to a lower state or level, a wasting disease, to refuse especially courteously
Synonyms & Antonyms of declines
Synonyms:
- foreswears
- disagrees (with)
- backs down
- controverts
- shoots down
- throws out
- overrules
- sticks
- refrains (from)
- blows off
- rebuts
- contradicts
- rebuffs
- disclaims
- proscribes
- reneges
- recalls
- forswears
- bypasses
- revokes
- disdains
- disproves
- backtracks
- negates
- refutes
- reprobates
- disavows
- prohibits
- abjures
- unsays
- disowns
- disallows
- turns one's back on
- takes back
- forbears
- recants
- backs off
- detours
- retracts
- negatives
- gainsays
- scorns
- scouts
- renounces
- abstains (from)
Antonyms:
declines Sentence Examples
- As the sun declined below the horizon, casting long shadows across the land, the birds sang their evening chorus.
- The elderly woman's health declined rapidly in her final years, leaving her frail and dependent.
- Despite their best efforts, the sales of the new product declined steadily, prompting the company to reconsider its marketing strategy.
- The economy declined into recession, causing widespread unemployment and financial hardship.
- The temperature declined throughout the night, reaching freezing point by dawn.
- The doctor declined to share the patient's medical information without their consent.
- The stock market declined sharply after the announcement of a trade war.
- The athlete's performance declined noticeably after an injury.
- The government declined to comment on the ongoing scandal.
- The invitation was declined due to a prior commitment.
FAQs About the word declines
a downward slope, to turn from a straight course, the period during which something is deteriorating or approaching its end, to tend toward an inferior state or
refuses, rejects, dismisses, avoids, passes up, denies, disapproves, disputes, throws over, deselects
receives,accepts, swallows, tolerates, approves, agrees (to), takes, welcomes,agrees, supports
As the sun declined below the horizon, casting long shadows across the land, the birds sang their evening chorus.
The elderly woman's health declined rapidly in her final years, leaving her frail and dependent.
Despite their best efforts, the sales of the new product declined steadily, prompting the company to reconsider its marketing strategy.
The economy declined into recession, causing widespread unemployment and financial hardship.
