EBBED Synonyms: 131 Similar and Opposite Words

ebbed

verb

past tense of ebb

as in deteriorated

to become worse or of less value the fortunes of the town slowly ebbed as factory after textile factory closed

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as in subsided

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually the howling winds ebbed as the hurricane moved into the interior

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Recent Examples of ebbed The golden era of sports print journalism ebbed and began to die. — Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026 The new era of worker power that labor advocates proclaimed as the pandemic ebbed was something of a chimera. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 As farming ebbed, the water stored in those reservoirs helped the area's cities and suburbs become one of the nation's fastest growing urban areas. — Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026 This is true if focusing on the standard price-to-earnings ratio, which has ebbed from 23 to 20 in the past 10 months. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026 The 25-year-old from California opened the final with some swagger, popping four aces in the first game, but his self-assurance quickly ebbed. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Daniel de Visé Consumer sentiment ebbed in July, continuing a generally downward slide that began in 2021, according to the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index. — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 29 July 2026 On SpaceX’s first day of trading, Wood’s Ark invested about half a billion in SpaceX, and has purchased more as the price has ebbed since its opening day. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 July 2026 But since that moment the whole vibe ebbed away. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026

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How much longer the current cycle can continue may depend on market breadth, which has deteriorated.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
Johnson in March 2026 observed that Jones’ mental health had deteriorated in the previous three months.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of deteriorated

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But within a couple years, as the pandemic eased and community-police tension subsided, Bolingbrook Police Chief Mike Rompa started using his village purchasing card – known as a p-card – in a different way than others with the same cards.

— Irika Sargent, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, conditions were improving in the tourist destination of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, where residents began resuming normal activities as the rain subsided.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of subsided

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Insecurity, which has worsened around the country, is also set to figure as a major point of contention.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Mike McDaniel’s implementation of his wide-zone offense hasn’t gone well, and the situation has worsened as injuries along the offensive line have piled up.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of worsened

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Now the prevalence of malaria is around 7%, and deaths of children under five decreased by 78%.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
The definitive study of feedback, Avraham Kluger and Angelo DeNisi’s meta-analysis of 23,663 observations, found that over a third of feedback interventions decreased performance.

— Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of decreased

Verb

Long Beach Powerful waves crumbled large sections of the boardwalk on the Long Beach Peninsula and left several homes with severe structural damage.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
As recruiting migrates from Friday Night Lights to the transfer portal, that old infrastructure has crumbled.

— Chris Park, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of crumbled

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The weather service canceled the flood watch for nearly all the Kansas City forecast area because the threat of additional heavy rain had diminished.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
One can see this when a paint’s color appears diminished and faded.

— Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of diminished

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Dozens of federal agents descended on Omar Alexander Muñoz's residential cul-de-sac in Commerce, a small city in Los Angeles County, to make the arrest.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Advertisement Within minutes, the festival grounds descended into chaos.

— Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of descended

Verb

Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.

— Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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