Answer to "Become less brilliant" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WANE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.

Become less brilliant crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer Likelyness Letters
WANE100 %4

Why may WANE be the right solution?

"WANE" means to decrease gradually in size, amount, or intensity. In the context of the clue, "brilliant" refers to brightness or intensity, so "wane" is an appropriate word to describe a decrease in brightness or intensity.

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Become less brilliant

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.
  • wane
  • cool
  • lighten
  • deaden
  • deadened
  • melt
  • fade
  • diffuse
  • diffusing
  • anticlimax
  • attenuate
  • scumble

Crossword Answer definitions

WANE noun
  1. A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
  2. The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.
  3. The end of a period.
  4. A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
WANE verb
  1. To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
  2. Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
  3. Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
  4. Said of a time period that comes to an end.
  5. To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.
  6. To cause to decrease.
WANE noun
  1. A child.
WANE noun
  1. A house or dwelling.

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