The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ABATED , but the solution may also be EBBED which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Died down crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABATED | 52 % | 6 |
| EBBED | 26 % | 5 |
| WANED | 13 % | 5 |
| CALMED | 4 % | 6 |
| SUBSIDED | 4 % | 8 |
Why may EBBED be the right solution?
"Ebbed" means to gradually lessen or decrease, which is synonymous with "died down." In this case, "died down" is a clue hinting at the idea of something decreasing or lessening, making "ebbed" the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Died down
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- die down
- diede
- deadened
- passed away
- deceased
- dying
- dieing
- pass away
- downed
- deadness
- death
- die away
Crossword Answer definitions
ABATED verb- (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.
- To become null and void.
- To nullify; make void.
- To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
- To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
- To curtail; to deprive.
- To reduce in amount, size, or value.
- To decrease in size, value, or amount.
- To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
- To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
- To deduct or omit.
- To bar or except.
- To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
- To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
- To destroy, or level to the ground.
- To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.
- (decorative arts) Lowered, beaten down, or cut away, as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief. Used specifically of stone-cutting; also of metal when the pattern or inscription is to show bright on dark, and the ground is therefore worked out with the graving-tool and left rough or hatched in lines.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ABATED
- Subsided
- Ebbed
- Slackened
- Waned
- Let up
- Tapered off
- Eased off
- Ran the course
- Became less intense
- Reduced in intensity
More clues leading to the result EBBED
- Dropped off
- Dwindled
- Declined
- Wanned
- Underwent recession
- Fell off
- Receded
- Went out
- Let up
- Backed away from the shore
More clues leading to the result WANED
- Fell off
- Went down
- Gradually declined
- Declined in power
- Tapered off
- Dwindled
- Approached third quarter, say
- Lost strength
- Subsided
- Backed off
More clues leading to the result CALMED
- Mollified
- Quieted
- Pacified
- Settled (down)
- Quieted (down)
- Quieted down
- Assuaged
- Eased
- Put at ease
- Became less nervous