Answer to "Grow faint" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WANE , but the solution may also be DIM which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).

Grow faint crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
WANE	55 %	4
FADE	27 %	4
SWOON	9 %	5
DIM	9 %	3

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Grow faint

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• wane
• fade
• swoon
• appall
• droop
• drooping
• fail
• feeble
• swarf
• appal
• die
• dim

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.

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 WANE

• Wax counterpart
• Decrease
• Ease off
• Slack off
• Wax's counterpart
• Decline
• Alternative to wax
• Begin to fade
• Diminish
• Draw to a close

More clues leading to the result FADE

• Grow dimmer
• Lose color
• Weaken
• Disappear
• Hi-top haircut
• Become indistinct
• Scene ender
• Conclusion to some songs
• Curving golf shot
• Die off toward the end

More clues leading to the result SWOON

• Black out
• Faint
• Pass out
• Need smelling salts?
• Reel with rapture
• Fainting fit
• Plotz
• Feel rapture
• Become rapturous
• Emulate a Ricky Martin fan, e.g.

More clues leading to the result DIM

• No rocket scientist
• __ bulb (not too bright)
• Not bright
• Shadowy
• Turn the lights down
• __ bulb (stupid person)
• Not so sharp (and the start of a split order of finger food)
• Indistinct
• Vague
• Barely turned on