declined

The word “declined” has 2 syllables: de-clined

It's pronounced as /dɪˈklaɪnd/

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In the thesaurus, “declined” has 248 synonyms and 119 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for declined along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for declined

abandoned
abated
abjured
affronted
alleviated
angled
atrophied
avoided
backed down
backed off
backtracked
banned
beneath
blew off
bowed
bowing
broke down
bypassed
canted
cast aside
checked
cocked
collapsed
compressed
condensed
constrained
constricted
contracted
contradicted
controverted
corrupted
crashed
cratered
crumbled
curbed
dangling
de-escalated
debilitated
decayed
declining
decomposed
decreased
deferred
deficient
deflated
degenerated
degraded
denied
depreciated
depressed
descendant
descended
descendent
descending
deselected
deserted
despised
deteriorated
detoured
devolved
dilapidated
diminished
dipped
dipping
disallowed
disapproved
disavowed
disclaimed
disdained
disintegrated
dismissed
disowned
disproved
disputed
disregarded
dived
dove
downsized
drooped
drooping
droopy
dropped
dwindled
eased
ebbed
enjoined
evaded
evaporated
excepting
failed
falling
fell
fell away
fewer
flagged
floppy
forbad
forbade
forbore
foreswore
forgotten
forswore
gainsaid
gave out
hanging
heeled
held
hindered
hung
ignored
impeded
inclined
inclining
kept
lacking
lagged
languished
lapsed
leaned
lessened
lesser
let up
limited
limp
listed
lower
lowered
minor
minus
moderated
moldered
negated
negative
negatived
nixed
nodding
nose-dived
not as great
obstructed
omitted
overlooked
overruled
palled
passed
passed over
passed up
pendant
pendent
pendulous
phased down
plummeted
plunged
postponed
prohibited
proscribed
putrefied
ran down
ran to seed
rebuffed
rebutted
recalled
recanted
receded
reclined
reduced
refused
refuted
regressed
rejected
relaxed
relented
remitted
reneged
renounced
repelled
repressed
reprobated
repudiated
restrained
restricted
retracted
retreated
retrograded
revoked
rotted
sagged
sagging
sank
scorned
scouted
secondary
shortened
shorter
shot down
shrank
shrunk
shunned
sinking
skidded
slackened
slanted
slighter
slipped
sloped
slumping
soured
spoiled
spoilt
spurned
stooping
stuck
subordinate
subsided
subtracting
sunk
suspended
tapered
tapered off
threw out
threw over
tilted
tipped
took back
tossed aside
tumbled
turned down
unconsidered
underestimated
undermined
undervalued
unheeded
unsaid
unsubstantial
unused
unwanted
unwatched
vanished
vetoed
waned
weakened
weeping
went to pot
went to seed
wilted
withdrew
withheld
without
worsened

Antonyms for declined

acceded
accepted
accorded
accumulated
acquiesced
adopted
advanced
afforded
agreed
allowed
ameliorated
appeared
approved
arose
ascended
assented
authorized
ballooned
bettered
bigger
blew up
bourgeoned
built
burgeoned
cared for
chose
climbed
commissioned
conceded
condoned
consented
considered
countenanced
developed
distended
elevated
elongated
embraced
emerged
enhanced
enlarged
enriched
erect
escalated
espoused
evened
expanded
flattened
fortified
furnished
gave
granted
greater
grew
handpicked
heeded
heightened
higher
important
improved
increased
inflexible
intensified
lengthened
let
leveled
levelled
licenced
licensed
lifted
major
marched
meliorated
more
mounted
mushroomed
okayed
permitted
picked up
planed
proceeded
progressed
provided
raised
received
rigid
rose
sanctioned
selected
showed up
smoothed
snowballed
soared
spiked
stiff
straightened
strengthened
superior
supplied
supported
swallowed
swelled
tolerated
took
unbending
upgraded
upped
upraised
upright
uprose
upswept
upturned
used
vouchsafed
warranted
waxed
welcomed
well cared for
well tended

Meanings of declined

verb
1. To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
2. To become weaker or worse.
3. To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
4. To cause to decrease or diminish.
5. To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
6. To refuse, forbear.
7. (grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender.
8. (by extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
9. To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.

Example Sentences

She politely declined the dinner invitation due to prior commitments.
His health gradually declined over the course of the winter.
The athlete declined in performance after a serious injury.
They declined the offer, hoping for a better deal.
Attendance at the event declined sharply after the weather turned bad.

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