EVANESCE Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

evanesce

verb

ˌe-və-ˈnes

Definition of evanesce

as in to disappear

to cease to be visible the kids' rainy-day gloom evanesced the minute they heard that we were going out for ice cream

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Recent Examples of evanesce Gilchrist replies, his voice brightening the way an ancient sun suddenly burns through an evanescing cloud. — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 7 June 2023 Monkfish in a gripping mussel broth found its voice in between sips of an off-dry Alsatian pinot gris, its honeyed sweetness just evanescing off the brine of the seafood. — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2020 The experience of simply having the experience, and letting each moment arrive unexpectedly and evanesce in its own time. — Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 29 June 2018 The number of daily active users in March was lower than the average for the first quarter as a whole, a signal that Snap's user base may be evanescing into the void. — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 2 May 2018 And with every new meeting, my hatred has evanesced like fog in a bright sun. — Will Blythe, Esquire, 1 Apr. 2010

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But as the government cracked down on the demonstrations, killing thousands according to estimates by human rights groups, Moaiery told me the people’s hope had disappeared.

— Jim Sciutto, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Many of the once-popular subcompact options have disappeared, such as the Chevy Spark and the Hyundai Accent.

— Beth Livesay, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of disappear

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In Sarah Pekkanen’s new thriller, The Women in White, a young health-care aide probes how four female participants in a 1964 parapsychology experiment suddenly vanished.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026
In August 2025, the remains of a British researcher who vanished in 1959 in Antarctica were discovered amid rocks near a receding glacier on King George Island, located off the Antarctic Peninsula.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of vanish

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Similar bouts of traders closing short positions in early June and early July initially pushed prices higher before the gains eventually faded.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
Isabelle Huppert and Virginie Efira led Farhadi’s French-language Parallel Tales, a film about Sylvie (Huppert), a fading novelist in search of inspiration for her next book, who starts spying on her neighbors across the street.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026

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