| fear(verb, bother, worry, avoid, stress) |
| go away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, close) |
| jib |
| languish(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail) |
| melt(verb, diminish, decrease, weaken, lessen) |
| pause(verb, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| prune(verb, reduce, diminish, lower, decrease) |
| psychotherapist |
| retract(verb, drop, close, reduce, withdraw) |
| scruple(verb, stop, pause, balance, shy) |
| tail off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut) |
| tremble(verb, move, worry, withdraw, avoid) |
| truncate(verb, cut, decline, reduce, ease) |
| wear(verb, decrease, use, rub, grind) |
| wizen(verb, decline, dry, contract, dwindle) |
| Funk |
| backtrack(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| become smaller(verb, expression, idiom, drop, decline) |
| boggle(verb, pause, shy, hesitate, recoil) |
| bound(verb, control, check, reduce, restrain) |