| squeezing(noun, verb, limit, constraint, contracting) |
| subdued(calm, quiet, reasonable, mild, controlled) |
| subsiding(verb, adjective, lessening, declining, lowering) |
| taciturn(adjective, quiet, restrained, thoughtful, solitary) |
| tapering(verb, diminishing) |
| trembling(nervous, shy, fearful) |
| tremulous(nervous, shy, worried, fearful, afraid) |
| truncating(verb, diminishing, decreasing) |
| unaffable(adjective, calm, quiet, reasonable, mild) |
| unassertive(adjective, quiet, modest, nervous, humble) |
| uncertain(adjective, irresolute) |
| undemonstrative(adjective, calm, quiet, reasonable, mild) |
| unexpansive(adjective, calm, quiet, reasonable, mild) |
| volatile(adjective, anxious, worried, tense, irresolute) |
| waning(adjective, lessening, declining, lowering, falling) |
| wasting(adjective, declining, lowering, falling, decreasing) |
| shortness(noun, want, need, loss, miss) |
| abbreviation(noun, decrease, depression, reduction, recession) |
| abridgement(noun, want, need, loss, miss) |
| absence(noun, want, need, loss, reduction) |