Vocabulary and Grammar. Which word is an antonym for waning in these lines from “The Lady of Shalott”? In the stormy east wind straining, The pale yellow woods were waning …
A. dying
B. singing
C. strengthening
D. owning
An antonym is a word which means something completely opposite from another word. Since the word to wane means to lose strength, to become weaker, then its antonym would be C) strengthening.
