Correct Answer: Fading

Solution : The correct answer is the fourth option.

While blooming suggests the growth and flourishing of love, fading indicates the opposite, that the love is diminishing or losing its intensity. Fading is the antonym of blooming. It means that something is diminishing or losing intensity.

The meanings of the other options are as follows:

• Flourishing: It suggests that something is thriving, growing, and prospering. In the context of love.
• Sprouting: It refers to the initial growth or emergence of something, like a seedling sprouting from the ground.
• Growing: It simply means that something is increasing in size, extent, or strength.