About The Word Deteriorate
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Deteriorate
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What's The Definition Of Deteriorate?
[v] grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"
[v] become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated" Synonyms | Synonyms for Deteriorate: degenerate | drop Related Terms | Find terms related to Deteriorate: agent provocateur | aggravate | alter | ameliorate | amplify | annoy | augment | be changed | be converted into | be renewed | bottom out | break | build up | change | checker | chop | chop and change | come about | come around | come down | come round | crumble | damage | debilitate | decay | decline | decompose | deepen | degenerate | degrade | depreciate | descend | deviate | dilapidate | disimprove | disintegrate | diverge | diversify | embitter | endamage | enhance | enlarge | erode | exacerbate | exasperate | fade | fall back | flag | flop | get worse | go downhill | go to pot | grow worse | harm | haul around | have a comedown | heat up | heighten | hit rock bottom | hot up | hurt | impair | improve | increase | injure | intensify | irritate | jibe | languish | lessen | let down | magnify | make acute | make worse | mar | meliorate | mitigate | modulate | mutate | provoke | put back | reach the depths | regress | relapse | retrograde | retrogress | revive | rot | sharpen | shift | sicken | sink | slacken | slide | slip | slip back | sour | spoil | swerve | tack | take a turn | touch bottom | turn | turn aside | turn into | turn the corner | undergo a change | undermine | vary | veer | warp | weaken | worsen See Also | crumble | decay | decline | delapidate | fade | fatigue | jade | languish | pall | rot | tire | waste | wear | wear off | wear out | wear thin | weary | worsen Deteriorate In Webster's Dictionary \De*te"ri*o*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Deteriorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deteriorating}.] [L.
deterioratus, p. p. of deteriorate to deteriorate, fr.
deterior worse, prob. a comparative fr. de down, away.]
To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to
impair; as, to deteriorate the mind. --Whately.
The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated.
--Southey.
\De*te"ri*o*rate\, v. i. To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate. Under such conditions, the mind rapidly deteriorates. --Goldsmith. |
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