deteriorate
21deteriorate — [c]/dəˈtɪəriəreɪt / (say duh tearreeuhrayt) verb (deteriorated, deteriorating) –verb (i) 1. to become worse. –verb (t) 2. to make worse; make lower in character or quality: *we find growth bringing with it all sorts of unwanted side effects that… …
22deteriorate — deteriorative, adj. /di tear ee euh rayt /, v.t., v.i., deteriorated, deteriorating. 1. to make or become worse or inferior in character, quality, value, etc. 2. to disintegrate or wear away. [1565 75; < LL deterioratus made worse (ptp. of… …
23deteriorate — de·te·ri·o·rate di tir ē ə .rāt vi, rat·ed; rat·ing to become impaired in quality, functioning, or condition: DEGENERATE <her health deteriorated> <deteriorating vision> …
24deteriorate — Synonyms and related words: 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… …
25deteriorate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. depreciate, decline, worsen, degenerate; see decay . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. decay, degenerate, fall apart, crumble, degrade, decline, *go downhill, *go to the dogs, corrode, rot, decompose, depreciate. ANT.:… …
26deteriorate — de·te·ri·o·rate || dɪ tɪərɪəreɪt v. spoil; decline; become worse …
27deteriorate — [dɪ tɪərɪəreɪt] verb become progressively worse. Derivatives deterioration noun deteriorative adjective Origin C16: from late L. deteriorat , deteriorare, from L. deterior worse …
28deteriorate — I. v. a. Impair, degrade, debase, vitiate, make worse. II. v. n. Degenerate, decline, become impaired, grow worse …
29deteriorate — verb (I) 1 to become worse: deteriorating health | Relations between the two countries have since deteriorated. 2 (+ into) to develop into a bad or unpleasant situation: The meeting soon deteriorated into a fight. deterioration noun (U) …
30deteriorate — v 1. degenerate, decline, sink, worsen, take a turn for the worse, slip, slide; go downhill, go to pieces, go to ruin, Inf. go to pot, Inf. go to the dogs, Sl. go or run to seed, Sl. hit the skids; fall, fail, lapse, weaken, retrogress,… …
