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Synonyms for deteriorate
dɪˈtɪər i əˌreɪtde·te·ri·o·rate
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
deteriorateverb
become worse or disintegrate
"His mind deteriorated"
Synonyms:
drop, devolve, degenerateAntonyms:
recuperate, convalesce, recoverdevolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerateverb
grow worse
"Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
Synonyms:
unload, leave out, dribble, send packing, drop off, return, drop down, sink, drip, degenerate, overleap, strike down, throw, cast, fell, cut down, put down, neglect, fall, devolve, expend, dismiss, set down, flatten, pass, swing, shake off, throw off, throw away, dangle, drop, discharge, spend, overlook, knock off, miss, pretermit, cast off, send away, shed, omitAntonyms:
recuperate, recover, convalesce
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Editors Contribution
nerf
the term in gaming ones, as slang, to make it weaker or worse
there is a nerf to the skills in-game.
Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
deteriorateverb
Synonyms:
impair, make worsedeteriorateverb
Synonyms:
degenerate, grow worse
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
deteriorateverb
Synonyms:
decline, degenerate, retrograde, corrupt, vitiate, debase, degrade
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#357 | return | |
#772 | mar | |
#1232 | fall | |
#1493 | pass | |
#2032 | miss | |
#2158 | drop | |
#2394 | cast | |
#2919 | spend | |
#4404 | throw | |
#4538 | fell | |
#5162 | swing | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#6159 | harm | |
#7229 | sink | |
#8245 | shed | |
#11158 | neglect | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#15596 | dismiss | |
#18398 | drip | |
#19766 | omit | |
#20010 | overlook | |
#21436 | spoil | |
#25560 | impair | |
#26291 | dangle | |
#28374 | unload | |
#28860 | degrade | |
#29320 | degenerate | |
#32801 | expend | |
#34306 | injure | |
#35337 | worsen | |
#37387 | deteriorate | |
#40167 | flatten | |
#43554 | blemish | |
#47884 | depress | |
#50992 | dribble | |
#51950 | tarnish | |
#55038 | aggravate | |
#83252 | devolve | |
#121624 | vitiate | |
#162847 | debase |
How to use deteriorate in a sentence?
Typically, in good times, the workweek tends to be somewhere between 34.3 and 34.6 hours on average, and somehow it’s slowed all the way down to the bottom end of that range, if it continues to deteriorate, that would suggest weakening demand for labor.
The best years are the forties; after fifty a man begins to deteriorate, but in the forties he is at the maximum of his villainy.
It is too early to say if this is a situation that will deteriorate or get worse or if the market will be able to correct itself.
If you continue to procrastinate and hibernate your body will start to deteriorate. -Johnny The Walker
Slowly watching her deteriorate like that, like her muscles, she would start shaking, and she had a hard time sitting up, and she couldn't hold her head up, and just watching her go through that was like,' this is not my kid,' like, am I ever even going to get her back ?
Translations for deteriorate
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- تدهورArabic
- развалям се, влошавам се, развалям, влошавамBulgarian
- zhoršitCzech
- dirywioWelsh
- verschlechtern, sich verschlechternGerman
- χειροτερεύωGreek
- deteriorarSpanish
- alla käima, halvenemaEstonian
- rapistua, heiketä, huonontua, heikentääFinnish
- détériorerFrench
- meathlaigh, meathIrish
- mùth, rach bhuaitheScottish Gaelic
- הדרדר, החמיר, דרדרHebrew
- बिगड़नाHindi
- rosszabbodik, lerontHungarian
- deteriorare, deteriorarsiItalian
- 改悪, 悪化Japanese
- له بار کهوتنKurdish
- tauheke, tipuhekeMāori
- maken, verslechterenDutch
- forverres, nedbrytes, ødelegge, skjemme, forverre, skjemmesNorwegian
- pogorszyć sięPolish
- estragar, deteriorar, piorarPortuguese
- уху́дшить, уху́дшиться, ухудша́ться, ухудша́тьRussian
- försämras, försämraSwedish
- bozmak, kötüleşmek, bozulmakTurkish
- badükumön, badikumönVolapük
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