Antonyms for ameliorate
əˈmil yəˌreɪt, əˈmi li ə-ame·lio·rate

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1. ameliorate

   To amend is to change for the better by removing faults, errors, or defects, and always refers to that which at some point falls short of a standard of excellence. Advance, better, and improve may refer either to what is quite imperfect or to what has reached a high degree of excellence; we advance the kingdom of God, improve the minds of our children, better the morals of the people. But for matters below the point of ordinary approval we seldom use these words; we do not speak of bettering a wretched alley, or improving a foul sewer. There we use cleanse, purify, or similar words. We correct evils, reform abuses, rectify incidental conditions of evil or error; we ameliorate poverty and misery, which we can not wholly remove. We mend a tool, repair a building, correct proof; we amend character or conduct that is faulty, or a statement or law that is defective. A text, writing, or statement is amended by the author or by some adequate authority; it is often emended by conjecture. A motion is amended by the mover or by the assembly; a constitution is amended by the people; an ancient text is emended by a critic who believes that what seems to him the better reading is what the author wrote. Compare ALLEVIATE.

   Antonyms:
   aggravate, blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, deteriorate, harm, impair, injure, mar, spoil, tarnish, vitiate

   Synonyms:
   advance, amend, better, cleanse, correct, emend, improve, make better, meliorate, mend, mitigate, purify, rectify, reform, repair

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1. ameliorate

   Antonyms:
   debase, depress, deteriorate, injure, impair, vitiate, spoil, mar

   Synonyms:
   improve, raise, better, advantage, promote, advance, amend, rectify, meliorate

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1. better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorateverb

   to make better

   "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

   Synonyms:
   better, improve, repair, remedy, amend, meliorate, remediate, break, rectify

2. better, improve, ameliorate, meliorateverb

   get better

   "The weather improved toward evening"

   Synonyms:
   better, meliorate, break, improve, amend

How to use ameliorate in a sentence?

1. Brad Hodson:

   I think having another qualified pilot who could sit in the seat for take-off and landing would ameliorate a lot of the issues there, but Qantas won't like that because it costs money.

2. Jesse Panuccio:

   While we cannot ameliorate the irreparable harm to the victims and their families, we hope that securing this guilty plea brings them some measure of closure.

3. Paul Casamassimo:

   Every kid is going to have it in slightly different ways, pay attention to the symptoms. Ameliorate the symptoms. If things get out of hand, contact you pediatrician.

4. Connie Neri-Jones:

   Teaching is a profession, not a charity, we have a huge shortage of qualified teachers, and increased funding could help ameliorate that demand.

5. Peter Wunador owads:

   Being awake and aware does not automatically change a situation, but enforcing the systems and strategies that will ameliorate the situation is your key to liberation.

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