What is another word for deteriorate?
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?
The State of Israel will have a budget because otherwise it will not have a government and our economic and security situation would deteriorate, demands always exceed what there is, but in the end the right decisions are made. We will do so this time as well.
Migrants returned by the coast guard should not automatically be transferred to detention and we are deeply concerned that the detention centers will yet again be overcrowded and that living conditions will deteriorate with the recent influx of migrants.
We have a great country where people don't realize is that this progressive prosecutor movement has affected a lot of different areas of the United States, and so what happens is that, you know, it really can deteriorate our great country by allowing people to terrorize or hurt innocent people.
Once again the halls of Congress reverberate with odes to rugged individualism, state sovereignty, and contempt for the centralized super-state, these are bloodless battles Jefferson Davis could never fight but, they are no less vital for the future of American civilization. As our cities decay and our standards and spiritual traditions deteriorate, America is searching for a better way. Walker Percy urged us to look South to recover community, stability, and sense of place in God's order which we have regrettably lost. That is a tall proposition but it is certainly one Jefferson Davis would understand and certainly one for which Jefferson Davis would fight.
Washington Metro has become a problem child ... of U.S. metro systems, what was once the pride (of the U.S. system) seems to be allowed to deteriorate to an embarrassing extent.
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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