Definition of deteriorate Deteriorate
/dɪtɪˈɹiɚejˌt/ - [ditireeereyt] - de•te•ri•o•rate
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| deteriorate - become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated" | ||
| dilapidate, crumble, decay bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse | ||
| go to pot, go to the dogs become ruined; "His business went to pot when economy soured" | ||
| wear thin, wear down, wear off, wear out, wear have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain way" | ||
| deteriorate - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" | ||
| devolve, drop, degenerate | ||
| convalesce, recuperate, recover get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" | ||
| worsen, decline grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened" | ||
| fatigue, jade, weary, tire, pall exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" | ||
| languish, fade become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon" | ||
| rot, waste become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" | ||
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- deteriorate (Verb)
To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair. - deteriorate (Verb)
To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- deteriorate (v. t.)
To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind. - deteriorate (v. i.)
To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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deteriorate
To put a thing in bad condition by making it suffer some damage. -
deteriorate
To make inferior in quality or value.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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deteriorate
de-tē′ri-o-rāt, v.t. to make worse.—v.i. to grow worse.—p.adj. Detē′riorated, spoilt: of inferior quality.—n. Deteriorā′tion, the act of making worse: the state of growing worse.—adj. Detē′riorative.—n. Deterior′ity (obs.), worse state. [L. deteriorāre, -ātum, to make worse—deterior, worse—obs. deter, lower—de, down; cf. inter-ior.]
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🔤- deteriorate, verb, present, 1st person singular of deteriorate (infinitive).
- deteriorate, verb (infinitive).
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