Deteriorate
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English
Verb
Deteriorate (third-person singular simple present Deteriorates, present participle deteriorating, simple past and past participle deteriorated)
- (intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
- (transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
Adverbs for Deteriorate
physically; mentally; morally; bodily; inevitably; steadily; intellectually; lamentably; seriously; markedly; sadly; horribly;
Synonyms for Deteriorate
decay, decompose, disintegrate, wear, corrode, erode, rot, rust, atrophy, collapse, mold, oxidize, discolor, wane, ebb, recede, decline, retrogress.
Antonyms for Deteriorate
Thesaurus
worsen, grow worse, harm, haul around, have a comedown, heat up, heighten, hit rock bottom, hot up, hurt, impair, improve, increase, injure, intensify, irritate, jibe, languish, lessen, let down, magnify, make acute, make worse, mar, meliorate, mitigate, modulate, mutate, provoke, put back, reach the depths, regress, relapse, retrograde, retrogress, revive, rot, sharpen, shift, sicken, sink, slacken, slide, slip, slip back, sour, spoil, swerve, tack, take a turn, touch bottom, turn, turn aside, turn into, turn the corner, undergo a change, undermine, vary, veer, warp, weaken, 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 down, come round, crumble, damage, debilitate, decay, decline, decompose, deepen, degenerate, degrade, depreciate, descend, deviate, dilapidate, disimprove, disintegrate, diverge, diversify, embitter, endamage, enhance, enlarge, erode, exacerbate, exasperate, fade, fall back, flag, flop, get worse, go downhill, go to pot,
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Italian
Adjective
deteriorate f.
- Feminine plural form of deteriorato
Verb
deteriorate
- second-person plural present indicative of deteriorare
- second-person plural imperative of deteriorare
- Feminine plural of deteriorato
