Deteriorate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To diminish or impair in quality, character, or value: Time and neglect had deteriorated the property.
  • verb-intransitive. To grow worse; degenerate: The weather deteriorated overnight. His health had deteriorated while he was in prison.
  • verb-intransitive. To weaken or disintegrate; decay: The nation's highways are deteriorating at a rapid pace.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
  • v. To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
  • verb-intransitive. To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make worse; reduce in quality; lower the essential character or constitution of: as, to deteriorate a race of men or their condition.
  • To grow worse; be or become impaired in quality; degenerate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. grow worse
  • v. become worse or disintegrate
  • Antonym
    improve   
    Verb Form
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    impair    degenerate    decline    worsen    pejorate    disimprove    rusty    weary