Deteriorates Synonyms and Antonyms

To become or cause to become rotten or unsound
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. turns
  2. taints
  3. spoils
  4. rots
  5. molders
  6. disintegrates
  7. decomposes
  8. decays
Grow worse
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. worsens
  2. degenerates
  3. retrogrades
  4. declines
  5. wanes
  6. sinks
  7. vitiates
  8. regresses
  9. degrades
  10. descends
  11. drops
  12. decomposes
  13. debases
  14. crumbles
  15. corrupts
  16. atrophies
  17. depreciates
  18. corrodes
  19. devolves
Antonyms:
  1. recuperates
  2. develops
  3. improves
  4. constructs
  5. builds
To lose strength or power
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. weakens
  2. wastes
  3. wanes
  4. sinks
  5. languishes
  6. flags
  7. fails
  8. fades
  9. degenerates
  10. declines

Words Related to Deteriorates

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Deteriorates Sentence Examples

  • The ability to see things up close deteriorates gradually with aging.

  • Bear in mind that your situation may change, especially if your parent's health deteriorates.

  • Four or five annual crops grow from one plant, but not more than three can be marketed, unless locally, as the product deteriorates.

  • The white potato, known as " batata inglez " (English potato), is grown in elevated localities, but it deteriorates so greatly after the first planting that fresh imported seed is necessary every second or third year.

  • No crop, it is pointed out, responds so readily to breeding as tobacco, or deteriorates more rapidly, as regards both yield and quality, if neglected.

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