Words and phrases that have a meaning related to deteriorate: (136 results)
Antonyms:
convalesce, plain, recover, recuperate, unembellished, unornamented
Often used in the same context:
worsen, erode, crumble, stagnate, disintegrate, weaken, dwindle, shrivel, stabilizes, implode, escalate, shrink, depreciate, recede, wither, smolder, falter, plummet, regress, evaporate, degenerate, persist, wane, harden, normalize, disappear, darken, abate, decelerate, degrade, subside, sag, deplete, improve, exacerbate, rot, corrode, fester, slacken, depress, grow, decay, diminish, skyrocket, seep, suffer, vanish, thaw, aggravate, fluctuate, dissipate, decline, ravage, bleed, sputter, melt, languish, decompose, proliferate, calcify, evolve, dries, fraying, fade, softening, flatten, intensify, rise, oxidize, burgeon, impair, teeter, ossify, creep, constrict, accumulate, erupt, happen, steepen, lose, sink, affect, droop, swell, soured, reassess, unravel, thicken, discolor, outstrip, endanger, totter, permeate, ruin, unfold, linger, soar, pervade, blossom, curdle, outgrow, constrain
More specific:
age, fatigue, get on, jade, pall, tire, waste, wear, weary, wear off, wear out, wear thin
Appears in the definition of:
corrode, eat, eat at, erode, get worse, gnaw, gnaw at, relapse, rust, wear, wear away, wear off, wear out, wear thin
More general:
delapidate
Synonyms:
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