Words and phrases that have a meaning related to deterioration: (137 results)
Often used in the same context:
decline, weakening, erosion, degeneration, shrinkage, degradation, contraction, softening, improvement, weakness, slippage, stabilization, softness, slowdown, deceleration, decay, diminution, decrease, slackening, upturn, dislocations, disintegration, rockiness, downslide, downturn, collapse, falloff, hardening, stagnation, atrophy, intensification, tightening, impairments, souring, disruption, dilapidation, downgrade, escalation, increases, instability, constriction, depletion, deficiency, undersupply, oversupply, tenuousness, functional obsolescence, sluggishness, diminishment, growth, impoverishment, divergence, decine, reductions, fragility, normalization, shortfalls, fluctuation, steepening, outflow, debilitation, hemorrhaging, thawing, exacerbation, decompensation, denudation, patchiness, breakdown, retrenchment, corroding, turmoil, amelioration, strengthening, rise, upheavals, implosion, unsteadiness, volatility, changes, defaults, rot, fraying, ossification, recalibration, damage, devaluation, slowing, vasodilatation, alkalosis, cire, shakiness, delinquencies, natriuresis, insufficiency, perturbation, ructions, reestablishment, upsurge, fatty degeneration, inadequacy, mitigant, reversion, disability, impairment, disorganization, retrogression, curtailment, lessening, deteriorations, loosening, change, declines
More specific:
corrosion, decrepitude, desolation, devastation, ruin, wear
Appears in the definition of:
corrosion, decrepitude, degenerative, dementedness, dementia, dilapidation, drop-off, falling off, falloff, lafora's disease, myoclonus epilepsy, myxedema, myxoedema, slack, slump, soil conservation, stale
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Also try:decline in quality, worsening
— Adjectives for deterioration: progressive, further, rapid, mental, physical, gradual, environmental, general, serious, clinical, significant, more...
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