What is another word for deteriorates?

Pronunciation: [dɪtˈi͡əɹi͡əɹˌe͡ɪts] (IPA)

Deteriorates is a verb that refers to the process of something becoming worse over time. Synonyms for this word include decay, decline, degenerate, worsen, weaken, and disintegrate. These words are often used to describe the state of buildings, health, or relationships. Decay refers to the natural process of decomposition, and is often used in reference to organic matter. Decline and deteriorate are similar, but decline is often used to describe a gradual decrease, while deteriorate implies a more sudden, drastic change. Degenerate is used to describe a decline in moral standards, while weaken may refer to a decrease in physical strength. Disintegrate refers to something falling apart or breaking down into its individual parts.

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Usage examples for Deteriorates

Like most of her countrywomen, this young and attractive person is wholly free from that affectation which deteriorates from so many of the women of other countries; and the simplicity of her manner, which is as remote from gaucherie as it is from affectation, invests her with a peculiar charm.
"The Idler in France"
Marguerite Gardiner
But without it a man deteriorates.
"Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2"
Robert Ornsby
As thought provides the material for speech, so, in turn, it deteriorates when it is denied expression.
"A Grammar of Freethought"
Chapman Cohen

Famous quotes with Deteriorates

  • The future of humanity is uncertain, even in the most prosperous countries, and the quality of life deteriorates; and yet I believe that what is being discovered about the infinitely large and infinitely small is sufficient to absolve this end of the century and millennium. What a very few are acquiring in knowledge of the physical world will perhaps cause this period not to be judged as a pure return of barbarism.
    Primo Levi
  • The human body is made to work hard. When there is no work to do, our physical health deteriorates. Doctors have to tell people to walk like it is some kind of breakthrough exercise technology. Once, I watched in awe as a personal trainer authoritatively led a pair of forty something adults on a walk around their own neighborhood.
    Jack Donovan

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