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deteriorateverb to become worse or of less valuethe garden slowly deteriorated after months of neglect atrophy, crumble, decay, decline, degenerate, descend, devolve, ebb, regress, retrograde, rot, sink, worsen abate, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, recede, wanebreak down, corrupt, decompose, degrade, dilapidate, disintegrate, molder, putrefysour, spoillessen, lower, reducedebilitate, underminedroop, fail, fall, flag, lag, languish, run down, sag, slip, waste (away), weaken, wilt go to pot, go to seed(or run to seed) ameliorate, improve, meliorate better, upgradeenhance, enrich, fortify, heighten, intensify, strengthenadvance, develop, march, proceed, progress to lower in character, dignity, or qualitychildish name-calling that merely deteriorates what should be a serious discussion on an important issue abase, bastardize, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, lessen, pervert, poison, profane, prostitute, subvert, vitiate, warp befoul, begrime, contaminate, defile, dilute, dirty, pollute, taint, thin, water down, weakendescenddisgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, shame, take downblemish, damage, deface, destroy, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, mar, ruin, spoil, stain, tarnish, wreckdepreciate, downgrade elevate, ennoble, uplift dignify, exalt, honorameliorate, amend, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfectclarify, clean, cleanse, purify, refine, restorerespect in 1572 |