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		deterioratedverbpast tense of deteriorate to become worse or of less valuethe garden slowly deteriorated after months of neglect  atrophied, crumbled, decayed, declined, degenerated, descended, devolved, ebbed, regressed, retrograded, rotted, sank(or sunk), worsened abated, de-escalated, diminished, downsized, dwindled, receded, wanedbroke down, corrupted, decomposed, degraded, dilapidated, disintegrated, moldered, putrefiedsoured, spoiled(or chiefly British spoilt)lessened, lowered, reduceddebilitated, undermineddrooped, failed, fell, flagged, lagged, languished, ran down, sagged, slipped, wasted (away), weakened, wilted went to pot, went to seed(or ran to seed) ameliorated, improved, meliorated bettered, upgradedenhanced, enriched, fortified, heightened, intensified, strengthenedadvanced, developed, marched, proceeded, progressed to lower in character, dignity, or qualitychildish name-calling that merely deteriorates what should be a serious discussion on an important issue  abased, bastardized, cankered, cheapened, corrupted, debased, debauched, degraded, demeaned, demoralized, depraved, lessened, perverted, poisoned, profaned, prostituted, subverted, vitiated, warped befouled, begrimed, contaminated, defiled, diluted, dirtied, polluted, tainted, thinned, watered down, weakeneddescendeddisgraced, dishonored, humbled, humiliated, shamed, took downblemished, damaged, defaced, destroyed, flawed, harmed, hurt, impaired, marred, ruined, spoiled(or chiefly British spoilt), stained, tarnished, wreckeddepreciated, downgraded elevated, ennobled, uplifted dignified, exalted, honoredameliorated, amended, bettered, enhanced, enriched, improved, meliorated, perfectedclarified, cleaned, cleansed, purified, refined, restoredrespected  |