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1. (v.i.) deteriorate
to make or become worse or inferior in character, quality, value, etc.
2. deteriorate
to disintegrate or wear away.
Etymology: (1565–75; < LL dēteriōrātus, ptp. of dēteriōrāre to make worse)
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| Definition of 'deteriorate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) deteriorate
become worse or disintegrate
"His mind deteriorated"
2. (verb) devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
grow worse
"Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
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1. (verb) deteriorate
≠ improve
His health is deteriorating rapidly.; a deteriorating housing market; the deterioration of the health care system
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| Definition of 'deteriorate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) deteriorate
to make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind
2. (verb) deteriorate
to grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate
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Sense: to grow worse
His work has deteriorated recently.
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 Afrikaans: agteruitgaan |
 Arabic: يُتْلِف، يُفْسِد |
 Bulgarian: влошавам |
 Brazilian: deteriorar |
 Czech: (z)horšit se |
 German: verschlechtern |
 Danish: blive værre; forringes |
 Greek: χειροτερεύω |
 Spanish: deteriorar(se) |
 Estonian: halvenema |
 Farsi: بدتر شدن؛ کیفیت خود را از |
 Finnish: heikentyä |
 French: (se) détériorer |
 Hebrew: לְהִדַרדֵר @@@לְהִידַרדֶר |
 Hindi: बिगड़ना |
 Croatian: pogoršati, opadati |
 Hungarian: (meg)romlik |
 Indonesian: memburuk |
 Icelandic: hraka, versna |
 Italian: deteriorare, deteriorarsi |
 Japanese: 悪化する |
 Korean: 악화되다 |
 Lithuanian: blogėti, prastėti |
 Latvian: pasliktināt; pasliktināti |
 Malay: merosot |
 Dutch: verslechteren |
 Norwegian: forringe, bli dårligere, |
 Polish: pogarszać się |
 Persian: بدتر شدن؛ کیفیت خود را از |
 Pashto: ويجاړول، ناوړه كول، خرابو |
 Portuguese: deteriorar |
 Romanian: a (se) deteriora |
 Russian: ухудшаться |
 Slovak: zhoršiť sa |
 Slovenian: poslabšati se |
 Serbian: pogoršati se |
 Swedish: försämras |
 Thai: ทำให้ทรุดโทรม; ทำให้เลวลง |
 Turkish: kötüleşmek |
 Taiwanese: 惡化，變壞 |
 Ukrainian: погіршувати(ся); псувати( |
 Urdu: خراب ہونا |
 Vietnamese: xấu đi |
 Chinese: 恶化，变坏 |
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