Deteriorate

//dɪˈtɪə.ɹɪə.ɹeɪt//

Synonyms for "deteriorate" (140 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Verb(1 words)
degenerate

Strong matches (42)

Related words (70)

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5 entries

Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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manner of

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related to

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Translations

95 translations across 31 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • влошавам verb (make worse)
  • влошавам се verb (grow worse)
  • развалям verb (make worse)
  • развалям се verb (grow worse)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • لە بار کەوتن verb (make worse)
  • لە بار کەوتن verb (grow worse)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 使……惡化 /使……恶化 verb (make worse)
  • 使……變壞 /使……变坏 verb (make worse)
  • 惡化 /恶化 verb (grow worse)
  • 變壞 /变坏 verb (grow worse)

Czech

2 entries
  • zhoršit verb (make worse)
  • zhoršit se verb (grow worse)

Danish

4 entries
  • forværre verb (make worse)
  • forværres verb (grow worse)
  • nedbrydes verb (grow worse)
  • skænde verb (make worse)

Dutch

3 entries
  • slechter maken verb (make worse)
  • verslechteren verb (make worse)
  • verslechteren verb (grow worse)

Estonian

2 entries
  • alla käima verb (make worse)
  • halvenema verb (make worse)

Finnish

4 entries
  • heikentää verb (make worse)
  • heiketä verb (grow worse)
  • huonontaa verb (make worse)
  • huonontua verb (grow worse)

French

1 entries
  • détériorer verb (make worse)

German

3 entries
  • sich verschlechtern verb (grow worse)
  • verschlechtern verb (make worse)
  • verschlechtern verb (grow worse)

Greek

2 entries
  • χειροτερεύω verb (make worse)
  • χειροτερεύω verb (grow worse)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • דרדר verb (make worse)
  • הדרדר verb (grow worse)
  • החמיר verb (make worse)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • leront verb (make worse)
  • rosszabbodik verb (grow worse)

Irish

2 entries
  • meath verb (grow worse)
  • meathlaigh verb (grow worse)

Italian

2 entries
  • deteriorare verb (make worse)
  • deteriorarsi verb (grow worse)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 悪くする verb (make worse)
  • 悪くなる verb (grow worse)
  • 悪化させる verb (make worse)
  • 悪化する verb (grow worse)

Korean

1 entries
  • 악화되다 verb (grow worse)

Latin

4 entries
  • aggravō verb (make worse)
  • deterioror verb (grow worse)
  • dēteriorō verb (make worse)
  • gravō verb (make worse)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • blogė́ti verb (grow worse)
  • blõginti verb (make worse)

Māori

4 entries
  • māwhe verb (grow worse)
  • tauheke verb (grow worse)
  • tipuheke verb (grow worse)
  • tāmatemate verb (grow worse)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • forverre verb (make worse)
  • forverres verb (grow worse)
  • nedbrytes verb (grow worse)
  • skjemme verb (make worse)

Polish

4 entries
  • pogarszać verb (make worse)
  • pogarszać się verb (grow worse)
  • pogorszyć verb (make worse)
  • pogorszyć się verb (grow worse)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • deteriorar verb (make worse)
  • deteriorar verb (grow worse)
  • estragar verb (make worse)
  • piorar verb (make worse)

Russian

4 entries
  • уху́дшить verb (make worse)
  • уху́дшиться verb (grow worse)
  • ухудша́ть verb (make worse)
  • ухудша́ться verb (grow worse)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • भ्रंशते verb (grow worse)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • mùth verb (grow worse)
  • rach bhuaithe verb (grow worse)

Spanish

2 entries
  • deteriorar verb (make worse)
  • deteriorar verb (grow worse)

Swedish

2 entries
  • försämra verb (make worse)
  • försämras verb (grow worse)

Turkish

3 entries
  • bozmak verb (make worse)
  • bozulmak verb (grow worse)
  • kötüleşmek verb (grow worse)

Volapük

2 entries
  • badikumön verb (grow worse)
  • badükumön verb (make worse)

Welsh

1 entries
  • dirywio verb (make worse)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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The situation may deteriorate at any time.

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Tom's and Mary's relationship continued to deteriorate.

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Sami and Layla's relationship started to deteriorate.

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Manual dexterity can deteriorate with age, making it difficult for older people to perform tasks they once found easy.

Source: tatoeba (7798472)

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