deteriorate

Verbs

  • (v) become worse or disintegrate
    • His mind deteriorated
  • (v) grow worse
    • Her condition deteriorated
    • Conditions in the slums degenerated
    • The discussion devolved into a shouting match
    degenerate, devolve, drop,

Synonyms

degenerate devolve drop

Antonyms

convalesce recover recuperate

Words of close approximity