Associations to the word «Deteriorate»
Noun
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
DETERIORATE, verb. (transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
DETERIORATE, verb. (intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
Dictionary definition
DETERIORATE, verb. Become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated".
DETERIORATE, verb. Grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match".
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.