Dictionary Entry
deteriorate
deteriorate is a 11-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.
- 2intransitive verb
To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
- 3verb
grow worse
"Her condition deteriorated"
"Conditions in the slums degenerated"
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- 4verb
become worse or disintegrate
"His mind deteriorated"
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