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

1. transitive verb. To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.
2. intransitive verb. To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
3. verb. grow worse

   "Her condition deteriorated"

   "Conditions in the slums degenerated"

   Synonyms: degenerate, devolve, drop

4. verb. become worse or disintegrate

   "His mind deteriorated"

Synonyms

degenerate, devolve, drop

Common word forms

deteriorated, deteriorates, deteriorating

Words from these letters

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