deteriorate
verb
[ dɪˈtɪərɪəreɪt ]
• become progressively worse.
• "relations between the countries had deteriorated sharply"
Similar:
worsen,
get worse,
decline,
be in decline,
degenerate,
decay,
collapse,
fail,
fall,
drop,
sink,
slump,
slip,
slide,
go downhill,
go backwards,
go to rack and ruin,
stagnate,
wane,
ebb,
go to pot,
go to the dogs,
hit the skids,
go down the toilet,
go down the tubes,
go to the pack,
retrograde,
degrade,
break down,
decompose,
rot,
putrefy,
go bad,
go off,
spoil,
perish,
wither,
atrophy,
weaken,
fade,
break up,
disintegrate,
become dilapidated,
crumble,
fall down,
fall apart,
fall to pieces,
corrupt,
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘make worse’): from late Latin deteriorat- ‘worsened’, from the verb deteriorare, from Latin deterior ‘worse’.
