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What is another word for
deteriorating
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Adjective
A worsening of a condition or quality
In a dilapidated or disintegrating condition, typically about to fall apart
That falls or fall
Returning to a less advanced or previous state
Easily broken into small fragments
Characterized by or causing degeneration
Physically weak or lacking in strength
Liable to spoil, rot
Noun
The process of physically withering or wasting away
Verb
Present participle for to become progressively worse in quality or health
Present participle for to decay or decompose organically
Present participle for to disintegrate, crumble, or fall to pieces
Present participle for to decrease the value, character, or quality of
Present participle for to deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy
Present participle for to cause damage to, or have a diminishing effect on
Present participle for to damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use
Present participle for to lose or cause to lose luster, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture
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Adjective
▲
A worsening of a condition or quality
worsening
waning
fading
failing
falling
getting worse
declining
weakening
degenerating
crumbling
slumping
sinking
flagging
dwindling
degenerative
dying
ageing
UK
aging
US
stale
wearing out
wilting
ebbing
ailing
atrophying
collapsing
withering
moribund
on the decline
on the way out
tiring
palling
faltering
decaying
languishing
idling
regressing
senescent
disappearing
in decline
slowing down
on its last legs
past its prime
diminishing
shrinking
decreasing
dimming
slackening
drooping
subsiding
lessening
receding
abating
vanishing
dissolving
evaporating
evanescing
obsolescent
on the wane
attenuating
disintegrating
contracting
tailing off
tapering off
fading away
winding down
petering out
falling off
melting away
growing faint
giving way
on one's last legs
dying out
drawing to a close
in remission
in a state of deterioration
in a slump
retreating
withdrawing
closing
last
final
twilight
sunset
going
foundering
expiring
passing
ending
doomed
becoming extinct
more ❯
“She also spoke of residents' despair with the
deteriorating
state of the Killough Road alongside the damaged sea wall.”
Adjective
▲
In a dilapidated or disintegrating condition, typically about to fall apart
decaying
ramshackle
crumbling
decrepit
failing
tumbledown
shabby
battered
abandoned
perishing
neglected
collapsing
dying
rusting
in ruins
falling apart
falling to pieces
broken-down
on its last legs
run down
in disrepair
in decline
breaking down
in a state of disrepair
dilapidated
rickety
rundown
deteriorated
derelict
decayed
crumbly
run-down
ruined
seedy
threadbare
tattered
crummy
bedraggled
beat-up
worn-out
worse for wear
mean
old
dingy
shambly
gone to seed
fragile
rotten
damaged
grungy
scruffy
dumpy
tatterdemalion
tacky
miserable
worn
timeworn
tatty
degenerated
breaking up
rotting
disintegrating
decomposing
worn out
moth-eaten
down-at-the-heels
bombed-out
gone to rack and ruin
down-at-heel
squalid
mangy
ratty
unsound
wrecked
wretched
sleazy
shoddy
scrubby
desolate
faded
in bad condition
creaky
unmaintained
creaking
caving in
falling in
untended
dog-eared
weather-beaten
ill-maintained
putrefying
moldering
US
corroded
subsiding
peeling
mouldering
UK
rumpty
slummy
ragged
destroyed
eroding
breaking
tired
impaired
marred
shaky
withered
shacky
ruinous
pitiful
beat
disfigured
disintegrated
slipshod
unkempt
beat up
falling apart at the seams
coming apart at the seams
tumble-down
uncared-for
beaten up
all the worse for wear
the worse for wear
poorly maintained
in a bad way
sordid
grotty
insalubrious
scuzzy
withering
uncared
injured
crumbled
condemned
eroded
raunchy
unimproved
down at heel
having seen better days
rotted
uncared for
seen better days
used-up
badly maintained
fallen in
fallen-in
rinky-dink
tawdry
ropy
oxidized
US
oxidised
UK
rusted
frayed
languishing
poor
coming undone
disreputable
bare
in pieces
beyond repair
in difficulty
in trouble
done for
in tatters
on the way out
on the decline
practically over
in a bad state
on the rocks
wearing away
poverty-stricken
flimsy
used
antiquated
insubstantial
superannuated
quavering
shaking
haggard
raggedy
sorry
holey
broken
well worn
worn to shreds
tottering
patched
depressed
rent
warby
in holes
broken down
down-at-the-heel
torn
ripped
frowzy
frazzled
in ribbons
in rags
in poor condition
time-worn
raggedy-ass
clapped out
on your last legs
full of holes
used up
badly worn
beaten-up
disheveled
US
dishevelled
UK
outworn
ancient
grubby
clapped-out
shredded
peaked
shattered
sere
scungy
dodgy
dismal
manky
wrinkled
weathered
overworked
overused
rugged
old-fashioned
busted
dinged
totaled
lined
wizened
knocked around
world-worn
out at elbows
below par
under par
munted
fordone
shot
irreparable
blasted
irremediable
in bad repair
out of condition
filthy
botched
spoilt
UK
mutilated
spoiled
US
harmed
poorly made
in shreds
torn to pieces
yucky
skanky
unpleasant
dirty
ragtag
down at the heel
messy
worn-down
wrung out
pegged out
well-worn
bad
scabby
rank
mucky
indigent
impoverished
sick
sticky
gunky
gungy
mediocre
unstable
untidy
substandard
base
lousy
ordinary
paltry
wobbly
middling
low-grade
menial
second-rate
two-bit
sad
unsteady
low-rent
precarious
insecure
tottery
unsafe
weak
rocky
frail
downgone
unbalanced
decrepit. in ruins
falling down
feeble
infirm
wavering
rattletrap
jerry-built
more ❯
Adjective
▲
That falls or fall
falling
dropping
decreasing
diminishing
dwindling
descending
plunging
dipping
lessening
sinking
declining
sliding
weakening
plummeting
lowering
tumbling
abating
collapsing
ebbing
slipping
subsiding
crumbling
settling
toppling
tottering
downward
downhill
sloping downward
shrinking
reducing
depreciating
slumping
failing
fading
waning
on the decline
flagging
vanishing
disappearing
immersing
drowning
submerging
slackening
sagging
narrowing
fading away
dying down
losing momentum
Adjective
▲
Returning to a less advanced or previous state
regressive
degenerating
relapsing
backsliding
returning
reverting
going back
Adjective
▲
Easily broken into small fragments
short
crumbly
shortcrust
crumbling
brittle
crispy
breakable
embrittled
flakey
US
flaky
UK
delicate
weak
deteriorated
crisp
fragile
frangible
crunchy
friable
brickle
fatty
hard
powdery
pulverulent
frail
brashy
soft
shivery
pulverizable
crusty
granular
shatterable
splintery
rigid
inelastic
vitreous
dusty
chalky
dry
levigated
well-baked
well-done
well done
easily crumbled
sandy
grainy
loose
gritty
gravelly
mealy
farinaceous
workable
sabulous
easily dug
porous
pebbly
light
not dense
spongy
stony
rasping
granulated
branlike
pulverant
calculous
scratchy
floury
ground
in particles
crushed
pulverized
US
fine
impalpable
pulverised
UK
fine-grained
powder-like
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Adjective
▲
Characterized by or causing degeneration
degenerative
worsening
backward
regressive
retrogressive
unprogressive
wasting
deleterious
retrograde
degenerate
reverting
for the worse
negative
downward
downhill
unwelcome
relapsing
slipping
lapsing
sinking
receding
reversing
catabolic
getting worse
Adjective
▲
Physically weak or lacking in strength
wasted
weak
frail
feeble
debilitated
weakened
enfeebled
infirm
enervated
delicate
sapped
slight
effete
languid
faint
prostrate
asthenic
prostrated
unsubstantial
wimpy
tender
wimpish
soft
softened
low
flagging
atrophied
degenerative
faded
haggard
ravaged
rickety
wilted
withered
down-and-out
exhausted
decrepit
fragile
incapacitated
ailing
sickly
weakly
drained
unwell
tired
fatigued
spent
doddering
vitiated
shaky
ill
indisposed
poorly
worn out
strengthless
unhealthy
weary
depleted
sick
lame
doddery
out of gas
anemic
US
anaemic
UK
helpless
aged
weak-kneed
in poor health
tottering
weedy
powerless
undermined
sluggish
devitalized
deteriorated
failing
declining
weakling
anile
languorous
out of shape
trembly
sapless
spineless
crippled
sensitive
broken-down
nerveless
invertebrate
burned out
bedridden
run-down
unsound
characterless
wet
wishy-washy
limp-wristed
namby-pamby
laid low
out of sorts
milk-and-water
drooping
light
diminished
unnerved
small
scrawny
hindered
hampered
encumbered
faltering
rendered feeble
emasculated
washed-out
played out
spindly
breakable
dainty
lacklustre
UK
poor
lackluster
US
valetudinarian
debile
stricken
susceptible
nesh
tenuous
yielding
reduced
dying
sinking
pathetic
meager
US
meagre
UK
in declining health
easily damaged
rundown
without energy
dizzy
limp
superannuated
paralyzed
US
paralysed
UK
old
ancient
elderly
senile
senescent
done in
washed out
bad
lousy
rotten
gone to seed
on the ropes
out of condition
down
beat
pooped
puny
tottery
past it
in bad shape
below par
off-color
US
sick as a dog
run down
worn-out
low-energy
unsteady
off-colour
UK
under the weather
laid-up
tuckered out
out-of-action
a wreck
out of commission
tired out
etiolated
impotent
trembling
shilpit
flat
woozy
over the hill
no spring chicken
long in the tooth
diseased
crook
peaked
peaky
sickened
invalid
off colour
not well
queasy
infected
laid up
not oneself
on the sick list
nauseous
punk
under par
nauseated
crummy
in a bad way
funny
green about the gills
disabled
queer
seedy
unfit
wabbit
afflicted
out of action
not up to par
impaired
off
not very well
rough
not in good shape
liverish
grotty
peculiar
ropy
handicapped
disordered
suffering
rocky
confined
feverish
injured
bummed
not up to snuff
stiff
bruised
in poor condition
game
incurable
sore
hospitalized
US
defective
hospitalised
UK
terrible
broken down
invalided
awful
groggy
iffy
under medication
in poor shape
confined to bed
hurt
wounded
like death warmed up
at death's door
immobilized
US
housebound
limping
hobbling
maimed
sickish
deformed
imperfect
wobbly
pained
sidelined
pale
qualmish
immobilised
UK
grim
languishing
not so hot
squeamish
in ill health
down with
feeling awful
physically challenged
ill-looking
feeling rotten
splenetic
flabby
ineffective
strange
unstable
wretched
valetudinary
bedfast
bedbound
not healthy
not feeling well
in pain
dragging
mutilated
gammy
halt
the worse for wear
giddy
battered
damaged
contaminated
dreadful
ugly
achy
hypochondriacal
unwholesome
green
mean
infectious
gimp
gimpy
unsightly
tainted
septic
peakish
peely-wally
peccant
chronically ill
always ill
often ill
laid-low
in a decline
in bed
hors de combat
queerish
queazy
ill in bed
wearied
lethargic
listless
worn
running temperature
got the bug
feeling terrible
off one's feet
sick as a parrot
knackered
dead
lackadaisical
aweary
bushed
done
beaten
wiped out
bleary
burnt-out
loggy
burned-out
jaded
logy
all in
tapped out
wasting away
in bad health
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Liable to spoil, rot
perishable
decaying
easily spoiled
Noun
▲
The process of physically withering or wasting away
atrophy
deterioration
degeneration
decay
decline
degeneracy
withering
weakening
decaying
enfeeblement
debilitation
wasting
shriveling
US
shrivelling
UK
shrinking
emaciation
degenerating
wilting
wasting away
drying up
shrivelling up
disintegration
downfall
breakdown
dilapidation
decadence
crumbling
decrease
decomposition
rot
degradation
ruin
fading
descent
putrefaction
rotting
failing
perishing
dissolution
corrosion
disrepair
ruination
depreciation
decrepitude
blight
extinction
mortification
collapse
corruption
fall
putridity
putrescence
adulteration
impairment
dying
spoilage
gangrene
ebbing
ebb
declension
devolution
rottenness
rust
downgrade
senescence
spoilation
caries
festering
consumption
putridness
drop
lapse
debasement
dwindling
regression
declination
waning
falloff
worsening
retrogression
eclipse
falling apart
damage
crash
break-up
falling-off
falling to pieces
relapse
comedown
tumble
slide
sinking
destruction
devastation
spoliation
downturn
demise
obliteration
falling down
diminution
slump
demolition
decimation
demolishment
abatement
reduction
desolation
decrement
lessening
dip
plummet
dive
annihilation
wastage
extermination
plunge
shrinkage
recession
death
havoc
end
labefaction
topple
subversion
devaluation
diminishment
downswing
downtrend
loss
lowering
wane
slip
dent
depletion
backsliding
dropoff
nosedive
drop-off
falling off
failure
slipping
depression
step down
cut
cutback
contraction
curtailment
down
flameout
slackening
abasement
downtick
stagnation
downslide
diminishing
attenuation
vitiation
defeat
impoverishment
deduction
discount
overthrow
slowdown
downgrading
exhaustion
retrenchment
sag
de-escalation
undoing
let-up
termination
trough
deflation
bankruptcy
aggravation
declining
erosion
demotion
slash
minimization
subsidence
minimizing
US
markdown
subtraction
foundering
minimising
UK
fall-off
flop
dropping off
dying down
folding
petering out
loss of status
spoiling
skid
bottom-out
expenditure
cutting
draining
subsiding
expending
decadency
receding
emptying
falling
reverse
sapping
easing
declivity
trimming
downer
blow
rollback
disgrace
deficiency
dégringolade
devaluing
decreasing
downward spiral
devitalization
using up
dilution
inactivity
comeuppance
running down
attrition
reducing
enervation
immiseration
expiry
vanquishing
escalation
malfunction
miscarriage
doom
shakeout
falling away
halt
disruption
cessation
interruption
dying out
closing
disorganization
US
rupture
seizure
stoppage
bust
stagflation
nonsuccess
disorganisation
UK
nonachievement
shutdown
fizzle
Waterloo
passing away
lack of success
economic decline
non-function
breaking down
credit squeeze
bad times
hard times
credit crunch
ruining
harm
destroying
reversion
decrescence
downsize
extenuation
diminuendo
dislocation
perversion
degringolade
dereliction
precipitation
recidivation
tainting
lightening
deprivation
mitigation
landslide
downhill trend
letting up
undermining
destabilisation
UK
destabilization
US
downshift
privation
easing off
sharp fall
fragmenting
meltdown
plummeting
dump
standstill
forfeiture
squandering
rundown
moderation
cadence
downcome
dropping away
steep fall
skydive
letup
shortfall
dissipation
breaking up
write-down
bottoming out
paralysis
setback
slack
arrest
free fall
pruning
slimming
loss of success
detraction
drain
waste
turn for the worse
economy
Black Monday
rainy day
axing
chopping
limiting
flagging
worsening of someone's condition
Götterdämmerung
retardation
want
fall from grace
subdual
subjugation
pullback
slimming down
insolvency
closure
liquidation
reversal
phasedown
saving
dying away
taking away
fading away
cheapening
bottom out
belt-tightening
scaling down
salami slicing
decrease in value
lowering in value
contracting
downsizing
discounting
reduction in value
unseating
expiration
accounting allowance
ousting
conquest
toppling
humiliation
humbling
belittlement
loss of value
passing
deposition
elimination
nemesis
shortening
wreck
discomfiture
letdown
cropper
pratfall
bane
debacle
checkmate
curtains
lowering of status
cutting down
loss of face
reality check
quietus
decease
shutting down
close-down
going under
winding up
loss of power
rack and ruin
road to ruin
loss of prosperity
marking down
paring down
ending
croaking
passing on
snuffing
passage
grave
unemployment
autumn
fate
exit
great divide
big trouble
rainy days
negative growth
disappearance
passing into oblivion
fizzling out
decline and fall
ceasing to exist
coming to an end
withering away
exacerbation
acerbation
embitterment
intensification
twilight
closing years
last years
final years
last phase
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to become progressively worse in quality or health
declining
degenerating
decaying
worsening
sinking
fading
waning
weakening
regressing
retrograding
ebbing
failing
atrophying
crumbling
falling
slumping
rotting
slipping
sliding
dropping
devolving
languishing
retrogressing
flagging
collapsing
descending
lapsing
lowering
depreciating
degrading
disimproving
stagnating
debilitating
corroding
impairing
skidding
breaking
adulterating
alloying
going downhill
going to pot
getting worse
going to the dogs
hitting the skids
going down the toilet
going backwards
becoming worse
going down the tubes
going to rack and ruin
going to the pack
wearing away
going to pieces
losing quality
losing it
diminishing
withering
disintegrating
dwindling
falling off
backsliding
wilting
wasting away
lessening
decreasing
drooping
abating
relapsing
wasting
breaking down
perishing
subsiding
falling away
falling apart
sagging
taking a turn for the worse
growing worse
receding
reducing
emaciating
petering out
dropping off
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
shrinking
going from bad to worse
fading away
dying out
dying down
going down
going to seed
dying away
spoiling
slackening
dissolving
reverting
tailing off
going
nosediving
plummetting
plummeting
palling
going bad
wizening
lagging
tapering off
vitiating
decomposing
contracting
easing
tapering
mouldering
UK
dying
moderating
moldering
US
shriveling up
becoming debilitated
becoming dilapidated
sickening
letting up
retroceding
falling to pieces
going wrong
draining away
melting away
disappearing
attenuating
devaluating
relenting
evaporating
remitting
floundering
growing weak
softening
eroding
giving way
wearing down
falling short
running low
slacking off
drying up
growing less
breaking up
taking a nosedive
de-escalating
falling into decay
easing off
ratcheting down
going pear-shaped
phasing down
draining
returning
rusting
retreating
fizzling
debasing
undermining
flopping
foundering
vanishing
depressing
sapping
aging
US
ageing
UK
petering
putrefying
miscarrying
dimming
weathering
recidivating
faltering
slashing
fizzling out
going back
lightening
curbing
quieting
quelling
decrementing
losing ground
checking
settling
becoming emaciated
restraining
plunging
going awry
going amiss
dipping
winding down
narrowing down
calming down
losing edge
slowing down
giving in
becoming less
fading out
falling through
becoming weak
falling back
going off
withering away
coming apart at seams
wearing off
falling into disrepair
running to seed
going down the tube
going astray
going to ruin
escalating
decompensating
moving backward
devitalizing
enervating
tumbling
drifting
suffering
dilapidating
etiolating
damaging
thinning
tarnishing
becoming marcescent
fainting
bating
growing weaker
melting
spiralling
UK
spiraling
US
trailing
retiring
downsizing
downscaling
pejorating
appearing in a poor light
running down
decimating
blurring
becoming smaller
growing smaller
going into decline
running out
depleting
going back to
straying
becoming moribund
falling apart at the seams
making something worse
having a relapse
getting ill again
suffering a relapse
getting worse again
coming to an end
becoming rusty
taking a step back
falling off the wagon
rotting away
breaking apart
going mouldy
having one foot in the grave
conceding
yielding
forfeiting
dissipating
evanescing
dying off
becoming shrunken
becoming enfeebled
devaluing
giving up
diving
dispersing
cheapening
guttering
falling steeply
downgrading
growing faint
getting smaller
drawing to a close
vegetating
going into a tailspin
reaching a new low
reaching depths
destroying
dying on vine
hitting rock bottom
coming apart at the seams
going down the khazi
going down the pan
going down the plughole
going down the drain
festering
taking a dive
hitting the floor
giving out
falling farther behind
cutting
stultifying
rebating
falling from grace
leaving the straight and narrow
going down the primrose path
discounting
modifying
curtailing
fretting
nibbling
going away
slipping back
devalorizing
falling behind
growing dim
drifting back
deflating
biting
sinking back
moving back
going stale
cutting down
tailing away
turning back
losing headway
throwing back
turning the clock back
rolling back
writing off
lowering in value
marking down
lowering in price
writing down
going rancid
bombing
busting
biting at
eating away at
chipping away at
gnawing away at
doing a number on
taking its toll
misfiring
aborting
striking out
folding
backfiring
missing
boomeranging
rebounding
blundering
recoiling
falling flat
coming to naught
turning out badly
coming to nothing
going down swinging
biting the dust
losing out
missing the boat
running aground
going up in smoke
losing control
missing the mark
hitting bottom
meeting with disaster
backing wrong horse
playing into
ganging agley
going phut
coming to grief
losing status
more ❯
“After all, studies indicate that our faculties
deteriorate
with age at varying degrees.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to decay or decompose organically
decaying
decomposing
rotting
degenerating
spoiling
perishing
putrefying
degrading
breaking down
going off
corrupting
going bad
corroding
eroding
oxidizing
US
tarnishing
rusting
oxidising
UK
consuming
abrading
wasting
declining
wearing
impairing
stagnating
atrophying
wearing away
wearing down
eating away
going stale
crumbling away
eating away at
gnawing away
becoming rusty
gnawing away at
distressing
dissolving
fretting
destroying
eating
gnawing
oxidating
scouring
nibbling
biting
cankering
flaking
biting into
burning into
biting at
burning through
more ❯
“Excess food will
deteriorate
in the water, leading to an accumulation of nitrogenous waste.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disintegrate, crumble, or fall to pieces
disintegrating
crumbling
atrophying
withering
collapsing
becoming dilapidated
breaking up
falling apart
falling down
falling to pieces
rotting
decaying
spoiling
decomposing
putrefying
perishing
moldering
US
molding
US
mouldering
UK
festering
corrupting
fouling
moulding
UK
breaking down
degrading
turning
going bad
going off
degenerating
mortifying
sphacelating
corroding
necrotizing
curdling
tainting
mildewing
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
shriveling up
sapping
discoloring
US
defiling
blighting
discolouring
UK
growing moldy
wearing away
going moldy
going mouldy
gathering
necrosing
gangrening
stinking
wasting
declining
wasting away
becoming rancid
going to seed
souring
addling
going sour
becoming addled
becoming rotten
becoming useless
going rotten
going rancid
becoming tainted
suppurating
sickening
becoming contaminated
more ❯
“The walls
deteriorate
over time because of alkali and rain.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to decrease the value, character, or quality of
corrupting
degrading
debasing
perverting
vitiating
subverting
warping
depraving
demeaning
cheapening
poisoning
debauching
abasing
bastardising
UK
bastardizing
US
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
lessening
profaning
prostituting
cankering
injuring
marring
undermining
defiling
polluting
contaminating
devaluing
tainting
fouling
sullying
adulterating
spoiling
lowering
weakening
brutalizing
US
bestializing
depreciating
brutalising
UK
diluting
impairing
ruining
alloying
worsening
blemishing
desecrating
soiling
bemeaning
crippling
violating
dragging down
making degenerate
abusing
leading astray
watering down
lacing
tarnishing
damaging
thinning
cutting
harming
degenerating
demoting
reducing
extending
spiking
diminishing
blackening
infecting
blighting
distorting
staining
mixing
mortifying
attenuating
disgracing
despoiling
casting down
reducing in value
lowering the status of
sophisticating
denaturing
reducing in quality
blending
intermixing
making impure
shaming
twisting
doctoring
descending
stooping
debuffing
sinking
skewing
bending
doping
downgrading
mongrelizing
hurting
darkening
besmirching
crawling
vulgarizing
US
subjugating
vulgarising
UK
betraying
colouring
UK
bringing down
biasing
US
biassing
UK
bringing low
wasting
ravaging
defacing
deforming
disfiguring
prejudicing
going bad
destabilizing
US
destabilising
UK
disrupting
undercutting
going to hell
turning
living in the gutter
thinning out
jaundicing
tampering with
embittering
pulling down
souring
dehumanizing
US
coloring
US
seducing
befouling
derogating
unhallowing
smirching
dehumanising
UK
chastening
blaspheming
putting down
misusing
bringing shame to
cutting down to size
trashing
shooting down
tearing down
nerfing
gimping
tarring
taking down a peg
running down
treating with disrespect
committing sacrilege
doing wrong
cutting down
debilitating
devaluating
taking down
reducing the status of
dragging through the mud
cooking
commingling
dissolving
dishonouring
UK
dishonoring
US
smearing
blotting
dirtying
destroying
discrediting
vandalizing
US
spotting
outraging
defaming
vandalising
UK
humiliating
stigmatizing
US
humbling
miring
mucking
muddying
distaining
bemiring
griming
gauming
smudging
begriming
daubing
embarrassing
stigmatising
UK
giving a black eye
showing in a bad light
bringing into disrepute
denigrating
giving a bad name to
discoloring
US
making lose face
making unclean
bringing dishonour to
reflecting badly on
blackening the name of
discolouring
UK
vilifying
bringing shame on
bringing discredit to
marking
unsettling
influencing
luring
touching
dumbing down
sabotaging
manipulating
treating sacrilegiously
trampling on
afflicting
overwhelming
radioactivating
diseasing
spreading to
spreading among
running through
more ❯
“Ninety percent will have significant problems because the water will
deteriorate
the pavement.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy
languishing
fading
flagging
weakening
declining
decaying
wilting
withering
failing
sinking
drooping
dwindling
diminishing
sagging
ebbing
lagging
emaciating
going
rotting
wasting
moldering
US
mouldering
UK
sickening
fainting
pining
tuckering
hungering
longing
hankering
yearning
ailing
brooding
desponding
teetering
going downhill
wasting away
growing weak
withering away
fading away
fizzling out
going to pieces
knocking out
going into a decline
conking out
going soft
dying on vine
succumbing
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause damage to, or have a diminishing effect on
impairing
damaging
marring
spoiling
ruining
harming
compromising
hurting
undermining
injuring
destroying
weakening
defacing
disfiguring
vitiating
blemishing
crippling
breaking
flawing
blighting
diminishing
endamaging
tarnishing
impeding
crabbing
debasing
disabling
bloodying
debilitating
reducing
totalling
totaling
hindering
enfeebling
threatening
devaluing
lessening
prejudicing
blunting
queering
enervating
cheapening
decreasing
invalidating
worsening
dinging
tweaking
devaluating
disqualifying
unfitting
messing up
fouling up
crossing up
putting the kibosh on
roughing up
making useless
losing strength
destabilizing
US
wrecking
sabotaging
subverting
jeopardizing
US
impoverishing
ravaging
disrupting
crushing
incapacitating
wounding
trashing
corroding
afflicting
annihilating
dismantling
corrupting
depressing
devitalizing
tainting
sapping
inconveniencing
blasting
withering
shocking
smashing
shattering
scorching
torpedoing
battering
taking out
screwing up
destabilising
UK
lousing up
shaking up
detracting from
mucking up
jeopardising
UK
interfering with
smashing up
causing detriment to
wreaking havoc on
doing harm to
throwing a monkey wrench into
putting out of commission
putting out of action
scotching
scuppering
dashing
stymieing
doing for
making a mess of
thwarting
preventing
foiling
frustrating
devastating
upsetting
undoing
banjaxing
obstructing
blowing a hole in
bringing to naught
defeating
checking
blocking
cruelling
stopping
baffling
hampering
derailing
baulking
UK
circumventing
balking
US
cramping
nixing
putting a stop to
putting paid to
countering
euchring
crimping
checkmating
outwitting
demolishing
curbing
forestalling
restraining
upsetting the applecart
despoiling
mangling
dishing
discomfiting
snookering
disappointing
doing in
putting the mockers on
defiling
maiming
beating
blowing
nobbling
crossing
standing in the way of
putting the lid on
throwing a spanner in the works
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
playing havoc with
putting the stopper on
scarring
desecrating
desolating
halting
opposing
trammelling
trammeling
mutilating
quashing
neutralizing
US
decimating
ballsing up
nullifying
bilking
poisoning
rooting
snafuing
giving the slip
taking wind out of
putting an end to
holding up
cooking someone's goose
making a hash of
bringing down
nipping in the bud
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
neutralising
UK
blotting
staining
bruising
squashing
disfeaturing
barring
putting a damper on
ending
quelling
razing
overturning
overthrowing
ruinating
wracking
pulverizing
US
nuking
botching
mullering
traversing
negating
playing off
reducing to nothing
rendering ineffective
bringing to an end
bringing to ruin
laying in ruins
pulverising
UK
cancelling out
taking down
canceling out
pillaging
plundering
sacking
denting
depredating
spoliating
sullying
polluting
warping
taking apart
confusing
scratching
bending
detracting
decaying
glitching up
stultifying
taking the wind out of your sails
shipwrecking
messing
laying waste to
inhibiting
fettering
distorting
wrenching
twisting
hamstringing
hobbling
contravening
scuttling
obviating
debarring
stifling
arresting
laming
repressing
repelling
suppressing
confounding
deterring
overcoming
precluding
repulsing
parrying
rattling
prohibiting
counterplotting
beating down
blanking
getting the better of
taking wind out of sails
putting end to
burying
causing setback
stumping
making of no use or value
deforming
licking
forbidding
hanging up
putting a brake on
giving the run around
cramping one's style
dashing one's hope
vaporizing
US
handicapping
wasting
sinking
flattening
busting
torpefying
creaming
overwhelming
ravishing
dilapidating
knackering
levelling
UK
extinguishing
leveling
US
bodging
scourging
scathing
toppling
cleaning out
leaving in ruins
wiping out
bringing to nothing
wreaking havoc upon
vaporising
UK
laying waste
rubbing out
reducing to rubble
pulling down
tearing down
leaving desolate
knocking down
depleting
disarming
dislimbing
waxing
piquing
fouling
paining
making lame
hacking up
drawing blood
obliterating
squelching
eradicating
unbuilding
skinning
crazing
working against
raining on someone's parade
putting at risk
halting in its tracks
throwing monkey wrench in
throwing a monkey wrench in the works
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use
wearing
abrading
chafing
eroding
rasping
rubbing
fraying
galling
frazzling
fretting
scraping
scratching
grazing
corrading
corroding
scouring
consuming
grinding
scuffing
wasting
dissolving
crumbling
impairing
using
decaying
bothering
fading
overusing
overworking
taxing
undermining
weathering
wearing away
eating away
wearing out
wearing thin
becoming worn
wearing down
worn through
biting into
eating away at
rubbing away
gnawing away
becoming threadbare
crumbling away
grinding away
rubbing down
washing away
wasting away
gnawing away at
cutting down
scraping off
using up
going to seed
trashing
becoming useless
showing signs of wear
going into holes
going through
wearing holes in
making threadbare
making worn
coming to the end of its life
shredding
tearing
tattering
unraveling
US
unravelling
UK
becoming ragged
coming apart
distressing
becoming tattered
making ragged
ripping
raveling
US
ravelling
UK
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to lose or cause to lose luster, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture
tarnishing
corroding
discoloring
US
discolouring
UK
oxidising
UK
oxidizing
US
rusting
staining
blackening
dulling
becoming discoloured
becoming dull
darkening
becoming black
losing luster
losing lustre
losing shine
losing its lustre
losing its shine
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