deteriorate (verb)
111putrefy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. rot, decay, decompose. See uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. decay, rot, putresce, decompose; see decay . See Synonym Study at decay . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. rot, decompose, spoil,… …
112rot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. decay, decompose, putrefy; degenerate, waste. See deterioration. n. decay, decomposition, putrefaction; slang, nonsense, twaddle (see unmeaningness). II (Roget s IV) interj. Syn. humbug, nonsense,… …
113spoil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. damage, ruin, impair; overindulge, humor; despoil, plunder, sack, pillage, rob; decay, putrefy, rot, mold, ferment. See deterioration. n. plunder, loot, booty, spoliation. See acquisition. II (Roget s …
114wear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. last, endure; use, show, display; tire, fatigue, weary; bear, don, put on; carry, have on; waste, consume, spend; rub, chafe, fray, abrade; jibe, tack, veer, yaw. See weariness, friction. n. clothing …
115fail — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To be unsuccessful] Syn. miscarry, fall short, miss, slip, lose, make nothing of, come to naught, come to nothing, falter, flounder, blunder, break down, break, run aground, founder, misfire, come to grief, get into trouble …
116worsen — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. make worse, fall off, take a turn for the worse, exacerbate; see depress 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. deteriorate, degenerate, take a turn for the worse, slip, decay, decline, lapse, *go downhill, *hit the skids,… …
117decay — 1. verb 1) the corpses had decayed Syn: decompose, rot, putrefy, go bad, go off, spoil, fester, perish, deteriorate; degrade, break down, molder, shrivel, wither 2) the cities continue to decay …
118ANTISEMITISM — ANTISEMITISM, a term coined in 1879, from the Greek ἁντί = anti, and Σημ = Semite by the German agitator wilhelm marr to designate the then current anti Jewish campaigns in Europe. Antisemitism soon came into general use as a term denoting all… …
119relation — noun 1 connection between two or more things ADJECTIVE ▪ causal ▪ direct ▪ The energy an animal uses is in direct relation to speed and body mass. ▪ complex ▪ the complex relatio …
120relationship — noun 1 between people/groups/countries ADJECTIVE ▪ friendly, good, happy, harmonious, healthy, strong ▪ They have a very healthy father son relationship. ▪ …
