All improving antonyms
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I i adjective improving
- degenerative — A degenerative disease or condition is one that gets worse as time progresses.
- deteriorating — Become progressively worse.
- overripe — too ripe; more than ripe: overripe tomatoes.
- declining — deteriorating gradually, as in quality, health, or character
- carious — (of teeth or bone) affected with caries; decayed
- retrograde — moving backward; having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
- decayed — having rotted as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposed
- falling — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- gangrenous — necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
- putrescent — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
verb with object improving
- proving — (homeopathy) Experimentation to determine which substances cause which effects when ingested.