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All disimprove synonyms

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verb disimprove

  • worsen β€” Make or become worse.
  • abate β€” If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
  • backslide β€” to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
  • cheapen β€” If something cheapens a person or thing, it lowers their reputation or position.
  • decay β€” When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
  • degenerate β€” If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
  • disintegrate β€” to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
  • droop β€” to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
  • ebb β€” the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
  • fade β€” to lose brightness or vividness of color.
  • flag β€” flagstone (def 1).
  • languish β€” to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
  • lapse β€” an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
  • pine β€” Archaic. painful longing.
  • relapse β€” to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
  • retrograde β€” moving backward; having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
  • revert β€” to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.: They reverted to the ways of their forefathers.
  • rot β€” to undergo decomposition; decay.
  • settle β€” to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
  • subside β€” to sink to a low or lower level.
  • fall off β€” to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
  • go downhill β€” travel down a slope
  • go to pot β€” a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
  • go to the dogs β€” a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
  • hit the skids β€” get into difficulties
  • descend β€” If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level.
  • regress β€” to move backward; go back.
  • corrode β€” If metal or stone corrodes, or is corroded, it is gradually destroyed by a chemical or by rust.
  • corrupt β€” Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
  • decline β€” If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  • deprave β€” Something that depraves someone makes them morally bad or evil.
  • retrogress β€” to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition: to retrogress to infantilism.
  • slip β€” to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
  • vitiate β€” to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
  • go to pieces β€” a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
  • crumble β€” If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
  • degrade β€” Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.
  • fall apart β€” physically: into pieces
  • undermine β€” to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
  • adulterate β€” If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it.
  • alloy β€” An alloy is a metal that is made by mixing two or more types of metal together.
  • break β€” When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
  • debase β€” To debase something means to reduce its value or quality.
  • debilitate β€” If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker.
  • decompose β€” When things such as dead plants or animals decompose, or when something decomposes them, they change chemically and begin to decay.
  • impair β€” to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
  • injure β€” to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
  • mar β€” to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil: That billboard mars the view. The holiday was marred by bad weather.
  • pervert β€” to affect with perversion.
  • skid β€” a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
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