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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to deterioration:   (142 results)

Often used in the same context:
decline, weakening, erosion, degeneration, shrinkage, degradation, contraction, softening, improvement, weakness, slippage, stabilization, softness, slowdown, deceleration, decay, diminution, decrease, slackening, upturn, dislocations, disintegration, rockiness, downslide, downturn, collapse, falloff, hardening, stagnation, atrophy, intensification, tightening, impairments, souring, disruption, dilapidation, downgrade, escalation, increases, instability, constriction, depletion, deficiency, undersupply, oversupply, tenuousness, functional obsolescence, sluggishness, diminishment, growth, impoverishment, divergence, decine, reductions, fragility, normalization, shortfalls, fluctuation, steepening, outflow, debilitation, hemorrhaging, thawing, exacerbation, decompensation, denudation, patchiness, breakdown, retrenchment, corroding, turmoil, amelioration, strengthening, rise, upheavals, implosion, unsteadiness, volatility, changes, defaults, rot, fraying, ossification, recalibration, damage, devaluation, slowing, vasodilatation, alkalosis, cire, shakiness, delinquencies, natriuresis, insufficiency, perturbation, ructions, reestablishment, upsurge, fatty degeneration, inadequacy, mitigant, reversion, disability, impairment, disorganization, retrogression, curtailment, lessening, deteriorations, loosening, change, declines

More specific:
corrosion, decrepitude, desolation, devastation, dilapidation, ruin, wear

Appears in the definition of:
corrosion, decrepitude, degenerative, dementedness, dementia, dilapidation, drop-off, falling off, falloff, lafora's disease, myoclonus epilepsy, myxedema, myxoedema, slack, slump, soil conservation, stale

More general:
decay, decline, diminution

Synonyms:
decline in quality, impairment, worsening

Also try:
— Adjectives for deterioration: progressive, further, rapid, mental, physical, gradual, environmental, general, serious, clinical, significant, more...

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