Definitions

stagnate

[stag-neyt] / ˈstæg neɪt /

VERB

deteriorate by lack of action

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fester hibernate languish stall stand still

STRONG

constipate decay decline idle putrefy rot rust stand stifle stultify trammel vegetate

WEAK

go to seed lie fallow not move

Antonyms

STRONG

build flourish grow help improve

WEAK

strengthen

Example Sentences

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Don’t Let a Page Stagnate, Instead Exit Completely Brands, companies — never let your social media pages decay.

From Forbes • Aug. 7, 2011

In the busy world to dwell, Fain they would allure thee hence For within this lonely cell, Stagnate sap of life and sense.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. by Francke, Kuno

In the busy world to dwell, Fain they would allure thee hence: For within this lonely cell, Stagnate sap of life and sense.

From Faust — Part 1 by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

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