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deteriorating
adjective as in crumbly
adjective as in decaying
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in retrograde
adjective as in scrubby
Weak matches
- all the worse for wear
- bare
- bedraggled
- broken-down
- crummy
- cure
- decayed
- decaying
- decrepit
- degenerated
- desolate
- deteriorated
- dilapidated
- dingy
- disfigured
- disreputable
- dog-eared
- down-at-heel
- faded
- frayed
- gone to seed
- mangy
- meager
- mean
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- neglected
- pitiful
- poor
- pot
- poverty-stricken
- ragged
- ramshackle
- ratty
- rickety
- ruined
- ruinous
- run down
- rundown
- scruffy
- seedy
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slipshod
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- tatty
- threadbare
- tired
- worn
- worn-out
- worse for wear
- wretched
adjective as in shabby
Strongest matches
adjective as in tatty
Weak matches
- all the worse for wear
- bare
- bedraggled
- broken-down
- crummy
- cure
- decayed
- decaying
- decrepit
- degenerated
- desolate
- deteriorated
- dilapidated
- dingy
- disfigured
- disreputable
- dog-eared
- down-at-heel
- faded
- frayed
- gone to seed
- mangy
- meager
- mean
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- neglected
- pitiful
- poor
- pot
- poverty-stricken
- ragged
- ramshackle
- ratty
- rickety
- ruined
- ruinous
- run down
- rundown
- scrubby
- scruffy
- seedy
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slipshod
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- tired
- worn
- worn-out
- worse for wear
- wretched
Example Sentences
Still, what could be concerning is that recent selling by whales has been coinciding with deteriorating sentiment and slower buying, which could add further pressure to bitcoin’s price, according to analysts at blockchain-analytics firm CryptoQuant.
He’s keeping his eye on market breadth — the proportion of stocks that rise when the broader indices rise — which when it falls can be a signal of deteriorating market health.
Faced with the deteriorating situation, the United States and the United Kingdom announced two weeks ago the withdrawal of their non-essential personnel from Mali, and several embassies have asked their citizens to leave the country.
In the chemical and metal sectors in particular, analysts’ confidence is deteriorating, and the banking and insurance industry also reports declining sentiment compared with October, the survey said.
Instead of deteriorating, it becomes significantly more capable, outperforming other known materials by a wide margin.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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