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Antonyms for deteriorated

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-teer-ee-uh-reyt
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈtɪər i əˌreɪt

Definition of deteriorated

Origin :
  • 1640s (as a past participle adjective, 1570s), from Late Latin deterioratus, past participle of deteriorare "get worse, make worse," from Latin deterior "worse, lower, inferior, meaner," contrastive of *deter "bad, lower," from PIE *de-tero-, from demonstrative stem *de- (see de). Originally transitive in English; intransitive sense is from 1758. Related: Deteriorated; deteriorating.
  • adj run-down
Example sentences :
  • This change, if it deteriorated his mind, improved his exterior.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • And will not men who are injured be deteriorated in that which is the proper virtue of man?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • And dogs are deteriorated in the good qualities of dogs, and not of horses?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • Deteriorated, that is to say, in the good qualities of horses, not of dogs?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • Perhaps they had deteriorated, I said unwillingly to myself.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • They will receive the prisoners later in life, but deteriorated in character.
  • Extract from : « The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2) » by John West
  • I think the Hards must have deteriorated considerably since the battle of Lexington.
  • Extract from : « Across the Mesa » by Jarvis Hall
  • Increase of trade and deteriorated condition of working-classes.
  • Extract from : « On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by John Ruskin
  • In the daughter neither has deteriorated, but perhaps improved.
  • Extract from : « The Flag of Distress » by Mayne Reid
  • I had not set her a bad example; it was not my fault that she had deteriorated.
  • Extract from : « The Confession of a Fool » by August Strindberg

Synonyms for deteriorated

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