'Deterioration' definitions:
Definition of 'deterioration'
(from WordNet)
noun
A symptom of reduced quality or strength [syn: deterioration, impairment]
noun
Process of changing to an inferior state [syn: deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening]
Definition of 'Deterioration'
From: GCIDE
- Deterioration \De*te`ri*o*ra"tion\, n. [LL. deterioratio: cf. F. d['e]t['e]rioration.] The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deterioration'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- accommodation,
- adaptation,
- adjustment,
- aggravation,
- alteration,
- amelioration,
- amplification,
- annoyance,
- apostasy,
- atrophy,
- augmentation,
- betterment,
- break,
- change,
- change of heart,
- changeableness,
- comedown,
- constructive change,
- contentiousness,
- continuity,
- conversion,
- crumbling,
- debasement,
- decadence,
- decadency,
- decay,
- decaying,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- decomposition,
- deepening,
- defection,
- deformation,
- degeneracy,
- degenerateness,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- degradation,
- deliberate aggravation,
- demotion,
- depravation,
- depravedness,
- depreciation,
- derogation,
- descent,
- devaluation,
- deviation,
- devolution,
- difference,
- discontinuity,
- disintegration,
- dislocation,
- disruption,
- dissolution,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- downfall,
- downgrade,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward mobility,
- downward trend,
- drop,
- dry rot,
- dying,
- ebb,
- ebbing,
- effeteness,
- embittering,
- embitterment,
- enhancement,
- enlargement,
- exacerbation,
- exasperation,
- fading,
- failing,
- failure,
- failure of nerve,
- fall,
- falling-off,
- fitting,
- flip-flop,
- gradual change,
- heightening,
- impairment,
- improvement,
- increase,
- intensification,
- involution,
- irritation,
- lapse,
- lessening,
- loss of tone,
- magnification,
- melioration,
- mitigation,
- modification,
- modulation,
- overthrow,
- provocation,
- qualification,
- radical change,
- re-creation,
- realignment,
- redesign,
- reform,
- reformation,
- regression,
- remaking,
- renewal,
- reshaping,
- restructuring,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- reversal,
- revival,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- rotting,
- ruin,
- sharpening,
- shift,
- slippage,
- slump,
- souring,
- spoiling,
- sudden change,
- switch,
- total change,
- transition,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- upheaval,
- variation,
- variety,
- violent change,
- wane,
- waning,
- worsening