# deteriorate

- **Language:** English
- **Level:** C1 (Advanced)
- **Part of speech:** verb
- **Pronunciation:** /dɪˈtɪəriəreɪt/
- **English:** to become worse
- **Persian:** بدتر شدن، رو به زوال رفتن

## Example

> His health deteriorated rapidly.
> وضعیت سلامتی‌اش به سرعت بدتر شد.

## Word forms

- noun: deterioration

## Synonyms

decline, worsen

## Opposites

improve

## Common phrases

- deteriorate rapidly
- conditions deteriorate
- relations deteriorate

## Related words

- [improve](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/improve): to become better or to make something better (B1)
- [diminish](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/diminish): to become smaller or less important (C1)
- [exacerbate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/exacerbate): to make a bad situation worse (C1)
- [fluctuate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/fluctuate): to change often, rising and falling (C1)
- [mitigate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/mitigate): to make something less harmful or serious (C1)
- [obsolete](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/obsolete): no longer used because something newer exists (C1)
- [reinforce](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/reinforce): to make something stronger (C1)
- [stimulate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/stimulate): to make something develop or become more active (C1)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/deteriorate