deterioration
Roget-categorie 659
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends
#659.
Deterioration
zelfstandig naamwoord
deterioration,
debasement —
wane,
ebb —
recession
etc.
287 —
retrogradation
etc.
283† —
decrease
etc.
36.
degeneracy,
degeneration,
degenerateness —
degradation —
depravation,
depravement —
devolution —
depravity
etc.
945 —
demoralization,
retrogression —
masochism.
impairment,
inquination†,
injury,
damage,
loss,
detriment,
delaceration†,
outrage,
havoc,
inroad,
ravage,
scath† —
perversion,
prostitution,
vitiation,
discoloration,
oxidation,
pollution,
defoedation†,
poisoning,
venenation†,
leaven,
contamination,
canker,
corruption,
adulteration,
alloy.
decline,
declension,
declination —
decadence,
decadency† —
falling off
etc.
v. —
caducity†,
decrepitude.
decay,
dilapidation,
ravages of time,
wear and tear —
corrosion,
erosion —
moldiness,
rottenness —
moth and rust,
dry rot,
blight,
marasmus†,
atrophy,
collapse —
disorganization —
delabrement
etc.
(destruction).
162 —
aphid,
Aphis,
plant louse,
puceron† —
vinefretter†,
vinegrub†.
wreck,
mere wreck,
honeycomb,
magni nominis umbra [Lat.] —
jade,
plug,
rackabones [U.S.],
skate [U.S.] —
tackey†,
tacky [U.S.].
werkwoord
be worse,
be deteriorated,
become worse,
become deteriorated
etc.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
—
have seen better days,
deteriorate,
degenerate,
fall off —
wane
etc.
(decrease)
36 —
ebb —
retrograde
etc.
283,
decline,
droop —
go down
etc.
(sink)
306 —
go downhill,
go from bad to worse,
go farther and fare worse —
jump out of the frying pan into the fire.
run to seed,
go to seed,
run to waste swale†,
sweal† —
lapse,
be the worse for —
sphacelate: break†,
break down —
spring a leak,
crack,
start —
shrivel
etc.
(contract)
195 —
fade,
go off,
wither,
molder,
rot,
rankle,
decay,
go bad —
go to decay,
fall into decay —
fall into the sear and yellow leaf,"
rust,
crumble,
shake —
totter,
totter to its fall —
perish
etc.
162 —
die
etc.
360.
[Render less good]
deteriorate —
weaken
etc.
160 —
put back,
set back —
taint,
infect,
contaminate,
poison,
empoison†,
envenom,
canker,
corrupt,
exulcerate†,
pollute,
vitiate,
inquinate† —
debase,
embase† —
denaturalize,
denature,
leaven —
deflower,
debauch,
defile,
deprave,
degrade —
ulcerate —
stain
etc.
(dirt)
653 —
discolor —
alloy,
adulterate,
sophisticate,
tamper with,
prejudice.
pervert,
prostitute,
demoralize,
brutalize —
render vicious
etc.
945.
embitter,
acerbate,
exacerbate,
aggravate.
injure,
impair,
labefy†,
damage,
harm,
hurt,
shend†,
scath†,
scathe,
spoil,
mar,
despoil,
dilapidate,
waste —
overrun —
ravage —
pillage
etc.
791.
wound,
stab,
pierce,
maim,
lame,
surbate†,
cripple,
hough†,
hamstring,
hit between wind and water,
scotch,
mangle,
mutilate,
disfigure,
blemish,
deface,
warp.
blight,
rot —
corrode,
erode —
wear away,
wear out —
gnaw,
gnaw at the root of —
sap,
mine,
undermine,
shake,
sap the foundations of,
break up —
disorganize,
dismantle,
dismast —
destroy
etc.
162.
damnify
etc.
(aggrieve)
649† —
do one's worst —
knock down —
deal a blow to —
play havoc with,
play sad havoc with,
play the mischief with,
play the deuce with,
play the very devil with,
play havoc among,
play sad havoc among,
play the mischief among,
play the deuce among,
play the very devil among —
decimate.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
unimproved
etc.
(improve)
etc.
658 —
deteriorated
etc.
v. —
altered,
altered for the worse —
injured
etc.
v. —
sprung —
withering,
spoiling
etc.
v. —
on the wane,
on the decline —
tabid† —
degenerate —
marescent† —
worse —
the worse for,
all the worse for —
out of repair,
out of tune —
imperfect
etc.
651 —
the worse for wear —
battered —
weathered,
weather-beaten —
stale,
passe,
shaken,
dilapidated,
frayed,
faded,
wilted,
shabby,
secondhand,
threadbare —
worn,
worn to a thread,
worn to a shadow,
worn to the stump,
worn to rags —
reduced,
reduced to a skeleton —
far gone —
tacky [U.S.].
decayed
etc.
v. —
moth-eaten,
worm-eaten —
mildewed,
rusty,
moldy,
spotted,
seedy,
time-worn,
moss-grown —
discolored —
effete,
wasted,
crumbling,
moldering,
rotten,
cankered,
blighted,
tainted —
depraved
etc.
(vicious)
945 —
decrepid†,
decrepit —
broke,
busted,
broken,
out of commission,
hors de combat [Fr.],
out of action,
broken down —
done,
done for,
done up —
worn out,
used up,
finished —
beyond saving,
fit for the dust hole,
fit for the wastepaper basket,
past work
etc.
(useless)
645.
at a low ebb,
in a bad way,
on one's last legs —
undermined,
deciduous —
nodding to its fall
etc.
(destruction)
162 —
tottering
etc.
(dangerous)
665 —
past cure
etc.
(hopeless)
859 —
fatigued
etc.
688 —
retrograde
etc.
(retrogressive)
283 —
deleterious
etc.
649.
uitdrukking
out of the frying pan into the fire —
agrescit medendo [Lat.] —
what a falling off was there! "
[Hamlet].
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