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Definition of deteriorating : of Deteriorate

Synonyms:

regressive, failing, retrogressive, retrograde

enduring, maturing, aging, seasoning, lasting, developing, declining, ripening, growing old, mellowing

degenerating, dilapidating, sinking, falling apart, fading, going downhill, collapsing, mouldering, putrefying, slumping, worsening, regressing, ebbing, slipping, relapsing, getting worse, wilting, downgrading, retrogressing, sliding, tergiversating, waning, withering, reverting, atrophying, lapsing, decaying

Usage examples:

• In the Mysteries performed on the physical plane these used to be dramatically represented, and the ceremonies followed in many respects " the pattern" ever shown forth " on the Mount," for they were the shadows in a deteriorating age of the mighty Realities in the spiritual world. - "Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries", Annie Besant.
• The comforts of our poor Highlander have been deteriorating, and his position lowering, for the last three ages, and we see no prospect of improvement. - "Leading Articles on Various Subjects", Hugh Miller.
• Even with his past experience- the depressing, deteriorating effects, mental and physical, of years of poverty in its most squalid and depressing form, " shabby- genteel" poverty- he realized that even the possession of wealth might leave something to be desired. - "The Sign of the Spider", Bertram Mitford.