Thesaurus:deteriorated

Thesaurus

deteriorated

English

Adjective

Sense: in a state of impaired quality or value

Synonyms

• clapped out (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang)
• damaged
• defective
• deteriorated
• dilapidated
• effete (obsolete)
• faulty
• munted (Australia, New Zealand, slang)
• outworn
• passé
• raddled
• ragged
• ravaged
• rinky-dink (chiefly US, informal)
• shabby
• unimproved
• wasted
• weakened
• wrecked
• wrecksome
• worn
• worn-out
• worsened

Antonyms

• functional    [⇒ thesaurus]
• intact    [⇒ thesaurus]
• preserved    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• improved    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• fixed
• purified
• refreshed
• refurbished
• regenerated
• reinvigorated
• repaired
• reparatory
• restored

Hyponyms

• broken    [⇒ thesaurus]
• contaminated    [⇒ thesaurus]
• decayed    [⇒ thesaurus]
• decrepit
• depleted    [⇒ thesaurus]
• discolored    [⇒ thesaurus]
• elderly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• mossgrown
• out of order    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ramshackle    [⇒ thesaurus]
• roadworn
• timeworn
• wayworn
• withered
• wounded    [⇒ thesaurus]
• worse for wear (idiomatic)
• wrinkled    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• altered
• changed
• impure    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “659. deterioration” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “deteriorated” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.