Crossword clues for deteriorated
deteriorated
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deteriorate \De*te"ri*o*rate\ (d[-e]*t[=e]"r[i^]*[-o]*r[=a]t),
v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deteriorated
(d[-e]*t[=e]"r[i^]*[-o]*r[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Deteriorating (d[-e]*t[=e]"r[i^]*[-o]*r[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L.
deterioratus, p. p. of deteriorare to deteriorate, fr.
deterior worse, prob. a comparative fr. de down, away.]
To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to
impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.
--Whately.
The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated.
--Southey.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: deteriorate)
Usage examples of "deteriorated".
On his second expedition, the co-leader had been such a confirmed pessimist that the morale of the entire party had deteriorated, causing needless disastrous incidents.
The predators, like fang-face, hunted singly: only one pair had been discovered and they had been involved in a ferocious battle, which had deteriorated, in Paskutti's words, into a mating.
She had been reassured that most singers had several decades of unimpaired recall before memory deteriorated, but no fast rule determined the onset.
There were such splashing and carryings-on that the communal bathing deteriorated into a sporting event.
The interior of the beast evidently deteriorated as rapidly as it had initially expanded.
He thought the scheme was feasible, but he worried about the risk of a shuttle that had certainly deteriorated from eight years’ disuse.
Why hadn't some bright lad found the answer before the last of the air sleds deteriorated completely?
He’d heard that she suffered badly from joint-ail and her physical condition had deteriorated past the point where she could lead the Weyr against Threadfall.
Their notion of instructing the new Weyrwoman in "Duties to Dragon, Weyr, and Pern" too often deteriorated into extended arguments over minor details in the lessons she had to memorize and recite word perfect.
But R'gul couldn't control Jora's grief over F'lon, and she deteriorated rapidly.
How the sole Weyr had fallen into disfavor and contempt, how Jora had deteriorated and lost control over her queen, Nemorth, so that, as the Red Star neared, there was no sudden increase in the size of clutches.
That never made any sense, but so many of the old Records have deteriorated past deciphering, much less coherence.
When T’ron had died, T’kul had insisted that he was Weyrleader, and the situation at Southern Weyr had deteriorated rapidly.
When you left for lunch his vital signs deteriorated, then picked back up when you returned.
She hated the fact that her relationship with her father had deteriorated to the point where they barely spoke, but she couldn't find a way to mend it.