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degenerating

VERB

decay, deteriorate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

descend disintegrate lapse lessen regress revert worsen

STRONG

backslide corrode corrupt decline decrease deprave retrogress return rot sink slip vitiate

WEAK

come apart at seams die on vine disimprove fall off go downhill go to pieces go to the dogs

Antonyms

STRONGEST

develop grow increase progress

STRONG

aid build help improve rise

Example Sentences

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Not to get too philosophical, but everything alive is degenerating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The findings offer new insight into how bone cells may influence pain signaling in degenerating spines.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

A subtle pathos, along with the playwright’s verbal sophistication, prevents the play from degenerating into a collegiate vaudeville.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2025

“The idea that the Y is still degenerating and destined to disappear is really scotched by this.”

From Science Magazine • Aug. 23, 2023

This proved to be valuable for social reasons, and it kept conditions of health among the poor from degenerating in anything like the way that has happened in modern times.

From Religion And Health by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)