English-Italian translations for deteriorate

• deteriorare
• deteriorarsi
  E' allarmante, ma la situazione potrebbe ulteriormente deteriorarsi. Alarmingly, the situation could easily deteriorate further.
  Aung San Suu Kyi è ancora agli arresti e, come abbiamo visto, l'economia continua a deteriorarsi. She is still imprisoned and, as we have seen, the economy continues to deteriorate.
  Malgrado tali sforzi, la situazione ha continuato a deteriorarsi. Despite these efforts, the situation has continued to deteriorate.

Definition of deteriorate

• To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair
• To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate

Synonyms

• go off

Examples

• to deteriorate the mind

Related words

• deterioration
• deteriorating
• deteriorated
• to deteriorate