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Magdalena
synonym
What other verb can you use for 'deteriorate' in this sentence so it has the same meaning?
...the language started to deteriorate...
2019年5月13日 14:46
解答 · 3
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depends a little on context.
Is this referring to a conversation going down hill, or the grammar of a culture in decline?
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fall apart,
be forgotten
fail them
become more diverse
become mixed with other influences
be lost
be less heard in common speech
loose its cohesion
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Mr. Google says
worsen, get worse, decline, be in decline, degenerate, decay; collapse, fail, fall, drop, sink, slump, slip, slide, go downhill, go backwards, go to rack and ruin, stagnate, wane, ebb; informalgo to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, go down the toilet, go down the tubes; informalgo to the pack; rareretrograde
decay, degrade, degenerate, break down, decompose, rot, putrefy, go bad, go off, spoil, perish;
wither, atrophy, weaken, fade, break up, disintegrate, become dilapidated, crumble, fall down, collapse, fall apart, fall to pieces;
archaiccorrupt
2019年5月13日
Hello. Thank you very much! These are actually formal synonyms that I am looking for :).
2019年5月13日
Hi Magdalena! You could say that "the language has started to fall apart." Get worse is als an alternative. For example, "the language has gotten worse over the last 20 years." Note that "deteriorate" has a connotation of formality; the options I gave you are less formal.
2019年5月13日
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