ATROPHIC Synonyms

• process or result of becoming less or smaller

• the act of becoming less

• (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

• lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

• reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity

• any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease

• a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

• causing to become limp or drooping

• any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)

• wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction

• making light of

• the process of gradually becoming inferior

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• the organic phenomenon of rotting

• an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying

• the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• fall into decay or ruin

• undergo decay or decomposition

• change toward something smaller or lower

• a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• a downward slope or bend

• grow worse

• not accept as true

• show unwillingness towards

• grow smaller

• go down

• fall in value

• inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

• a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

• unrestrained by convention or morality

• grow progressively worse

• become worse or disintegrate

• grow progressively worse