BETTERMENTS Antonyms

• 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.

• changing to a lower state (a less respected state)

• a low or downcast state

• a symptom of reduced quality or strength

• process of changing to an inferior state

• an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

• the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)

• returning to a former state

• passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form

• returning to a former state

• an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

• becoming weaker

• the act of reducing the strength of something

• causing debilitation

• moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker

• changing for the worse

• process of changing to an inferior state

• changing something with the result that it becomes worse