UPCASTING Antonyms

• harmful to the mind or morals

• used of conduct; characterized by dishonor

• becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so

• a change downward

• the act of causing to become less

• the act of causing something to move to a lower level

• darkened by clouds

• any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

• loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer

• changing for the worse

• process of changing to an inferior state

• changing something with the result that it becomes worse

• 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.

• become worse or disintegrate

• grow progressively worse

• a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

• directed downward

• filled with melancholy and despondency