| Main Entry: | disrepair |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken; deteriorated |
Synonyms: |
busted, damaged, dead, decayed, decrepit, down, kaput, not functioning, on the blink, on the fritz, out of commission, out of order, worn out, wracked |
Antonyms: |
good, unbroken |
| Main Entry: | disrepair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of deterioration |
Synonyms: |
collapse, decay, decrepitude, dilapidation, ruination |
Antonyms: |
good condition, repair |
| Main Entry: | decay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breaking down, collapse |
Synonyms: |
adulteration, atrophy, blight, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
Antonyms: |
development, flourish, germination, growth, improvement, ripening, strength, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | deterioration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay, degeneration |
Synonyms: |
abasement, adulteration, atrophy, corrosion, crumbling, debasement, decadence, decaying, declension, declination, decline, decomposition, degradation, degringolade, depreciation, descent, devaluation, dilapidation, disintegration, dislocation, disrepair, downfall, downgrade, downturn, drop, fall, lapse, lessening, perversion, retrogression, rotting, ruin, slump, spoiling, vitiation, worsening |
Antonyms: |
betterment, building, construction, development, improvement |
| Main Entry: | ruin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation of devastation |
Synonyms: |
atrophy, bane, bankruptcy, bath, breakdown, collapse, confusion, crackup, crash, crumbling, damage, decay, defeat, degeneracy, degeneration, demolition, destitution, destruction, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, downgrade, extinction, failure, fall, havoc, insolvency, loss, nemesis, overthrow, ruination, skids, subversion, the end, undoing, waste, waterloo, wreck, wreckage |
| Notes: | rack is destruction and ruin is destitution; in rack and ruin, rack is a variation of wrack and wreck |
Antonyms: |
building, construction, creation, development, growth |
| Main Entry: | dilapidation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ruin |
Synonyms: |
decrepitude, destruction, disintegration, disrepair |
| Main Entry: | putrefaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
Synonyms: |
adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
| Main Entry: | putrescence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
Synonyms: |
adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putridity, putridness, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
| Main Entry: | putridness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
Synonyms: |
adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
| Main Entry: | spoilage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
Synonyms: |
adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |