All 6 Uses
deteriorate
in
The Good Soldier
(Auto-generated)
- And they themselves steadily deteriorated.†
Part 3 *deteriorated = became worse
- And the longer I think about them the more certain I become that Florence was a contaminating influence—she depressed and deteriorated poor Edward; she deteriorated, hopelessly, the miserable Leonora.†
Part 4
- And the longer I think about them the more certain I become that Florence was a contaminating influence—she depressed and deteriorated poor Edward; she deteriorated, hopelessly, the miserable Leonora.†
Part 4
- There is no doubt that she caused Leonora's character to deteriorate.†
Part 4deteriorate = become worse
- Yes, the mental deterioration that Florence worked in Leonora was extraordinary; it smashed up her whole life and all her chances.†
Part 4deterioration = worsening; or the amount of worsening
- And even in other things Leonora deteriorated.†
Part 4deteriorated = became worse
Definitions:
-
(1)
(deteriorate) become worse
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)