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past tense of atrophy
Synonyms & Antonyms of atrophied
to become worse or of less value
- in the years following the closing of the last textile mill, the town atrophied
Synonyms for atrophied
- crumbled,
- decayed,
- declined,
- degenerated,
- descended,
- deteriorated,
- devolved,
- ebbed,
- regressed,
- retrograded,
- rotted,
- sank
- (or sunk),
- worsened
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“Atrophied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atrophied. Accessed 28 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of atrophied was in 1597
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