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devolving

verb , present participle of devolve

Synonyms and Antonyms of devolving

to become worse or of less value

the once-lovely neighborhood has devolved into a squalid slum

Synonyms of devolving

atrophying, crumbling, decaying, declining, degenerating, descending, deteriorating, ebbing, regressing, retrograding, rotting, sinking, worsening

Words Related to devolving

abating, de-escalating, diminishing, downsizing, dwindling, receding, waning

breaking down, corrupting, decomposing, degrading, dilapidating, disintegrating, moldering, putrefying

souring, spoiling

lessening, lowering, reducing

debilitating, undermining

drooping, failing, falling, flagging, lagging, languishing, running down, sagging, slipping, wasting (away), weakening, wilting

Phrases Synonymous with devolving

going to pot, going to seed (or running to seed)

Near Antonyms of devolving

bettering, upgrading

enhancing, enriching, fortifying, heightening, intensifying, strengthening

advancing, developing, marching, proceeding, progressing

Antonyms of devolving

ameliorating, improving, meliorating

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