What is another word for runs down?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈʌnz dˈa͡ʊn] (IPA)

There are various synonyms for the phrasal verb "runs down", including "descends", "degrades", "deteriorates", "diminishes", "disparages", "humbles", "insults", "rambles on", "reduces", "slights", and "vilifies". When used in different contexts, these synonyms can convey different shades of meaning. For instance, "descends" or "deteriorates" could refer to the decline of a physical object or a person's health condition. On the other hand, "disparages" or "vilifies" suggest the act of insulting or defaming someone's character, while "rambles on" means to speak in an incoherent or disorganized manner.

What are the hypernyms for Runs down?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Runs down

  • The evil we previously objectified and assigned to exterior agents—devils, communists, capitalists, chauvinists, faithless lovers, the system—must be discovered within. We can no longer divide the world between good and evil. The line between saints and sinners runs down the middle of my being. .. I destroy my propaganda machine that automatically casts me in a favorable light and others in the shadow.
    Sam Keen
  • Our life runs down in sending up the clock. The brook runs down in sending up our life. The sun runs down in sending up the brook. And there is something sending up the sun.
    Robert Frost
  • I hold the brimming wineglass and relive the toils of my grandfathers and great-grandfathers. The sweat of my labor runs down like a fountain from my tall, intoxicated brow. I am a sack filled with meat and bones, blood, sweat, and tears, desires and visions.
    Nikos Kazantzakis
  • A junky runs on junk time. When his junk is cut off, the clock runs down and stops. All he can do is hang on and wait for non-junk time to start. A sick junkie has no escape from external time, no place to go. He can only wait.
    William S. Burroughs

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