ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsSstagnate
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stagnate
Meaning: to stop developing, growing, or moving
stagnate in a sentence
How stagnate is used in real sentences:
Talent stagnates without practice.
Talent stagnates without practice.
“She revised constantly because she feared that repeated slogans would make her work stagnate.”
— from the passage Writing at the Edges
Synonyms for stagnate
Other words for stagnate — languish, stall and idle — carry the same meaning.
- languish
- stall
- idle
Antonyms of stagnate
Words that mean the opposite of stagnate:
- progress
- thrive
Where it comes from
From Latin stagnum 'standing water'
Memory hook
STAGNATE — STAG-nant water, going nowhere.