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[ stag-neyt ] / ˈstæg neɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR stagnate ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object), stag·nat·ed, stag·nat·ing.to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc. to be or become stale or foul from standing, as a pool of water. to stop developing, growing, progressing, or advancing: My mind is stagnating from too much TV. to be or become sluggish and dull: When the leading lady left, the show started to stagnate. verb (used with object), stag·nat·ed, stag·nat·ing.Origin of stagnate1660–70; <Latin stāgnātus (past participle of stāgnāre), equivalent to stāgn(um) pool of standing water + -ātus-ate1 OTHER WORDS FROM stagnatestag·na·tion, nounstag·na·to·ry [stag-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˈstæg nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectiveun·stag·nat·ing, adjectiveWords nearby stagnateStagirite, stag line, stag movie, stagnant, stagnant anoxia, stagnate, stagnation, stagnation mastitis, stag night, stag party, stag's horn Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stagnateIn this scenario, productivity will rise, but wages may stagnate or decline. In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class|Joel Kotkin|August 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Anders Aslund says that “[t]he Russian economy was earlier set to stagnate, but now it is likely to contract.” Britain’s KGB Sugar Daddy|Michael Weiss|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST One crude indicator: life expectancy numbers have tended to stagnate in the U.S. in recent years. The Medicare Problem is the Healthcare Problem|David Frum|April 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST And just as early birds use fear to motivate, procrastinators use fear to stagnate. 7 Tax Personality Types|Farnoosh Torabi|April 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The jury is still out on whether the tide will recede, stagnate or become a flood. How Hillary Won Over India|M.J. Akbar|July 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST The lowlands are flooded, and the waters reach to, and stagnate at the cottage door. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846|Various This became a nightmare that threatened to stagnate the blood in his veins. The Red Acorn|John McElroy They never pullulate in slums or stagnate in solid rural settlements. The Old World in the New|Edward Alsworth Ross As often as the water began to stagnate it was drained off and renewed. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2|Hubert Howe Bancroft You lose all strength and vitality; you can stagnate and dream, but you can never live and work. The Northern Light|E. Werner
British Dictionary definitions for stagnate/ (stæɡˈneɪt, ˈstæɡˌneɪt) /
verb(intr) to be or to become stagnant Derived forms of stagnatestagnation, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to stagnatefester, stall, hibernate, languish, decline, decay, stultify, trammel, idle, stand, putrefy, stifle, rot, rust, vegetate, constipate, go to seed |