worsen

Found in thesaurus: turn, change state, change, modify, alter

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worsen
v. get worse, deteriorate; make worse, aggravate, exacerbate

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Verb
1. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"
(synonym) decline
(antonym) better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
(hypernym) change state, turn
(hyponym) inflame
(derivation) deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening
2. make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"
(synonym) aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
(antonym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) irritate
(derivation) worsening


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worsen
v. zhoršit (se)

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worsen
Czas. pogarszać; pogarszać się

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Worsen
(v. t.)
To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.
  
 
(v. t.)
To get the better of; to worst.
  
 
(v. i.)
To grow or become worse.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About