What are some alternative words for worsen?
Synonyms for worsen
ˈwɜr sən
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Princeton's WordNet
worsen, decline(verb)
grow worse
"Conditions in the slum worsened"
Synonyms:
wane, reject, refuse, exasperate, pass up, turn down, aggravate, slump, go down, correct, exacerbate, declineAntonyms:
meliorate, better, ameliorate, improve, amendworsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate(verb)
make worse
"This drug aggravates the pain"
Synonyms:
infuriate, incense, decline, exacerbate, exasperate, aggravateAntonyms:
improve, meliorate, amend, ameliorate, better
Editors Contribution
disimprove
to make worse
results are worse with the treatment.
Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "worsen":
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1847 | correct | |
| #5615 | decline | |
| #7367 | refuse | |
| #8574 | reject | |
| #13737 | incense | |
| #18311 | deterioration | |
| #28323 | slump | |
| #35337 | worsen | |
| #37387 | deteriorate | |
| #37645 | escalate | |
| #44647 | exacerbate | |
| #52227 | wane | |
| #55038 | aggravate | |
| #120346 | infuriate | |
| #227873 | exasperate |
How to use worsen in a sentence?
An expanded Muslim Ban will worsen our relationships with countries around the world. It wont do anything to make our country safer. It will harm refugees, alienate our allies and give extremists propaganda for recruitment.
If things worsen, the pressure will increase.
We ask ourselves sometimes 'is the United States ready to allow the bilateral relations between it and Argentina to worsen for a man they all say has no importance, no strategic value for the United States'.
The accusations and blames do not support, to reach any solution, but worsen the level of affairs. The wise way is that prove it if you are right rather ugly sayings.
My sense is that this trend will continue into the future where China will go beyond the island chain in the Pacific, so if anything, I would believe that the situation will worsen.
Translations for worsen
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- تتفاقمArabic
- empitjorarCatalan, Valencian
- zhoršitCzech
- gwaethyguWelsh
- sich verschlechtern, verschlechternGerman
- plimalbonigiEsperanto
- empeorarse, empeorarSpanish
- huonontaa, huonontua, pahentua, pahentaaFinnish
- empirerFrench
- mùth, rach bhuaitheScottish Gaelic
- empeorarGalician
- versnaIcelandic
- peggiorareItalian
- 悪化Japanese
- peius fio, gravo, aggravor, gravor, aggravoLatin
- verergerenDutch
- piorar, empiorarPortuguese
- anchayayQuechua
- уху́дшить, ухудша́ть, ухудша́ться, уху́дшитьсяRussian
- förvärras, förvärraSwedish
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