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Synonyms for worsen
ˈwɜr sənwors·en
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Princeton's WordNet
worsen, declineverb
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, exasperateverb
make worse
"This drug aggravates the pain"
Synonyms:
infuriate, incense, decline, exacerbate, exasperate, aggravateAntonyms:
improve, meliorate, amend, ameliorate, better
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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 | |
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#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?
These disorders are potentially the effects of having a chronic, debilitating, and very visible disorder, and they may actually trigger disease or worsen prognosis.
As economic conditions worsen, that might also worsen mental health.
If the demand in other countries does not improve, the declining trend in exports will continue, maybe even worsen, on the import side, most infrastructure projects led by the government haven't begun yet, so demand for energy and steel is very low.
If things worsen, the pressure will increase.
Demand growth was already fairly bad, if the domestic economy falls apart, the decline in oil demand growth will radically worsen.
Translations for worsen
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- تتفاقمArabic
- empitjorarCatalan, Valencian
- zhoršitCzech
- gwaethyguWelsh
- sich verschlechtern, verschlechternGerman
- plimalbonigiEsperanto
- empeorarse, empeorarSpanish
- huonontua, pahentaa, pahentua, huonontaaFinnish
- empirerFrench
- mùth, rach bhuaitheScottish Gaelic
- empeorarGalician
- versnaIcelandic
- peggiorareItalian
- 悪化Japanese
- aggravor, aggravo, gravor, gravo, peius fioLatin
- verergerenDutch
- empiorar, piorarPortuguese
- anchayayQuechua
- ухудша́ть, ухудша́ться, уху́дшить, уху́дшитьсяRussian
- förvärra, förvärrasSwedish
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