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Synonyms for worsening
wors·en·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worseningnoun
process of changing to an inferior state
Synonyms:
fall, downslope, declivity, declination, decline in quality, declension, impairment, descent, decline, deteriorationAntonyms:
meliorative, amendatory, amelioratory, bettering, remedial, corrective, ameliorative, ameliorating(a)worseningadjective
changing something with the result that it becomes worse
Synonyms:
deterioration, decline in quality, declensionAntonyms:
corrective, meliorative, amelioratory, remedial, amendatory, ameliorative, ameliorating(a), betteringworseningadjective
changing for the worse
"worried by the worsening storm"
Antonyms:
bettering, meliorative, ameliorating(a), amelioratory, corrective, ameliorative, remedial, amendatory
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "worsening":
deteriorating, deterioration, aggravation, exacerbation, degradation, deepening, exacerbating, aggravating, widening, escalation
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1232 | fall | |
#5615 | decline | |
#10997 | impairment | |
#11185 | degradation | |
#13070 | descent | |
#17491 | widening | |
#18311 | deterioration | |
#24577 | escalation | |
#30407 | deepening | |
#32085 | deteriorating | |
#33235 | worsening | |
#38177 | declination | |
#38245 | aggravating | |
#47656 | aggravation | |
#69625 | exacerbation | |
#80638 | exacerbating | |
#116269 | downslope | |
#117527 | declension | |
#253199 | declivity |
How to use worsening in a sentence?
Television is simultaneously blamed, often by the same people, for worsening the world and for being powerless to change it.
These incidents highlight the mental illness crisis in the subway, and the need for increased mental health services and uniformed police officers down there, more resources are needed to address the worsening situation.
Essentially an improvement in the trade balance is being offset by worsening private transfers.
Whatever we can do on an individual level to kind of reduce the impact of climate change, really, that’s kind of only worsening this problem, as well as pollution and urbanization and in dense, crowded areas. Although I know from the individual level that’s a hard thing to change.
The escalation of violence, the weather, the fact India has shut its border, and Covid on other side worsening, and the Burma army in control, are the perfect ingredients for a disaster.
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