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wors·en·ing

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  1. 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, deterioration

    Antonyms:
    meliorative, amendatory, amelioratory, bettering, remedial, corrective, ameliorative, ameliorating(a)

  2. worseningadjective

    changing something with the result that it becomes worse

    Synonyms:
    deterioration, decline in quality, declension

    Antonyms:
    corrective, meliorative, amelioratory, remedial, amendatory, ameliorative, ameliorating(a), bettering

  3. worseningadjective

    changing for the worse

    "worried by the worsening storm"

    Antonyms:
    bettering, meliorative, ameliorating(a), amelioratory, corrective, ameliorative, remedial, amendatory

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#1232fall
#5615decline
#10997impairment
#11185degradation
#13070descent
#17491widening
#18311deterioration
#24577escalation
#30407deepening
#32085deteriorating
#33235worsening
#38177declination
#38245aggravating
#47656aggravation
#69625exacerbation
#80638exacerbating
#116269downslope
#117527declension
#253199declivity

How to use worsening in a sentence?

  1. Gavin Newsom:

    While we have made historic investments to protect our communities, economy and ecosystems from the worsening drought across the West, it is clear we need to do more.

  2. Edward Meir:

    The problem is how permanent are the cuts, will that supply come back to the market at a later stage if prices recover and are they going to be offset by worsening demand, that's the quandary; the market is very sceptical, and so we could have a prolonged period of prices bumping along the bottom until we get a better handle as to what is going on.

  3. Scott Hadland:

    I’ve lost patients over the years and have watched as many families have been devastated by this rising, worsening and skyrocketing overdose crisis.

  4. Sandeep Chamling Rai:

    For too long, reducing emissions and scaling up adaptation support has been hopelessly inadequate, this has resulted in worsening climate change impacts that exceed the ability of people and ecosystems to cope.

  5. Masahiro Nakanomyo:

    The market environment is worsening, but Screen's internal factors are responsible for the sharp downward revision.


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