worsen
verb (used with or without object)
Origin of worsen
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depress, lower, aggravate, decline, damage, exacerbate, impair, deteriorate, retrogress, disintegrate, corrode, sink, degenerate, retrograde, rot, descendExamples from the Web for worsen
Contemporary Examples of worsen
U.S. officials say neither do they want relations with Egypt to worsen.
Mubarak’s Acquittal Signals Complete Triumph of Military Over Arab SpringJamie Dettmer
November 29, 2014
These demands can increase at whim, and worsen with the birth of a child.
FODMAP foods can worsen irritable bowel symptoms for many of the 15 percent of Americans that suffer from the condition.
But racial bias (and anti-black racism) still exists, individuals still act on it, and it still works to worsen inequality.
Racism Not a Problem Anymore? Don't Be Ridiculous, It's Still a Big IssueJamelle Bouie
December 3, 2013
The bad news, he tells us, is that the rise of the machines will only worsen the wage polarization we are seeing today.
Historical Examples of worsen
Methinks yon lazy Joan might lift one, and be none the worsen.
For the Master's SakeEmily Sarah Holt
You couldn't botch it worsen Hammer has, and you might do some good.
Mr. Crewe's Career, CompleteWinston Churchill
However, this glittering armour became the Modern yet worsen than his own.
The Battle of the BooksJonathan Swift
Here and there— there is nothing to better, nothing to worsen.
Thus Spake ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche
I was worsen you afore I struck it; an' now, why, I wouldn't care to call the Queen me aunt!'
The Record of Nicholas FreydonA. J. (Alec John) Dawson