WORSEN Synonyms
There are 11 hypernyms of the word worsen. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for WORSEN
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aggravate | verbv | |||||||
verb • make worse • exasperate or irritate | ||||||||
decline | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • change toward something smaller or lower • a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline • a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current • a downward slope or bend verb • grow worse • not accept as true • show unwillingness towards • grow smaller • go down • fall in value • inflect for number, gender, case, etc. | ||||||||
exacerbate | verbv | |||||||
verb • make worse • exasperate or irritate | ||||||||
better | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another • (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness noun • something superior in quality or condition or effect • someone who bets • a superior person having claim to precedence • the superior one of two alternatives adverb • comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc. • from a position of superiority or authority adjective satellite • (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable • more than half verb • surpass in excellence • to make better • get better | ||||||||
defeat | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest • the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals verb • win a victory over • thwart the passage of | ||||||||
deteriorate | verbv | |||||||
verb • become worse or disintegrate • grow progressively worse | ||||||||
exasperate | verbv | |||||||
verb • exasperate or irritate • make furious • make worse | ||||||||
overpower | verbv | |||||||
verb • overcome by superior force • overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli |