'Worsen' definitions:
Definition of 'worsen'
(from WordNet)
verb
Grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened" [syn: worsen, decline] [ant: ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate]
verb
Make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" [syn: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate] [ant: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate]
Definition of 'Worsen'
From: GCIDE
- Worsen \Wors"en\, v. t.
- 1. To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair. [1913 Webster]
- It is apparent that, in the particular point of which we have been conversing, their condition is greatly worsened. --Southey. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To get the better of; to worst. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Worsen'
From: GCIDE
- Worsen \Wors"en\, v. i. To grow or become worse. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- Indifferent health, which seemed rather to worsen than improve. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'worsen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- agent provocateur,
- aggravate,
- alter,
- ameliorate,
- amplify,
- annoy,
- augment,
- be changed,
- be converted into,
- be renewed,
- better,
- blast,
- blight,
- bottom out,
- break,
- break up,
- build up,
- change,
- checker,
- chop,
- chop and change,
- come about,
- come around,
- come round,
- convert,
- corrupt,
- damage,
- debase,
- decline,
- deepen,
- deform,
- degenerate,
- degrade,
- denature,
- descend,
- deteriorate,
- deviate,
- dilapidate,
- disimprove,
- disintegrate,
- diverge,
- diversify,
- embitter,
- endamage,
- enhance,
- enlarge,
- exacerbate,
- exasperate,
- fall back,
- fit,
- flop,
- foul,
- get worse,
- grow worse,
- harm,
- haul around,
- heat up,
- heighten,
- hot up,
- humble,
- hurt,
- impair,
- improve,
- increase,
- injure,
- intensify,
- irritate,
- jibe,
- let down,
- lower,
- magnify,
- make acute,
- make worse,
- meliorate,
- mitigate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- mutate,
- overthrow,
- provoke,
- put back,
- qualify,
- re-create,
- realign,
- rebuild,
- reconstruct,
- redesign,
- refit,
- reform,
- regress,
- relapse,
- remake,
- renew,
- reshape,
- restructure,
- retrograde,
- retrogress,
- revamp,
- revive,
- ring the changes,
- rot,
- sharpen,
- shift,
- shift the scene,
- shuffle the cards,
- sicken,
- sink,
- slacken,
- slip back,
- sour,
- subvert,
- swerve,
- tack,
- taint,
- take a turn,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- turn into,
- turn the corner,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn the tide,
- turn upside down,
- undergo a change,
- vary,
- veer,
- warp,
- weaken,
- work a change