worsen

Meanings

Verb

• grow worse
  • "Conditions in the slum worsened"
• make worse
• To make worse; to impair.
• To become worse; to get worse.
• To get the better of; to worst.

Synonyms

;, aggravate, atrophy, better, break down, crack, decline, defeat, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, exacerbate, exasperate, fade, fall off, go bad, go downhill, go left, go off, go pear-shaped, go sideways, go south, go to hell, go to pot, go to seed, go to the dogs, go wrong, lapse, molder, overpower, pejorate, retrograde, shrivel, spend, suffer, sweal, tabefy, wane, wanse, wither, wither away, worsen

Antonyms

ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate, mitigate

Related Words

aggravate, bad, deteriorated