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Synonyms for worsen
ˈwɜr sənwors·en
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Princeton's WordNet
worsen, declineverb
grow worse
"Conditions in the slum worsened"
Synonyms:
wane, reject, refuse, exasperate, pass up, turn down, aggravate, slump, go down, correct, exacerbate, declineAntonyms:
meliorate, better, ameliorate, improve, amendworsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperateverb
make worse
"This drug aggravates the pain"
Synonyms:
infuriate, incense, decline, exacerbate, exasperate, aggravateAntonyms:
improve, meliorate, amend, ameliorate, better
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Editors Contribution
disimprove
to make worse
results are worse with the treatment.
Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "worsen":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1847 | correct | |
#5615 | decline | |
#7367 | refuse | |
#8574 | reject | |
#13737 | incense | |
#18311 | deterioration | |
#28323 | slump | |
#35337 | worsen | |
#37387 | deteriorate | |
#37645 | escalate | |
#44647 | exacerbate | |
#52227 | wane | |
#55038 | aggravate | |
#120346 | infuriate | |
#227873 | exasperate |
How to use worsen in a sentence?
Export data from Singapore as well as the region confirm persistent cyclical and structural pressures on Asian trade, should the dismal export print persist or worsen, it will raise the odds of downside risks to Singapore's growth and put an October MAS easing into view, though that's not our base case at this juncture.
We need what we have needed from the beginning : a robust pandemic response. I am so concerned we are not going to see that... at least until Inauguration Day. In the meantime, things will continue to worsen.
( Bashar al -) Assad is a bad man. Gadhafi was a bad man. Hosni Mubarak had a terrible human rights record. But they were assisting us -- at least Gadhafi and Hosni Mubarak -- in fighting radical Islamic terrorists, if we topple Assad, the result will be ISIS will take over Syria, and it will worsen U.S. national security interests.
The adjustment to expected price developments largely reflects the renewed downturn in crude oil prices, which had not been expected in June, downside risks to economic growth would arise if the current sluggish dynamics in a number of emerging market economies were to worsen.
This is alarming because it is unfair, and because it could prolong or even worsen this terrible pandemic, let me be clear: In the race to end this pandemic, we are all rowing the same boat. We cannot sacrifice those at highest risk in some countries so that those at lowest risk can be vaccinated in others.
Translations for worsen
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- تتفاقمArabic
- empitjorarCatalan, Valencian
- zhoršitCzech
- gwaethyguWelsh
- sich verschlechtern, verschlechternGerman
- plimalbonigiEsperanto
- empeorarse, empeorarSpanish
- huonontua, pahentaa, pahentua, huonontaaFinnish
- empirerFrench
- mùth, rach bhuaitheScottish Gaelic
- empeorarGalician
- versnaIcelandic
- peggiorareItalian
- 悪化Japanese
- aggravor, aggravo, gravor, gravo, peius fioLatin
- verergerenDutch
- empiorar, piorarPortuguese
- anchayayQuechua
- ухудша́ть, ухудша́ться, уху́дшить, уху́дшитьсяRussian
- förvärra, förvärrasSwedish
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