- worsening - changing for the worse; "worried by the worsening storm"
Antonyms: bettering, ameliorating, ameliorative, amelioratory, meliorative, amendatory, corrective, remedial
- deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening - process of changing to an inferior state
--1 is a kind of decline, diminution
--1 has particulars: slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling offDerived form: verb worsen1 - worsening - changing something with the result that it becomes worse
--2 is a kind of change of state
--2 has particulars: downturn, downswingDerived form: verb worsen2
- worsen, decline - grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"
--1 is one way to change state, turn
Antonyms: better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun worsening1
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate - make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun worsening2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something