Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈwɜː(r)sən/
worsen (worsens, present participle worsening; past and past participle worsened)
- (transitive) To make worse; to impair.
- The global warming has worsened the weather.
- It is apparent that, in the particular point of which we have been conversing, their condition is greatly worsened.
- (intransitive) To become worse; to get worse.
- The weather has worsened.
- (transitive, obsolete) To get the better of; to worst.
- (to make worse) aggravate, exacerbate; See also Thesaurus:aggravate
- (to become worse) decline, deteriorate; See also Thesaurus:worsen
- (to get the better of) better, defeat, overpower
- French: empirer
- German: verschlechtern
- Italian: peggiorare, andare di male in peggio
- Portuguese: piorar, empiorar
- Russian: ухудша́ть
- Spanish: empeorar, desmejorar, ir de mal en peor
- German: verschlechtern, sich verschlechtern
- Italian: peggiorare
- Portuguese: piorar, empiorar
- Russian: ухудша́ться
- Spanish: empeorarse, desmejorarse
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