871 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ wˈɜːsən], [ wˈɜːsən], [ w_ˈɜː_s_ə_n]

Similar words for worsen:

• degenerate (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• exasperate (noun)
• fall off (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• add insult to injury (verb)
• aggravate (verb)
• compound (verb)
• debase (verb)
• decline (verb)
• degenerate (verb)
• depreciate (verb)
• deteriorate (verb)
• diminish, decay (verb)
• disintegrate (verb)
• embitter (verb)
• exacerbate (verb)
• go (verb)
• impair (verb)
• inflame (verb)
• make worse (verb)
• relapse (verb)
• rot (verb)
• other synonyms
• decline
• deteriorate
• disintegrate
• embitter
• other relevant words
• relapse

How to use "worsen" in context?

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Synonyms for Worsen:

• adj.

  • degenerate (adjective)
  • un healthiest,
  • de cadent,
  • un-healthier,
  • most degenerated,
  • more degenerated,
  • in famous,
  • most demeaned,
  • in-famous,
  • un-healthy,
  • un healthier,
  • de-graded,
  • de-cadent,
  • more overripe,
  • most overripe,
  • over ripe,
  • most vitiated,
  • dis-solute,
  • un-healthiest,
  • more worsen,
  • un healthy,
  • more demeaned,
  • dis solute,
  • most worsen,
  • most flatitious,
  • de-generate,
  • more vitiated,
  • more flatitious,
  • de generate,
  • de graded.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • over-ripe,
  • degenerate,
  • flatitious,
  • overripe,
  • infamous.

• n.

  •
  • make matters/things worse,
  • take a turn for the worse,
  • add fuel to the fire/flames,
  • depress,
  • escalate,
  • fall off,
  • do more harm than good.
  •
  • retrograde,
  • descend,
  • go to,
  • better.
  • exasperate (noun)
  • exasperate.
  • fall off (noun)
  • fall.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • wear.

• v.

  • add insult to injury (verb)
  • twist knife,
  • slapped in face,
  • twisted knife,
  • slaps in face,
  • adds fuel the fire,
  • twists knife,
  • rubs salt in the wound,
  • rubbed salt in the wound,
  • slapping the face,
  • slapped the face,
  • slaps in the face,
  • adds fuel to fire,
  • twists the knife,
  • adds fuel to the fire,
  • adds fuel fire,
  • slaps the face,
  • rubs salt the wound,
  • slapped in the face,
  • slapping in the face,
  • slapping face,
  • twisting the knife,
  • rub salt the wound,
  • rubbing salt in the wound,
  • rubbing salt the wound,
  • twisted the knife,
  • slapping in face,
  • rubbed salt the wound,
  • twisting knife,
  • slapped face,
  • slap face,
  • slaps face.
  • aggravate (verb)
  • in creases,
  • in crease,
  • in-creased,
  • in creasing,
  • in-crease,
  • in-creases.
  • compound (verb)
  • multi plying,
  • ex-tended,
  • ex tending,
  • made complex,
  • makes intricate,
  • ex tended,
  • ex tends,
  • ex-tends,
  • making complex,
  • ex-tending,
  • ex-tend,
  • making intricate,
  • makes complex,
  • ex tend,
  • multi-plying,
  • multi-plied,
  • made intricate.
  • debase (verb)
  • doped up,
  • de files,
  • de basing,
  • de-based,
  • de-filed,
  • de based,
  • de file,
  • de-base,
  • de-files,
  • de filing,
  • de filed,
  • de-filing,
  • de-file,
  • de base,
  • doping up,
  • dopes up,
  • de-basing.
  • decline (verb)
  • sub side,
  • de cay,
  • de-cline,
  • de-crease,
  • dis improve,
  • goes to the dogs,
  • hitting the skids,
  • dis-improving,
  • retro grading,
  • re-turned,
  • de-clines,
  • go pot,
  • disimproving,
  • going pot,
  • disimproved,
  • dis improves,
  • re turning,
  • de creasing,
  • re-ceded,
  • loses value,
  • go dogs,
  • dis improving,
  • goes the dogs,
  • going to pot,
  • re-cedes,
  • sub siding,
  • retro-grading,
  • lost value,
  • re ceded,
  • disimproves,
  • hitting skids,
  • dis improved,
  • sub-side,
  • go the dogs,
  • Re-turn,
  • re-cede,
  • losing value,
  • de-creases,
  • dis-improves,
  • retro graded,
  • hits the skids,
  • re ceding,
  • going the dogs,
  • going dogs,
  • re cedes,
  • de-cays,
  • retro-grades,
  • de-cay,
  • sub sides,
  • re cede,
  • went to dogs,
  • de cline,
  • goes dogs,
  • goes to dogs,
  • de-creasing,
  • de creased,
  • sub-sides,
  • went to the dogs,
  • re turns,
  • went the dogs,
  • go to dogs,
  • went pot,
  • de cays,
  • went dogs,
  • sub-siding,
  • went to pot,
  • retro grades,
  • de-creased,
  • re-turning,
  • de creases,
  • de crease,
  • retro-graded,
  • sub-sided,
  • goes to pot,
  • retro grade,
  • going to the dogs,
  • hits skids,
  • hit skids,
  • re turn,
  • de clines,
  • sub sided,
  • dis-improve,
  • dis-improved,
  • re-turns,
  • re-ceding,
  • goes pot,
  • retro-grade,
  • going to dogs.
  • degenerate (verb)
  • die vine,
  • de scending,
  • coming apart at seams,
  • de generating,
  • dying vine,
  • de-generated,
  • on vine,
  • de-scend,
  • come apart seams,
  • coming apart seams,
  • de generated,
  • dies on vine,
  • de generates,
  • de-generating,
  • came apart at seams,
  • go pieces,
  • de scended,
  • dieing on vine,
  • de scends,
  • comes apart at seams,
  • dieing vine,
  • dies vine,
  • de-generates,
  • de-scended,
  • died on vine,
  • comes apart seams,
  • de-scends,
  • de-scending,
  • came apart seams,
  • died vine,
  • dying on vine,
  • de scend.
  • depreciate (verb)
  • de crying,
  • devalorizes,
  • wrote down,
  • de-cried,
  • under valued,
  • de-pressed,
  • under values,
  • writ down,
  • under rate,
  • under-values,
  • re duces,
  • de-cries,
  • de-valorize,
  • re duce,
  • de-valorized,
  • de-presses,
  • devalorized,
  • de presses,
  • de press,
  • under-rate,
  • devalorizing,
  • de-cry,
  • under-value,
  • de valorize,
  • under-rated,
  • de cries,
  • under-rating,
  • under value,
  • under valuing,
  • under rates,
  • re-duces,
  • de cry,
  • under rated,
  • de-pressing,
  • de valorizes,
  • de-valorizing,
  • de valorized,
  • de cried,
  • de-press,
  • under-valuing,
  • de valorizing,
  • re-duce,
  • writes down,
  • de-valorizes,
  • under-rates,
  • under rating,
  • under-valued,
  • de pressing,
  • de pressed,
  • de-crying.
  • deteriorate (verb)
  • tergiversate,
  • wilt,
  • ebb,
  • sink,
  • fall apart,
  • wane,
  • collapse,
  • dilapidate,
  • slide,
  • wither,
  • get worse,
  • decay,
  • lapse,
  • fade,
  • slump,
  • putrefy,
  • atrophy,
  • slip,
  • relapse,
  • regress,
  • moulder,
  • downgrade,
  • revert.
  • diminish, decay (verb)
  • lower,
  • corrode,
  • damage.
  • disintegrate (verb)
  • fell pieces,
  • dis organize,
  • dis connects,
  • broke down,
  • dis integrates,
  • breaking apart,
  • dis-unite,
  • dis-integrates,
  • de taches,
  • dis mantles,
  • fall pieces,
  • dis-united,
  • de tach,
  • dis-perse,
  • dis-mantle,
  • turning dust,
  • brake down,
  • dis-integrating,
  • came apart,
  • dis unite,
  • dis-uniting,
  • dis band,
  • turned dust,
  • turn dust,
  • washes away,
  • dis-organizing,
  • dis-integrate,
  • faded away,
  • dis-mantling,
  • dis-banding,
  • dis-connect,
  • broke apart,
  • dis-banded,
  • dis-organized,
  • dis-mantled,
  • takes apart,
  • dis organized,
  • dis organizing,
  • dis mantling,
  • dis perse,
  • dis unites,
  • de-tach,
  • turning to dust,
  • dis-integrated,
  • dis integrate,
  • dis bands,
  • falls pieces,
  • dis-mantles,
  • breaks down,
  • turns to dust,
  • falls to pieces,
  • turns dust,
  • dis-unites,
  • dis-bands,
  • dis uniting,
  • de-taches,
  • comes apart,
  • dis mantle,
  • dis banding,
  • fell to pieces,
  • dis-band,
  • dis-organize,
  • dis integrating,
  • dis connecting,
  • falling pieces,
  • dis connected,
  • dis mantled,
  • dis connect,
  • dis integrated,
  • breaks apart,
  • dis-connected,
  • brake apart,
  • dis-connects,
  • dis banded,
  • dis-connecting,
  • dis united,
  • dis organizes,
  • dis-organizes.
  • embitter (verb)
  • dis-affected,
  • dis-illusioned,
  • ex-asperate,
  • dis affects,
  • made bitter,
  • dis affected,
  • dis-affecting,
  • ex asperates,
  • made resentful,
  • dis illusion,
  • dis illusioned,
  • ex-asperating,
  • dis illusions,
  • ex asperate,
  • making bitter,
  • ex-asperated,
  • making resentful,
  • dis-affect,
  • makes resentful,
  • makes bitter,
  • ex-asperates,
  • dis-illusions,
  • ex asperating,
  • dis affect,
  • dis-illusion,
  • dis affecting,
  • dis-affects.
  • exacerbate (verb)
  • pushes one button,
  • fanned flames,
  • rubbed salt a wound,
  • ex-cited,
  • hitting on,
  • pushing ones button,
  • rubbed salt in wound,
  • rubs salt wound,
  • push ones button,
  • fan flames,
  • rubbing salt a wound,
  • ex-cite,
  • ex acerbating,
  • rubbing salt wound,
  • pushed one's button,
  • ex acerbate,
  • rattles one's cage,
  • pushed button,
  • rubbing salt in a wound,
  • pushes button,
  • ex-acerbating,
  • ex cited,
  • going from bad worse,
  • feeds fire,
  • rubs salt in a wound,
  • rattles cage,
  • rattled one's cage,
  • pushed one button,
  • pushes ones button,
  • rattle one cage,
  • ex-acerbate,
  • push one button,
  • pushing one's button,
  • fans flames,
  • fanned the flames,
  • rubbed salt in a wound,
  • pushes one's button,
  • rub salt a wound,
  • pushing button,
  • rattling one cage,
  • rattles one cage,
  • rattling cage,
  • ex-acerbated,
  • goes from bad to worse,
  • rubbed salt wound,
  • goes from bad worse,
  • going from bad to worse,
  • rubs salt a wound,
  • went from bad to worse,
  • rattled cage,
  • hits on,
  • feeding fire,
  • feed fire,
  • rattles ones cage,
  • fanning flames,
  • rubs salt in wound,
  • rattling ones cage,
  • ex cite,
  • pushing one button,
  • pushed ones button,
  • ex-acerbates,
  • ex acerbated,
  • fed the fire,
  • rattle cage,
  • went from bad worse,
  • ex citing,
  • fed fire,
  • rattle ones cage,
  • fanning the flames,
  • ex acerbates,
  • rattled ones cage,
  • rattled one cage,
  • rub salt wound,
  • fans the flames,
  • feeds the fire,
  • rattling one's cage,
  • ex-cites,
  • heating up,
  • feeding the fire,
  • go from bad worse,
  • ex cites,
  • rubbing salt in wound.
  • go (verb)
  • de mises,
  • de-mises,
  • de-ceasing,
  • de cease,
  • de-cease,
  • ex pends,
  • ex pend,
  • de-mise,
  • de-parts,
  • de-ceases,
  • de ceases,
  • de-part,
  • de ceased,
  • de-parting,
  • ex-pending,
  • de mise,
  • folds up,
  • de parted,
  • uses up,
  • ex pire,
  • ex-pire,
  • ex-pends,
  • folding up,
  • ex-pended,
  • de-parted,
  • ex pended,
  • ex-pend,
  • de parts,
  • de ceasing,
  • ex pending,
  • de part,
  • de-ceased,
  • de parting,
  • folded up.
  • impair (verb)
  • making useless,
  • in-validated,
  • de-value,
  • in validated,
  • un fitted,
  • de-valuing,
  • de value,
  • de-stroying,
  • dis qualifies,
  • un fits,
  • de valued,
  • dis-qualifies,
  • de-valuated,
  • de valuates,
  • in validate,
  • de-values,
  • de valuate,
  • de-valuates,
  • dis-qualifying,
  • in validating,
  • dis qualify,
  • lost strength,
  • loses strength,
  • dis-qualified,
  • de-valued,
  • de-stroys,
  • de valuing,
  • de values,
  • de-stroy,
  • de-valuate,
  • un-fits,
  • in-validates,
  • made useless,
  • de stroy,
  • de stroying,
  • dis qualifying,
  • un-fitted,
  • dis qualified,
  • un fitting,
  • de valuated,
  • de stroyed,
  • de-stroyed,
  • de-valuating,
  • un-fit,
  • in-validate,
  • in-validating,
  • de valuating,
  • losing strength,
  • makes useless,
  • un-fitting,
  • dis-qualify,
  • de stroys,
  • in validates.
  • inflame (verb)
  • in-flames,
  • in flame,
  • in censed,
  • in-cense,
  • in-censing,
  • in cense,
  • in censes,
  • in flaming,
  • in-flame,
  • in flamed,
  • in censing,
  • in-flamed,
  • in-censes,
  • firing up,
  • steams up,
  • in-flaming,
  • in-censed.
  • make worse (verb)
  • twists knife in wound,
  • rubs salt in to the wound,
  • twist knife wound,
  • rubbed salt into wound,
  • twisted the knife in the wound,
  • twisting the knife the wound,
  • rubbed salt in to the wound,
  • twists knife the wound,
  • rub salt in to wound,
  • rubbed salt into the wound,
  • twist knife in the wound,
  • twisting the knife in wound,
  • twists the knife wound,
  • rubbed salt in to wound,
  • twist the knife in wound,
  • twisted knife the wound,
  • twist knife in wound,
  • twisted knife wound,
  • twisting the knife in the wound,
  • twist knife the wound,
  • twisting knife in wound,
  • twisting knife in the wound,
  • twists the knife in wound,
  • rubs salt into the wound,
  • twisted the knife the wound,
  • twisting knife wound,
  • twists knife in the wound,
  • rubs salt in to wound,
  • twists the knife in the wound,
  • rub salt into wound,
  • twist the knife the wound,
  • rubbing salt in to wound,
  • rubbing salt into wound,
  • twisted the knife wound,
  • twists the knife the wound,
  • twists knife wound,
  • rubbing salt into the wound,
  • rubs salt into wound,
  • twisted knife in wound,
  • twisting the knife wound,
  • twisted the knife in wound,
  • twisted knife in the wound,
  • twist the knife wound,
  • rubbing salt in to the wound,
  • twisting knife the wound,
  • rub salt in to the wound.
  • relapse (verb)
  • wast overtaken,
  • wert overtaken,
  • wast overcome,
  • was overcome,
  • sliding back,
  • re lapsing,
  • slides back,
  • re lapses,
  • art overcome,
  • wert overcome,
  • slidden back,
  • slid back,
  • re lapse,
  • were overcome,
  • recidivated,
  • turns back,
  • art overtaken,
  • is overcome,
  • were overtaken,
  • re-lapsing,
  • are overtaken,
  • slipped back,
  • being overcome,
  • slips back,
  • recidivates,
  • re-lapses,
  • re lapsed,
  • is overtaken,
  • being overtaken,
  • am overcome,
  • re-lapse,
  • am overtaken,
  • slipt back,
  • re-lapsed,
  • are overcome,
  • was overtaken.
  • rot (verb)
  • wastes away,
  • de moralizing,
  • de-moralizes,
  • went bad,
  • de moralize,
  • de moralizes,
  • going bad,
  • de-moralizing,
  • de moralized,
  • de-moralize,
  • de-moralized.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • degrade,
  • complicate,
  • vitiate,
  • fuel,
  • pervert,
  • descend into.
  •
  • boil up,
  • boil over,
  • disturb.
  •
  • slip into,
  • fail,
  • fester.
  •
  • suffer.
  •
  • deepen.
  •
  • go off.
  • decline
  • seed.
  • deteriorate
  • lost it,
  • lose it,
  • lose quality,
  • wearing away,
  • become worse,
  • devolve,
  • wears away,
  • wear away,
  • be worse for wear.
  • disintegrate
  • washed away,
  • breaking down,
  • took apart,
  • break apart,
  • falling to pieces,
  • fades away,
  • washing away,
  • fading away,
  • wash away,
  • fall to pieces,
  • washed out,
  • come apart,
  • turned to dust,
  • coming apart,
  • taking apart,
  • fade away,
  • washes out,
  • dilapidates,
  • take apart,
  • turn to dust,
  • Dilapidating,
  • wash out,
  • washing out,
  • break down.
  • embitter
  • make resentful,
  • embitter,
  • make bitter,
  • Bittering,
  • bittered,
  • bitters,
  • venoming,
  • venomed,
  • Poisoned.
  • Other relevant words:
  • intoxicates,
  • using up,
  • go downhill,
  • exacerbate,
  • fold up,
  • write down,
  • go bad,
  • marked down,
  • rub salt into the wound,
  • queered,
  • Demised,
  • come apart at seams,
  • in flames,
  • unfits,
  • intoxicate,
  • steamed up,
  • recede,
  • going downhill,
  • impair,
  • marking down,
  • slap in face,
  • debase,
  • decline,
  • inflame,
  • marks down,
  • die on vine,
  • queers,
  • rub salt in the wound,
  • twist the knife,
  • queering,
  • went downhill,
  • foment,
  • deteriorate,
  • rub salt in a wound,
  • fire up,
  • goes bad,
  • compound,
  • underrated,
  • make complex,
  • passes on,
  • make worse,
  • unfitted,
  • Retrograding,
  • go,
  • Waned,
  • steam up,
  • dope up,
  • undervalued,
  • heated up,
  • rub salt in wound,
  • fan the flames,
  • Sank,
  • Retrograded,
  • lose value,
  • rotted,
  • wasted away,
  • passing away,
  • lose strength,
  • fires up,
  • Slipped,
  • depreciate,
  • weighted,
  • feed the fire,
  • waste away,
  • passing on,
  • go from bad to worse,
  • use up,
  • devalorize,
  • mark down,
  • wasting away,
  • Disimprove,
  • make intricate,
  • go to pot,
  • retrogrades,
  • steaming up,
  • pollute,
  • hit the skids,
  • used up,
  • rattle one's cage,
  • aggravate,
  • Caving,
  • push one's button,
  • retrogress,
  • heats up,
  • unfitting,
  • disintegrate,
  • heat up,
  • Caved,
  • rotting,
  • goes downhill,
  • hit on,
  • passed away,
  • pass on,
  • weighting,
  • make useless,
  • Demising,
  • rot,
  • slap the face,
  • go to the dogs,
  • passed on,
  • slap in the face,
  • twist the knife in the wound,
  • writing down.
  • relapse
  • slipping back,
  • turned back,
  • recidivating,
  • turning back,
  • fall back,
  • turn back,
  • slip back,
  • slide back,
  • recidivate,
  • be overcome,
  • be overtaken.

How to use "Worsen" in context?

Paraphrases for Worsen:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    deteriorate.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    accentuate, amplify, augment, broaden, complicate, contribute, degenerate, degrade, diminish, enhance, enlarge, erode, expand, fester, grow, heighten, impair, increase, increased, inflame, intensify, reinforce, strengthen, undermine, weaken, widen.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    aggravate, deepen, escalate, sharpen, tighten.