worsen

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. grow worse (Freq. 1)
- Conditions in the slum worsened
• Syn:
decline
• Ant:
better
• Derivationally related forms:
decline (for: decline), declension (for: decline), declination (for: decline), worsening
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Hyponyms:
inflame, sicken, come down, devolve, deteriorate,
drop, degenerate, deprive, impoverish, fail, tumble,
slip, drop off, drop away, fall away, suffer, lose,
regress, retrograde, retrogress, turn down
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
2. make worse
- This drug aggravates the pain
• Syn:
aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
• Ant:
better
• Derivationally related forms:
exacerbation (for: exacerbate), aggravation (for: aggravate), worsening
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
irritate, inflame, degrade, cheapen
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, decline
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate