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worsening

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Main Entry: worsen
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: diminish, decay

Synonyms:

aggravate, corrode, damage, decline, degenerate, depress, descend, deteriorate, disintegrate, exacerbate, fall off, get worse, go downhill, impair, lower, retrograde, retrogress, rot, sink

Antonyms:

improve, increase
Main Entry: aggravate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause to become worse

Synonyms:

complicate, deepen, enhance, exacerbate, exaggerate, heighten, increase, inflame, intensify, magnify, mount, rise, rouse, worsen
Notes: to aggravate is to make something worse, while to exacerbate is to increase something's bitterness or harshness
aggravate means 'to add to' an already troublesome or vexing matter or condition while irritate means 'to vex, annoy, or chafe'
irritate means 'inflame' (originally 'excite, rouse'); aggravate means 'worsen'

Antonyms:

alleviate, help, improve, relieve, soothe
Main Entry: aggravation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: worsening of a situation,

Synonyms:

condition deepening, exacerbation, exaggeration, heightening, increase, inflaming, inflammation, intensification, magnification, sharpening, strengthening, worsening
Main Entry: compound
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make difficult; complicate

Synonyms:

add to, aggravate, augment, confound, confuse, exacerbate, extend, heighten, intensify, magnify, make complex, make intricate, multiply, worsen

Antonyms:

better, make easy, uncomplicate
Main Entry: debase
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: adulterate

Synonyms:

abase, animalize, bastardize, bestialize, contaminate, corrupt, damage, defile, depreciate, doctor, dope up, impair, load, pervert, pollute, sophisticate, spoil, taint, vitiate, weight, worsen

Antonyms:

clean, clear, enhance, improve, purify
Main Entry: decline
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lessening

Synonyms:

abatement, backsliding, comedown, cropper, decay, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, descent, deterioration, devolution, diminution, dissolution, dive, downfall, downgrade, downturn, drop, dwindling, ebb, ebbing, enfeeblement, failing, failure, fall, falling off, flop, lapse, on the skids, pratfall, recession, relapse, senility, skids, slump, wane, waning, weakening, worsening

Antonyms:

betterment, improvement, increase, rise
Main Entry: decline
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lessen, become less

Synonyms:

abate, backslide, cheapen, decay, decrease, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, disimprove, disintegrate, droop, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fail, fall, fall off, flag, go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, languish, lapse, lose value, lower, pine, recede, relapse, retrograde, return, revert, rot, sag, settle, shrink, sink, slide, subside, wane, weaken, worsen

Antonyms:

improve, increase, rise
Main Entry: degenerate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: decay, deteriorate

Synonyms:

backslide, come apart at seams, corrode, corrupt, decline, decrease, deprave, descend, die on vine, disimprove, disintegrate, fall off, go downhill, go to pieces, go to the dogs, lapse, lessen, regress, retrogress, return, revert, rot, sink, slip, vitiate, worsen

Antonyms:

develop, improve
Main Entry: depreciate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: devalue, lose value

Synonyms:

abate, cheapen, decay, decrease, decry, deflate, depress, deteriorate, devalorize, diminish, downgrade, drop, dwindle, erode, fall, lessen, lower, mark down, reduce, soften, underrate, undervalue, worsen, write down, write off

Antonyms:

gain value, increase, overrate, raise, rate
Main Entry: deteriorate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: decay, degenerate

Synonyms:

adulterate, alloy, be worse for wear, become worse, break, corrode, corrupt, crumble, debase, debilitate, decline, decompose, degrade, deprave, depreciate, descend, disimprove, disintegrate, ebb, fade, fail, fall apart, flag, go downhill, go to pieces, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, impair, injure, languish, lapse, lessen, lose it, lose quality, lower, mar, pervert, regress, retrograde, retrogress, rot, sink, skid, slide, spoil, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wear away, worsen

Antonyms:

build, construct, develop, get better, improve
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