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wors·en

(wûr′sən)

tr. & intr.v. wors·ened, wors·en·ing, wors·ens

To make or become worse.

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worsen

(ˈwɜːsən)

to grow or cause to grow worse

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wors•en

(ˈwɜr sən)

v.t., v.i.

to make or become worse.

worsen

Past participle: worsened
Gerund: worsening

Imperative
worsen
worsen

Present
I worsen
you worsen
he/she/it worsens
we worsen
you worsen
they worsen

Preterite
I worsened
you worsened
he/she/it worsened
we worsened
you worsened
they worsened

Present Continuous
I am worsening
you are worsening
he/she/it is worsening
we are worsening
you are worsening
they are worsening

Present Perfect
I have worsened
you have worsened
he/she/it has worsened
we have worsened
you have worsened
they have worsened

Past Continuous
I was worsening
you were worsening
he/she/it was worsening
we were worsening
you were worsening
they were worsening

Past Perfect
I had worsened
you had worsened
he/she/it had worsened
we had worsened
you had worsened
they had worsened

Future
I will worsen
you will worsen
he/she/it will worsen
we will worsen
you will worsen
they will worsen

Future Perfect
I will have worsened
you will have worsened
he/she/it will have worsened
we will have worsened
you will have worsened
they will have worsened

Future Continuous
I will be worsening
you will be worsening
he/she/it will be worsening
we will be worsening
you will be worsening
they will be worsening

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been worsening
you have been worsening
he/she/it has been worsening
we have been worsening
you have been worsening
they have been worsening

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been worsening
you will have been worsening
he/she/it will have been worsening
we will have been worsening
you will have been worsening
they will have been worsening

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been worsening
you had been worsening
he/she/it had been worsening
we had been worsening
you had been worsening
they had been worsening

Conditional
I would worsen
you would worsen
he/she/it would worsen
we would worsen
you would worsen
they would worsen

Past Conditional
I would have worsened
you would have worsened
he/she/it would have worsened
we would have worsened
you would have worsened
they would have worsened

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Verb	1.	worsen - grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened" decline inflame - become inflamed; get sore; "His throat inflamed" sicken, come down - get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital" degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" impoverish, deprive - take away fail - get worse; "Her health is declining" tumble - suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat drop away, fall away, slip, drop off - get worse; "My grades are slipping" suffer - get worse; "His grades suffered" lose, suffer - be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation" retrogress, regress, retrograde - get worse or fall back to a previous condition turn down - take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom" ameliorate, improve, meliorate, better - get better; "The weather improved toward evening"
	2.	worsen - make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate irritate - excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame; "Aspirin irritates my stomach" inflame - cause inflammation in; "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" cheapen, degrade - lower the grade of something; reduce its worth ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

worsen

verb

1. deteriorate, decline, sink, decay, get worse, degenerate, go downhill (informal), go from bad to worse, take a turn for the worse, retrogress The security forces had to intervene to prevent the situation from worsening.
deteriorate improve, recover, mend, be on the mend

2. aggravate, damage, exacerbate, make worse These options would actually worsen the economy and add to the deficit.
aggravate improve, enhance, upgrade, mend, rectify, ameliorate

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worsen

verb

To become lower in quality, character, or condition:

atrophy, decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, retrograde, sink.

Idioms: go bad, go to pot, go to seed , go to the dogs.

Translations

يَجْعَلُهُ أَسْوَأيَسوء

zhoršit se

blive værreforværres

verschlechtern verschlimmern (sich)sich verschlechtern

χειροτερεύω

empeorar

huonontua

empirer gâter

pogoršati se

rosszabbodik

versna

peggiorare

悪化する

더 나쁘게 되다

verslechteren

forverre(s)forverre seg

pogorszyć

piorar

ухудшать ухудшаться

försämras

ทำให้แย่ลง

daha da kötüleş mekkötüleşmek

trở nên xấu đi

使恶化恶化

worsen

[ˈwɜːsn]

A. VT → empeorar

B. VI → empeorar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

worsen

[ˈwɜː^rsən]

vt → empirer → Des sanctions économiques ne feraient qu'empirer la situation.

vi → empirer

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

worsen

vt → verschlechtern, schlechter machen

vi → sich verschlechtern, schlechter werden

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

worsen

[ˈwɜːsn]

1. vt (health, situation) → peggiorare; (chances) → diminuire

2. vi → peggiorare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

worse

(wəːs) adjective

1. bad to a greater extent. My exam results were bad but his were much worse (than mine).

2. not so well. I feel worse today than I did last week.

3. more unpleasant. Waiting for exam results is worse than sitting the exams.

adverb

not so well. He behaves worse now than he did as a child.

pronoun

someone or something which is bad to a greater extent than the other (of two people, things etc). the worse of the two alternatives.

ˈworsen verb

to (cause to) grow worse. The situation has worsened.

none the worse for

not in any way harmed by. The child was lost in the supermarket but fortunately was none the worse for his experience.

the worse for wear

becoming worn out. These chairs are the worse for wear.

worsen

→ يَجْعَلُهُ أَسْوَأ zhoršit se blive værre verschlimmern (sich) χειροτερεύω empeorar huonontua empirer pogoršati se peggiorare 悪化する 더 나쁘게 되다 verslechteren forverre(s) pogorszyć piorar ухудшать försämras ทำให้แย่ลง kötüleşmek trở nên xấu đi 恶化

worsen

v. agravarse, empeorarse.

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Blame it, I says, I might get hunted up and jailed; I'd better lay low and keep dark, and not write at all; the thing's awful mixed now; trying to better it, I've worsened it a hundred times, and I wish to goodness I'd just let it alone, dad fetch the whole business!

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'From bad to worse, from worse to worsen. She left me.

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Not to deceive you, I am that given to lying, and laziness, and self-indulgence of all sorts, that the only excuse I can find for myself is that it is the nature of the race so to be; for most men is just as bad as me, and some of 'em worsen I do not speak pers'nal to you, governor, nor to the honorable gentlemen here assembled.

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