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worsen

[ wur-suhn ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make or become worse.

    Synonyms: sink, slip, deteriorate, decline



worsen

/ ˈwɜːsən /

verb

  1. to grow or cause to grow worse


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Word History and Origins

Origin of worsen1

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English wersnen “to deteriorate”; worse, -en 1

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Example Sentences

U.S. officials say neither do they want relations with Egypt to worsen.

These demands can increase at whim, and worsen with the birth of a child.

If you suffer from headaches and take painkillers too often or in excessive amounts, your headaches can actually worsen.

FODMAP foods can worsen irritable bowel symptoms for many of the 15 percent of Americans that suffer from the condition.

But racial bias (and anti-black racism) still exists, individuals still act on it, and it still works to worsen inequality.

Ef we ketch ye here, arter that, well give ye somethin worsen tar and feathers.

They burnt one o my great-grandmothers, a couple o hundred years ago, for doin not much worsen you be, he added.

For the true artistic sense impels one to work always—and always to better and not worsen, what it touches.

They've hitched it back of all, and it hauls worsen a snow-plough.

However, this glittering armour became the Modern yet worsen than his own.

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