Nearby Words
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to make or become worse.
Can be confused: 1. aggravate, annoy, intensify, irritate, worsen (see usage note at aggravate; see synonym note at irritate); 2. aggravation, annoyance, intensification, irritation, worsening.
Synonyms
decline, deteriorate, slip, sink.
decline, deteriorate, slip, sink.
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Worsens
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
worsen
"to make worse," O.E. wyrsian, from the root of worse (q.v.). The refl. sense of "to get worse, become worse off" first attested 1795 and elevated into literary use c.1800-30, where formerly worse (v.) had served.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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