worsens

Meaning of worsens

verb, 3rd person present
  1. make or become worse.
    her condition worsened on the flight
    arguing actually worsens the problem

Information about worsens

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of worsens is: worsen.
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Hyphenation of worsens

wors-ens

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • worsens is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

worsens synonyms

Meaning make (a problem, injury, or offence) worse or more serious:

aggravate

Meaning make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse:

exacerbate

Meaning make (something bad) worse; intensify the negative aspects of:

compound

Meaning become or make more intense:

intensify

Meaning become or make greater in size, amount, or degree:

increase

Meaning make (something) appear larger than it is, especially with a lens or microscope:

magnify

Meaning make or become more intense:

heighten

Meaning provoke or intensify (strong feelings, especially anger) in someone:

inflame

Meaning make (something) greater by adding to it; increase:

augment

Meaning become progressively worse:

deteriorate

Meaning decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally:

degenerate

Meaning diminish in strength or quality; deteriorate:

decline

Meaning make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength:

weaken

Meaning go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged:

sink

Meaning pass or change to a lower, worse, or different condition, typically in a gradual or imperceptible way:

slip

Meaning move smoothly along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it:

slide

Meaning fail or decline substantially:

slump

Meaning (of tidewater) move away from the land; recede:

ebb

Meaning (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size:

wane

Meaning pass gradually into (an inferior state or condition):

lapse

Meaning return to a former or less developed state:

regress

Meaning go back to an earlier state, typically a worse one:

retrogress

Meaning (of an aircraft) make a nosedive:

nosedive

worsens antonyms

Meaning make or become better:

improve

Meaning make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better:

ameliorate

Meaning return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength:

recover

Words that rhyme with worsens

sens, praesens, greisens, samisens, shamisens, spiegeleisens, Bunsens, bunsens, coosens, loosens, pocosens, unloosens, gipsens, Horsens, coarsens, hoarsens, sarsens, theirsens, Goossens, Meissens, Vieussens, delicatessens, grissens, lessens, Munchausens, hausens

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