Thesaurus:worsen

Thesaurus

worsen

English

Verb

Sense: to become worse

Synonyms

• break down
• crack (archaic)
• decline
• deteriorate
• degenerate
• devolve
• fade
• fall off
• go bad
• go downhill
• go off
• go to hell
• go to pot
• go to seed
• go to the dogs
• lapse
• molder
• retrograde
• suffer    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sweal
• shrivel
• wither
• wane
• worsen

Antonyms

• better
• improve    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ameliorate

See also

• aggravate    [⇒ thesaurus]
• bad    [⇒ thesaurus]
• deteriorated    [⇒ thesaurus]
• make matters worse    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “659. Deterioration” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “worsen” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.