worsen

Signification (Anglais)

1. (transitive) To make worse; to impair.
2. (intransitive) To become worse; to get worse.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To get the better of; to worst.

Concepts

empirer

s’aggraver

aggraver

se dégrader

décliner

gâter

détériorer

worsen

diminuer

altérer

exacerber

changer en mal

Opposé de

ameliorate, improve, meliorate, mitigate

Synonymes

deteriorate

aggravate

make worse

get worse

become worse

exacerbate

decline

weaken

degenerate

exasperate

spoil

intensify

relapse

fall

impair

dwindle

compound

downgrade

drop away

drop off

dull

emasculate

embitter

enervate

enfeeble

fade

fade away

fail

fall apart

go bad

go down

go wrong

inflame

ruin

shake

🫨

sick

🤢

soften

suffer

take away

unbrace

wane

wash out

slip back

devitalise

be decadent

get worse in quality

pejorate

make more acute

alloy

blunt

Traductions

peggiorare

empeorar

verschlechtern

verschlimmern

empitjorar

piorar

aggravare

agravar

kötüleştirmek

sich verschlechtern

verergeren

kötüleşmek

επιδεινώνω

acuirsi

aggravo

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈwɝsn̩/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: wursnen

In summary

From Middle English wursnen; equivalent to worse + -en.