Synonyms for worsen

Grammar : Verb

Spell : wur-suhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɜr sən

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Définition of worsen

Origin : "to make worse," Old English wyrsian, from the root of worse. The reflexive 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. Related: Worsened; worsening.

verb diminish, decay

Example sentences :

Methinks yon lazy Joan might lift one, and be none the worsen.
Extract from : « For the Master's Sake » by Emily Sarah Holt

You couldn't botch it worsen Hammer has, and you might do some good.
Extract from : « Mr. Crewe's Career, Complete » by Winston Churchill

However, this glittering armour became the Modern yet worsen than his own.
Extract from : « The Battle of the Books » by Jonathan Swift

Here and there— there is nothing to better, nothing to worsen.
Extract from : « Thus Spake Zarathustra » by Friedrich Nietzsche

I was worsen you afore I struck it; an' now, why, I wouldn't care to call the Queen me aunt!'
Extract from : « The Record of Nicholas Freydon » by A. J. (Alec John) Dawson

It's wanter Systum that's the curse uv Australia; an' Ted's got it worsen most.
Extract from : « The Record of Nicholas Freydon » by A. J. (Alec John) Dawson

Economic conditions may worsen, and military power decline; but such processes imply no physiological degeneration.
Extract from : « The Evolution of States » by J. M. Robertson

Quite calmly He weighed its worth; and in one of us even then He detected a flaw which would widen and worsen.
Extract from : « The World's Great Sermons, Volume 9: Cuyler to Van Dyke » by Various

For the true artistic sense impels one to work always—and always to better and not worsen, what it touches.
Extract from : « The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 » by Various

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