make+worse

  • 51deteriorate — Synonyms and related words: agent provocateur, aggravate, alter, ameliorate, amplify, annoy, augment, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, bottom out, break, build up, change, checker, chop, chop and change, come about, come around, come… …

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  • 52hurt — Synonyms and related words: Schmerz, abomination, abrade, abrasion, abuse, ache, aches and pains, aching, affect, afflict, afflicted, affront, aggravate, aggravated, aggrieve, aggrieved, agonize, agonized, agony, ail, anguish, anguished, atrocity …

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  • 53worsen — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, adapt, adjust, agent provocateur, aggravate, alter, ameliorate, amplify, annoy, augment, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, better, blast, blight, bottom out, break, break up, build up, change,… …

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  • 54impair — (v.) late 14c., earlier ampayre, apeyre (c.1300), from O.Fr. empeirier (Mod.Fr. empirer), from V.L. *impejorare make worse, from assimilated form of in into, in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + L.L. pejorare make worse, from pejor worse. In reference to… …

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  • 55aggravate — verb 1) the new law could aggravate the situation Syn: worsen, make worse, exacerbate, inflame, compound; add fuel to the fire/flames, add insult to injury, rub salt in the wound Ant: alleviate, improve 2) informal you don …

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  • 56deteriorate — [dē tir′ē ə rāt΄, ditir′ē ə rāt΄] vt., vi. deteriorated, deteriorating [< LL deterioratus, pp. of deteriorare, to make worse < L deterior, worse, inferior < * deter, below < de , from + ter, compar. suffix] to make or become worse;… …

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  • 57pejorate — ˈpejəˌrāt, ˈpēj , usu ād.+V transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Late Latin pejoratus, past participle of pejorare to become worse, make worse : to make worse : depreciate …

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  • 58aggravate — transitive verb ( vated; vating) Etymology: Latin aggravatus, past participle of aggravare to make heavier, from ad + gravare to burden, from gravis heavy more at grieve Date: 1530 1. obsolete a. to make heavy ; burden …

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  • 59impair — im·pair /im per/ vt 1: to damage or make worse by or as if by diminishing impair ed health 2: to diminish the value of (property or property rights); specif: to diminish the value of (legal contractual obligations) to the point that a party loses …

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  • 60aggravate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. worsen, intensify, increase; informal, irritate, annoy, exacerbate (See resentment). Ant., alleviate, improve. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To irritate] Syn. exasperate, annoy, provoke; see bother 2 . 2.… …

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