Associations to the word «Worsen»

Wiktionary

WORSEN, verb. (transitive) To make worse; to impair.
WORSEN, verb. (intransitive) To become worse; to get worse.
WORSEN, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To get the better of; to worst.

Dictionary definition

WORSEN, verb. Grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened".
WORSEN, verb. Make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley