Associations to the word «Worsened»

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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats