worsening
- adjective
- /ˈwɜːrsənɪŋ/
- The worsening traffic during rush hour frustrated many drivers.
Other people eat them and they have inflammation, either inflammation in their skin or in their joints or in their gut, or inflammation that shows up as worsening mental health.
- Other people eat them and they have inflammation, either inflammation in their skin or in their joints or in their gut, or inflammation that shows up as worsening mental health.
Examples
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Other people eat them and they have inflammation, either inflammation in their skin or in their joints or in their gut, or inflammation that shows up as worsening mental health.
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Most of that huge growth, unfortunately, came at the cost of sharply worsening imbalances and massively wasted investment.
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But the fact that we're here and it's now worsening is a little bit of A cause for concern.
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But after that, I started to see the kind of it worsening from there.
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Advertising is worsening going into December.
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But I found that my alcohol use was actively creating problems and worsening my health, so I chose to stop.
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It also means no one wants to buy, further worsening the situation.
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The patient's condition is worsening despite the treatment.
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Her symptoms have been worsening over the past week.
Synonyms
To become more serious, often about health or a situation
To become less over time, for example in value or health
To get worse in quality, condition, or value
To make a situation or condition less good
The gradual loss of strength or good condition over time
A slow change when something like a building or a person's health becomes worse
To make a problem or feeling worse
Antonyms
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Worsening comes from the common word worse, which means 'more bad', plus the ending -ing that shows 'becoming' or 'in progress'. So, worsening describes something that is becoming more bad or more severe.