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to worsify

to worsify

9.9
To make something worse
  • verb
  • /ˈwɜːrsɪfaɪ/
  • Informal
translation icon : empeorar
  • Sometimes, trying to fix a small issue can accidentally worsify the situation.

Examples

  • You shouldn't worsify your problems by ignoring them; take action instead.

  • He tends to worsify every problem he faces.

  • His careless comments only served to worsify the tension in the team.

  • Don't worsify the situation!

  • His careless comments only served to worsify the tension in the team.

  • Sometimes, trying to fix a small issue can accidentally worsify the situation.

  • You shouldn't worsify your problems by ignoring them; take action instead.

Synonyms

to aggravate
vsto worsify
73 4.6

Make a problem or health condition worse

is the informal word used in casual speech for the same worsening
to exacerbate
vsto worsify
69 8.0

To make a problem or feeling worse

is the informal everyday verb meaning the same action
to worsen
vsto worsify
61 3.9

To make a situation or condition less good

is the informal verb focusing on making things worse rather than becoming worse
to make matters worse
vsto worsify
37 4.0

To cause a situation to become more difficult or unpleasant

is the informal single-word verb used instead of this idiom
to exacerbating
vsto worsify
7.5

To make a problem or feeling worse

is the informal verb form used to state the action directly

Antonyms

1.0

To make something better

11 8.1

To make a bad situation better

How Bad

to ruin
2.0
to aggravate
73 4.6
to worsify
  • Informal
9.9
to damage
885 1.4
to impair
61 5.1

Surface Forms

worsify infinitive
worsified past
worsified past participle
worsifying present participle
worsifies third person singular

Morphology

worsify = worse (transparent) = worse + ify

Formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ify' to 'worse' (orthographic e-drop yields 'worsify'), so the meaning 'make worse' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Worsify comes from the word worse, which means 'more bad', and the ending -ify, which means 'to make', as in simplify. So, worsify is an informal verb meaning 'to make worse'.