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to worsen
01
to become less desirable, easy, or tolerable
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
worsen
3rd person singular
worsens
Present participle
worsening
Past simple
worsened
Past participle
worsened
Examples
His health condition began to worsen after he stopped taking his medication.
02
to make something get worse or more unfavorable than it was before
Transitive: to worsen a condition
Examples
Ignoring a minor injury can worsen the overall condition over time.
Lexical Tree
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