Defenition of the word worsening

• Defenition of the word worsening

  • process of changing to an inferior state
  • changing for the worse; "worried by the worsening storm"
  • changing something with the result that it becomes worse
  • changing for the worse

Synonyms for the word worsening

• • aggravation
  • decline
  • decline in quality
  • degeneration
  • deterioration

Similar words in the worsening

• • worsening

Hyponyms for the word worsening

• • downswing
  • downturn
  • drop-off
  • falling off
  • falloff
  • slack
  • slump

Hypernyms for the word worsening

• • change of state
  • decline
  • diminution

Antonyms for the word worsening

• • bettering

See other words

• • What is wearing away
  • The definition of eating away
  • The interpretation of the word slow destruction
  • What is meant by grinding down
  • The lexical meaning bankrupted
  • The dictionary meaning of the word gnawing away
  • The grammatical meaning of the word tiff
  • Meaning of the word confrontation
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word face-off
  • The origin of the word corrode
  • Synonym for the word eroded
  • Antonyms for the word grind down
  • Homonyms for the word fuzzily
  • Hyponyms for the word bankrupts
  • Holonyms for the word eat into
  • Hypernyms for the word eat away at
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word erodes
  • Translation of the word in other languages wearing down