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worsened
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective worsened has 2 senses
- worsened(a = adj.all) worse - changed for the worse in health or fitness; "I feel worse today"; "her cold is worse"
- worsened(s = adj.all) Array - made or become worse; impaired; "troubled by the worsened economic conditions"; "the worsened diplomatic relations"
THESAURUS
worsened
aggravated, amplified, annoyed, augmented, broken, burned, burst, busted, checked, chipped, cracked, crazed, cut, damaged, deliberately provoked, deteriorated, embittered, enhanced, enlarged, exacerbated, exasperated, harmed, heated up, heightened, hotted up, hurt, impaired, imperfect, in bits, in pieces, in shards, increased, injured, intensified, irritated, lacerated, magnified, mangled, mutilated, provoked, rent, ruptured, scalded, scorched, shattered, slashed, slit, smashed, soured, split, sprung, the worse for, torn, weakened, worse, worse off
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