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Adjective
A worsening of a condition or quality
Reverting to an earlier and inferior condition
Characterized by or causing degeneration
Not capable of being repaired, cured, regained, or undone
Noun
The process of becoming progressively worse in standard or quality
The state of becoming worse or more serious
The state or quality of being degenerate
A deterioration in someone's state of health after a temporary improvement
The act of increasing the rate at which something increases in amount, significance or degree
Verb
Present participle for to decline or deteriorate in state
Present participle for make or become worse
Present participle for to make (something) greater in amount, level or degree by adding to it
Present participle for to cause damage to, or have a diminishing effect on
Present participle for to cripple or weaken an element of a video game during its development
Present participle for to become, or cause to become, bitter or disenchanted
Present participle for to taint, contaminate or lower in quality
Present participle for to fluctuate from one condition, form, level or state to another
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Adjective
▲
A worsening of a condition or quality
deteriorating
waning
fading
failing
falling
getting worse
declining
weakening
dwindling
dying
ailing
wilting
flagging
tiring
sinking
ebbing
drooping
diminishing
languishing
faltering
wearying
decreasing
slumping
droopy
slowing down
sagging
abating
palling
idling
withering
sickening
wasting away
giving up
listless
leaden
spiritless
slacking
fatigued
languid
weak
limp
languorous
tired
lethargic
disappearing
vanishing
hazy
paling
evanescent
growing dimmer
on the decline
Adjective
▲
Reverting to an earlier and inferior condition
retrogressive
backward
declining
degenerating
deteriorating
getting worse
reverting
astern
behind
inverted
rearward
regressive
retrograde
downward
unwelcome
negative
downhill
unprogressive
relapsing
waning
degenerate
degenerative
slipping
for the worse
lapsing
catabolic
sinking
receding
reversing
in the wrong direction
Adjective
▲
Characterized by or causing degeneration
degenerative
backward
deteriorating
progressive
regressive
retrogressive
wasting
declinatory
depressive
dwindling
frittering
deleterious
retrograde
negative
downward
downhill
for the worse
in the wrong direction
Adjective
▲
Not capable of being repaired, cured, regained, or undone
irremediable
irreversible
irredeemable
irreparable
hopeless
incurable
irrecoverable
irretrievable
unrecoverable
unredeemable
unsalvageable
deadly
fatal
final
incorrigible
irreformable
mortal
terminal
unmitigable
remediless
bad
cureless
gone
helpless
impossible
irrevocable
lost
sad
ill-fated
beyond redress
beyond recall
past hope
beyond repair
no-win
up the creek
uncorrectable
beyond hope
unrectifiable
beyond cure
unrepairable
untreatable
chronic
persistent
inoperable
immedicable
severe
lasting
grave
written off
unfixable
inveterate
unrestorable
unalterable
irreclaimable
long-standing
unchangeable
uncurable
past mending
permanent
serious
lost and gone
malignant
gone forever
absolute
complete
lethal
irremedial
broken
ruined
destroyed
irreplaceable
unreclaimable
beyond surgery
unsavable
unregainable
dying
long-term
critical
nowhere to go
out of time
unwavering
given up
gone for ever
unshakeable
fruitless
near death
constantly recurring
despaired of
beyond remedy
beyond recovery
past cure
end-stage
on way out
past remedy
confirmed
habitual
hardened
unashamed
impenitent
unapologetic
diehard
unrepentant
unreformable
uncontrite
addicted
unreformed
intractable
recidivous
dyed-in-the-wool
deep-dyed
hard-core
beyond redemption
shameless
remorseless
obdurate
unremorseful
unrepenting
unabashed
unblushing
entrenched
established
long-established
brazen
deep-rooted
thoroughgoing
thorough
utter
out-and-out
conscienceless
committed
dedicated
firm
devoted
loyal
staunch
faithful
steadfast
unswerving
true blue
unfaltering
full-bore
through and through
right-down
card-carrying
arrant
mad keen
keen as mustard
defiant
relentless
unregenerate
abandoned
callous
hardhearted
recidivistic
bred-in-the-bone
die-hard
through-and-through
without regret
without remorse
uncompromising
ingrained
deep-seated
congenital
well-established
full-fledged
infixed
instilled
true
fixed
deep-down
genuine
fallen
deeply ingrained
to the core
out and out
cursed
wretched
not contrite
accursed
doomed
condemned
afflicted
excommunicated
vulnerable
past praying for
aimless
blighted
alone
irrepressible
eternal
undying
dyed-in-the wool
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Noun
▲
The process of becoming progressively worse in standard or quality
deterioration
decline
degeneration
aggravation
descent
decay
fall
drop
downturn
retrogression
devolution
degradation
downgrade
lapse
downfall
decadence
degeneracy
ebb
slide
declension
collapse
debasement
slump
devaluation
relapse
waning
slip
declination
weakening
depreciation
vitiation
ebbing
abasement
decaying
regression
adulteration
recession
lessening
eclipse
enfeeblement
debilitation
backsliding
stagnation
sinking
throwback
return
failure
spoiling
breakdown
falling
slipping
corruption
withering
corrosion
ruin
rotting
disintegration
rot
falling apart
falling away
loss
atrophy
decadency
retroaction
reverse
retreat
dilapidation
ruining
fading
destroying
harm
spoliation
dégringolade
dissolution
perversion
disrepair
dislocation
degringolade
dissipation
reversion
recidivism
reverting
atavism
retrogradation
dereliction
impairment
tainting
diminution
destruction
breakup
decrease
abatement
reduction
decrement
dip
plummet
dive
dwindling
plunge
shrinkage
diminishment
fall from grace
disgregation
bound entropy
anergy
downswing
downtrend
failing
falloff
lowering
wane
getting worse
comedown
crash
tumble
dent
depletion
entropy
dropoff
nosedive
falling-off
drop-off
falling off
depression
step down
cut
ruination
demise
cutback
down
curtailment
overthrow
defeat
flameout
slackening
extinction
contraction
end
decomposition
blight
crumbling
bankruptcy
downslide
putrefaction
dying
mortification
perishing
deflation
downtick
flop
decrepitude
death
putrescence
diminishing
spoilage
washout
senescence
discount
miscarriage
deduction
rupture
stoppage
bust
consumption
wasting
nonsuccess
slowdown
deficiency
putridity
shrinking
festering
wasting away
wreck
downgrading
impoverishment
checkmate
let-up
gangrene
de-escalation
rottenness
sag
spoilation
rust
caries
reversal
undoing
dying down
putridness
petering out
termination
trough
folding
subsiding
markdown
stalemate
inadequacy
lemon
deficit
nonperformance
rout
mess
loser
botch
bungle
misstep
frustration
turkey
abortion
bomb
misadventure
fiasco
implosion
easing
erosion
declining
retrenchment
closing
attenuation
total loss
false step
lead balloon
flash in the pan
sinking ship
faux pas
slash
minimization
subsidence
minimizing
US
demotion
subtraction
foundering
damage
dropping off
cessation
minimising
UK
close
conclusion
fall-off
dying out
skid
ending
break-up
annihilation
exhaustion
twilight
devaluing
bottom-out
loss of status
bathos
disappointment
moderation
cutting
disillusionment
let-down
anticlimax
declivity
trimming
rollback
dying away
saving
liquidation
downward spiral
easing off
disgrace
dilution
autumn
expiry
inactivity
downer
blow
attrition
disappearance
vanquishing
comeuppance
insolvency
letdown
malfunction
devastation
doom
shakeout
halt
disruption
interruption
unsuccess
extermination
labefaction
disorganization
US
seizure
stagflation
disorganisation
UK
nonachievement
shutdown
fizzle
Waterloo
passing away
unsuccessfulness
lack of success
economic decline
non-function
breaking down
credit squeeze
bad times
falling to pieces
hard times
credit crunch
write-down
receding
depravation
setback
decrescence
alleviation
Götterdämmerung
downsize
deprivation
reversing
rotation
inversion
precipitation
lightening
mitigation
privation
slowing down
landslide
slowing
letting up
undermining
destabilisation
UK
destabilization
US
devitalization
downshift
sharp fall
forfeiture
squandering
fragmenting
relaxation
downhill trend
detraction
meltdown
neglect
negligence
misprision
delinquency
oversight
default
plummeting
dump
standstill
fade
rundown
shortfall
backslide
enervation
immiseration
desisting
relenting
dropping away
cadence
downcome
steep fall
culmination
skydive
letup
breaking up
omission
bottoming out
paralysis
cooling off
tailing off
falling down
recidivation
taking away
slack
arrest
tapering off
drain
waste
free fall
expenditure
pruning
slimming
nonfeasance
shrivelling
UK
loss of success
draining
Black Monday
rainy day
expending
retardation
want
obliteration
axing
chopping
limiting
emptying
emaciation
sapping
demolition
decimation
demolishment
deteriorating
wilting
degenerating
winter
desolation
economy
subdual
subjugation
pullback
slimming down
closure
flagging
shriveling
US
maturation
senility
wastage
using up
cheapening
bottom out
havoc
subversion
running down
scaling down
shrivelling up
drying up
topple
phasedown
fading away
decrease in value
lowering in value
humiliation
humbling
belittlement
reduction in value
unseating
belt-tightening
expiration
accounting allowance
ousting
conquest
toppling
salami slicing
loss of value
passing
discomfiture
cropper
pratfall
deposition
elimination
nemesis
bane
debacle
back end
aging
US
ageing
UK
growing old
curtains
vanishing
quietus
decease
shutting down
close-down
going under
winding up
loss of power
loss of face
reality check
rack and ruin
road to ruin
loss of prosperity
croaking
passing on
snuffing
passage
grave
unemployment
fate
exit
great divide
big trouble
rainy days
negative growth
passing into oblivion
fizzling out
coming to an end
withering away
non-event
impecuniousness
pennilessness
penury
beggary
indebtedness
pauperdom
administration
receivership
damp squib
financial ruin
not what it was cracked up to be
ineffective conclusion
closing years
last years
final years
last phase
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Noun
▲
The state of becoming worse or more serious
aggravation
exacerbation
heightening
intensification
increase
magnification
augmentation
compounding
inflaming
amplification
exaggeration
deepening
inflammation
sharpening
strengthening
stress
deterioration
increasing
enhancement
boom
elevation
escalation
mushrooming
snowballing
upswing
large increase
expansion
rise
upsurge
hike
growth
increment
surge
boost
gain
upgrade
buildup
upturn
inflation
climb
jump
accrual
appreciation
uptick
bump
burgeoning
accumulation
aggrandizement
US
spike
swelling
explosion
uptrend
multiplication
cumulation
swell
intensifying
aggrandisement
UK
step up
run-up
enlargement
improvement
acceleration
ascent
upgrading
advance
spiralling
UK
ascension
leap
rising
soaring
proliferation
spread
extension
raise
development
creep
spiraling
US
piling up
stacking up
ramp up
jump up
upward turn
build-up
stepping-up
developing
buildout
widening
addendum
addition
supplement
waxing
distention
accession
accretion
distension
crescendo
lift
raising
stimulation
bounce
quadrupling
doubling
lengthening
tripling
plus
avalanche
advancement
creation
ascendance
towering
soar
promotion
move up
upward movement
more ❯
Noun
▲
The state or quality of being degenerate
degeneracy
corruption
decadence
depravity
dissoluteness
corruptness
dissipation
immorality
perversion
turpitude
pervertedness
debauchery
degradation
dissolution
profligacy
wickedness
baseness
debasement
decline
decrease
evil
libertinism
sin
vice
abjection
decadency
decay
degenerateness
degeneration
demoralisation
UK
demoralization
US
deterioration
dissipatedness
lasciviousness
lecherousness
lechery
lewdness
libertinage
libidinousness
licentiousness
moral decay
promiscuity
rakishness
sinfulness
ungodliness
wantonness
depravation
intemperance
abasement
inferiority
lack of morals
lack of principles
meanness
poorness
iniquity
vileness
iniquitousness
impurity
badness
indecency
wrong
viciousness
vulgarity
dishonesty
unscrupulousness
salaciousness
profanity
self-indulgence
villainy
crookedness
impropriety
sordidness
shamelessness
infamy
heinousness
lustfulness
overindulgence
wrongdoing
atrocity
looseness
excess
lubricity
abandonment
immodesty
foulness
shadiness
evilness
nefariousness
evil-doing
indulgence
unchastity
impiety
gluttony
devilishness
hedonism
salacity
devilry
carnality
offence
UK
deviltry
diablerie
prurience
loucheness
offense
US
abandon
criminality
sybaritism
unholiness
godlessness
bawdiness
misconduct
concupiscence
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
wretchedness
unseemliness
depravedness
contemptibility
lawlessness
malfeasance
maleficence
peccability
atrociousness
peccancy
sensuality
ignobility
despicability
incontinence
lowness
immoderation
obscenity
treachery
bad
coarseness
sinning
lust
violation
wildness
unrighteousness
delinquency
malignity
immoderateness
voluptuousness
extravagance
evildoing
monstrosity
hideousness
diabolicalness
raunchiness
disreputableness
disrepute
transgression
dishonourableness
sacrilegiousness
flagitiousness
fast living
lack of restraint
deceit
duplicity
pettiness
roguery
rascality
deceitfulness
disgrace
chicanery
smut
smuttiness
deception
enormity
double-dealing
grossness
dirtiness
venality
deceptiveness
underhandedness
knavery
crudeness
recklessness
wastefulness
malevolence
crime
unjustness
ribaldry
crudity
irreligiousness
filthiness
prodigality
irreverence
dirt
revel
nastiness
filth
drunkenness
rudeness
blueness
insidiousness
impiousness
blasphemy
low-mindedness
deviance
animalism
ill
darkness
impureness
raunch
carousal
mischief
bender
binge
revelry
fiendishness
squalor
villainousness
tear
suggestiveness
la dolce vita
pleasure-seeking
unhonor
US
unhonour
UK
eroticism
scandal
life in fast lane
scurrility
improbity
abuse
indignity
bastardization
fall
vitiation
epicureanism
retrogression
ugliness
outrage
misdeed
lawbreaking
brutishness
brutality
perviness
regression
scoundrelism
contamination
dreadfulness
injustice
perniciousness
lack of self-control
lack of control
free-living
lavishness
self-gratification
high-living
abomination
hell
foul play
dereliction
sordidity
scurrilousness
diabolism
balefulness
leching
womanizing
US
womanising
UK
trespass
to hell in handbasket
immoral behaviour
antisocial behavior
evil behavior
malefaction
bad behavior
curse
life in the fast lane
malignance
evil act
immoral act
rot
roguishness
hob
waggery
waggishness
impishness
shenanigans
devilment
mischievousness
indelicacy
act of wickedness
fall from grace
pornography
tomfoolery
cheekiness
naughtiness
scatology
scabrousness
unwholesomeness
outrageousness
indecorousness
flagrancy
malice
amorality
bawdry
profaneness
scurviness
shamefulness
abjectness
affront
tastelessness
porn
blight
sleaze
X-rating
offensiveness
crassness
explicitness
knavishness
despicableness
smallmindedness
disgracefulness
lowliness
unworthiness
contemptibleness
promiscuousness
dirty name
ignominy
orgy
sexiness
sexuality
passion
lustiness
fetish
perversity
laxity
sensualism
intimacy
fleshliness
seductiveness
fornication
sultriness
sensuousness
kinkiness
kink
steaminess
unsavouriness
reprobation
sleeping around
lack of sexual discrimination
deviancy
sexual deviation
seduction
pleasures of the flesh
animality
disorder
irresponsibility
anarchy
unruliness
unrestraint
forwardness
presumptuousness
boldness
effrontery
temerity
audacity
arrogance
complacency
refractoriness
sauciness
slackness
fault
misdoing
misdemeanour
UK
misdemeanor
US
misbehavior
US
disobedience
misbehaviour
UK
insubordination
naughty act
monkey business
shenanigan
laxness
unlawfulness
uncleanness
sacrilege
unfairness
illegitimacy
uncleanliness
profanation
desecration
unprofessionalism
intemperateness
wrongness
breach
excessiveness
disorderliness
rottenness
malversation
grubbiness
unethical behaviour
unconstraint
ruthlessness
unchasteness
uninhibitedness
thoughtlessness
impulse
disregard
freedom
spontaneity
odium
wrongfulness
free love
relaxation
relaxedness
cruelty
mercilessness
deviousness
licence
easy virtue
loose morals
bestiality
fraud
bribery
permissiveness
deviation
abnormality
harm
maltreatment
misfortune
earthiness
fraudulency
profiteering
odiousness
egregiousness
monstrousness
reprehensibility
indiscretion
license
sleaziness
spiciness
indiscrimination
unpleasantness
debt
error
unnaturalness
erotism
pederasty
satyriasis
boorishness
incontinency
ruttishness
pruriency
miscreancy
vulgarness
dirty-mindedness
inappropriateness
infringement
incorrectness
fallenness
imperfection
foible
illicitness
clandestineness
unacceptability
irreligion
griminess
damnation
covetousness
sloth
demerit
tort
pride
acting up
indiscipline
horseplay
incivility
irregularity
atheism
disrespect
disbelief
paganism
heathenism
non-belief
agnosticism
apostasy
defilement
squalidness
scepticism
UK
unbelief
doubt
felony
dustiness
blackness
malpractice
soilage
heresy
skepticism
US
dinge
dinginess
negligence
dregs
unsanitariness
tarnish
cruddiness
feculence
dereliction of duty
breach of ethics
more ❯
Noun
▲
A deterioration in someone's state of health after a temporary improvement
relapse
setback
deterioration
recurrence
weakening
repetition
turn for the worse
worsening of someone's condition
Noun
▲
The act of increasing the rate at which something increases in amount, significance or degree
acceleration
development
gain
growth
increase
rise
advance
boost
enlargement
escalation
expansion
extension
upsurge
augmentation
increment
intensification
leap
spiraling
US
spiralling
UK
surge
upturn
upswing
jump
crescendo
hike
proliferation
climb
snowballing
mushrooming
swell
appreciation
boom
step up
rapid increase
recovery
improvement
uprise
revival
advancement
soaring
recuperation
turnaround
skyrocketing
amplification
buildup
inflation
ascent
stepping-up
bump
magnification
upgrade
uptick
elevation
accrual
stacking up
enhancement
uptrend
spike
raise
addendum
heightening
addition
accumulation
creep
swelling
waxing
run-up
supplement
distention
piling up
cumulation
accession
accretion
burgeoning
intensifying
multiplication
distension
aggrandizement
US
spread
explosion
tripling
bounce
upward turn
quadrupling
plus
aggrandisement
UK
doubling
exacerbation
lengthening
avalanche
progress
upgrading
spurt
upping
breakthrough
furtherance
amelioration
progression
build-up
promotion
lift
accumulating
more
ramp up
rush
prosperity
increasement
push
betterment
melioration
enrichment
exponential growth
collection
gathering
growth spurt
ascension
assemblage
elaboration
buildout
rising
raising
embellishment
up
jump up
evolvement
pickup
augment
aggrandization
mounting
high
headway
stimulation
regeneration
wax
geometric growth
creation
ascendance
sudden rise
rocketing
small increase
towering
soar
explosive growth
jack up
move up
upward movement
upgrowth
stockpile
success
rampant growth
rapid growth
thriving
increasing
aggregation
amassment
flourishing
expanding
annexation
pooling
pileup
assembly
enlarging
augmenting
stockpiling
dramatic increase
sudden increase
blooming
expanse
collecting
amassing
assembling
hoarding
reserve
annex
US
refinement
correction
shooting up
diversification
unfolding
evolution
diffusion
store
rectification
momentum
traction
unfurling
ballooning
growing
maturation
reinforcement
flowering
annexe
UK
amendment
globalisation
UK
globalization
US
maximization
US
optimization
US
economic growth
building up
rally
forwarding
rectifying
face-lift
merger
reformation
upbeat
cultivation
increase in size
spreading out
opening out
blow up
scaling up
blowing up
appendix
access
incorporation
continuation
exaggeration
complement
stocking up
civilisation
UK
meliorism
renovation
revision
dilation
broadening
preferment
change
civilization
US
change for the better
kaizen
reclamation
top-up
bulge
maximisation
UK
optimisation
UK
large increase
economic recovery
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to decline or deteriorate in state
declining
degenerating
deteriorating
sinking
decaying
ebbing
regressing
retrogressing
sliding
slipping
slumping
weakening
atrophying
crumbling
descending
devolving
falling off
getting worse
lapsing
retrograding
rotting
waning
becoming worse
growing worse
nosediving
corroding
damaging
degrading
depressing
diminishing
disintegrating
going downhill
impairing
lowering
going to pot
going down the toilet
going down the tubes
going to the dogs
hitting the skids
taking a nosedive
making something worse
going from bad to worse
taking a turn for the worse
falling
failing
dropping
fading
backsliding
collapsing
relapsing
going to rack and ruin
depreciating
withering
languishing
dwindling
falling apart
flagging
wilting
wasting away
going backwards
debilitating
disimproving
reverting
breaking down
going to the pack
stagnating
wasting
perishing
drooping
decreasing
emaciating
sagging
going to seed
going to pieces
retroceding
sickening
spoiling
vitiating
lessening
becoming dilapidated
going down
floundering
going bad
returning
falling to pieces
retreating
receding
going pear-shaped
subsiding
going wrong
reducing
fading away
debasing
skidding
going back
breaking
lagging
going
wearing away
becoming debilitated
falling away
losing quality
falling into disrepair
falling back
going to ruin
moving backward
decomposing
contracting
palling
running down
slackening
faltering
suffering
tumbling
drifting
putrefying
dilapidating
mouldering
UK
dropping off
dying
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
undermining
adulterating
marring
alloying
injuring
moldering
US
going down the tube
growing weak
spiralling
UK
spiraling
US
appearing in a poor light
breaking up
going into decline
falling apart at the seams
losing it
pejorating
going back to
becoming moribund
having one foot in the grave
tapering off
devitalizing
petering out
tailing off
sapping
enervating
withering away
having a relapse
getting ill again
suffering a relapse
getting worse again
giving way
giving in
falling into decay
fading out
going into a tailspin
reaching a new low
falling steeply
etiolating
giving up
running to seed
wizening
reaching depths
hitting rock bottom
coming apart at the seams
recidivating
shrinking
dying on vine
shriveling up
coming apart at seams
slipping back
drifting back
sinking back
devaluing
moving back
turning back
losing headway
throwing back
turning the clock back
losing ground
rolling back
cheapening
devaluating
cutting
marking down
downgrading
attenuating
deflating
slashing
discounting
softening
eroding
devalorizing
lowering in value
abating
lowering in price
writing down
dying down
dying out
dying away
dissolving
easing
tapering
plummetting
plummeting
moderating
letting up
drying up
draining away
melting away
disappearing
evaporating
running low
slacking off
relenting
remitting
draining
falling short
growing less
de-escalating
ratcheting down
phasing down
easing off
curbing
quieting
checking
settling
dimming
foundering
fizzling
vanishing
flopping
lightening
quelling
miscarrying
wearing down
restraining
narrowing down
calming down
losing edge
slowing down
fizzling out
decrementing
winding down
becoming emaciated
going awry
plunging
going amiss
aging
US
ageing
UK
becoming weak
dipping
falling through
becoming less
wearing off
going astray
folding
decompensating
rebating
fragmenting
thinning
weathering
fainting
bating
growing faint
growing weaker
cutting down
modifying
curtailing
tailing away
evanescing
downsizing
downscaling
blurring
becoming smaller
growing smaller
running out
depleting
breaking apart
drying
getting smaller
drawing to a close
going off
rotting away
going mouldy
dissipating
dying off
diving
straying
dispersing
guttering
becoming shrunken
becoming enfeebled
desiccating
petering
blighting
becoming stale
becoming marcescent
becoming limp
blasting
constricting
melting
trailing
retiring
taking a dive
hitting the floor
giving out
coming to an end
going away
growing dim
falling from grace
leaving the straight and narrow
going down the primrose path
bombing
busting
misfiring
aborting
striking out
backfiring
boomeranging
rebounding
recoiling
falling flat
coming to naught
turning out badly
coming to nothing
going down swinging
biting the dust
blundering
losing out
missing the boat
missing
running aground
going up in smoke
losing control
missing the mark
hitting bottom
meeting with disaster
backing wrong horse
playing into
ganging agley
going phut
coming to grief
losing status
more ❯
“The security forces had to intervene to prevent the situation from
worsening
.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for make or become worse
aggravating
exacerbating
augmenting
complicating
compounding
heightening
increasing
inflaming
intensifying
magnifying
damaging
adding to
making worse
adding fuel to the fire
adding fuel to the flames
putting salt on the wound
fanning the flames
adding insult to injury
amplifying
making matters worse
provoking
irritating
rubbing salt in the wound
fanning the flames of
deepening
impairing
exaggerating
heating up
compounding the problem
feeding the fire
pouring gasoline on the fire
intensating
contributing to
escalating
sharpening
fuelling
fanning
fueling
US
twisting the knife
quickening
hastening
making something worse
twisting the knife in the wound
rubbing salt into the wound
enhancing
exciting
infuriating
vexing
exasperating
maddening
enraging
envenoming
embittering
annoying
egging on
hitting on
rattling one's cage
rubbing salt in the wounds
rubbing salt in a wound
going from bad to worse
more ❯
“The proposed bank restructuring will dramatically
worsen
this economic situation.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make (something) greater in amount, level or degree by adding to it
augmenting
increasing
expanding
amplifying
boosting
raising
extending
enlarging
escalating
swelling
enhancing
magnifying
heightening
intensifying
multiplying
growing
improving
compounding
developing
aggrandizing
strengthening
inflating
accelerating
elevating
upping
reinforcing
mounting
upgrading
supplementing
building
supersizing
stoking
progressing
exacerbating
hyping
aggravating
ameliorating
padding
inflaming
hiking
sweetening
piggybacking
turbocharging
adding to
building up
stepping up
pumping up
beefing up
making worse
making bigger
making larger
making greater
bumping up
jacking up
hiking up
topping up
cranking up
making better
tagging on
deepening
redoubling
amping up
widening
consolidating
accentuating
broadening
intensating
rising
rousing
sharpening
festering
adding fuel to the flames
adding fuel to the fire
exaggerating
exalting
piling on
gaining strength
complicating
fanning the flames
fermenting
confusing
confounding
brewing
smouldering
UK
putting salt on the wound
sending up
smoldering
US
encouraging
promoting
scaling
ascending
deteriorating
snowballing
mushrooming
rubbing salt in the wound
making complex
making intricate
adding insult to injury
enriching
concentrating
nurturing
cultivating
fostering
stimulating
going from bad to worse
accumulating
hotting up
becoming worse
emphasizing
US
dilating
picking up
quickening
maximizing
US
whetting
darkening
accenting
emphasising
UK
pointing
stressing
lightening
spiking
brightening
setting off
toning up
heating up
heaping on
adding fuel
pyramiding
distending
blowing up
maximising
UK
pouring it on
running up
jumping up
fanning the flames of
annexing
incrementing
heating
furthering
proliferating
adding
optimizing
US
doubling
advancing
tripling
bettering
lengthening
reenforcing
upraising
amassing
prolonging
lifting
pumping
teeming
spreading
parlaying
swarming
protracting
waxing
thickening
upscaling
pullulating
ratcheting up
slapping on
collecting
following up
going up
tacking on
elongating
marking up
fleshing out
jacking
shooting up
optimising
UK
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause damage to, or have a diminishing effect on
impairing
damaging
marring
spoiling
ruining
harming
compromising
hurting
undermining
injuring
destroying
weakening
defacing
disfiguring
vitiating
blemishing
crippling
breaking
flawing
blighting
diminishing
endamaging
tarnishing
impeding
crabbing
debasing
disabling
bloodying
debilitating
reducing
totalling
totaling
hindering
enfeebling
threatening
devaluing
deteriorating
lessening
prejudicing
blunting
queering
enervating
cheapening
decreasing
invalidating
dinging
tweaking
devaluating
disqualifying
unfitting
messing up
fouling up
crossing up
putting the kibosh on
roughing up
making useless
losing strength
wrecking
upsetting
poisoning
souring
tainting
coloring
US
colouring
UK
mangling
mutilating
trashing
defiling
sabotaging
sullying
crushing
scarring
smashing
wounding
maiming
vandalizing
US
blotting
deforming
demolishing
staining
ravaging
distorting
shattering
polluting
scratching
vandalising
UK
disfeaturing
incapacitating
battering
corrupting
lousing up
shaking up
devastating
uglifying
scuppering
scotching
desecrating
undoing
torpedoing
contorting
disrupting
bruising
contaminating
blasting
annihilating
dirtying
scathing
smirching
dismantling
burning
corroding
scorching
screwing up
smashing up
mucking up
discoloring
US
discolouring
UK
wreaking havoc on
obliterating
tagging
watering down
misshaping
dilapidating
cramping
disfashioning
hamstringing
destabilizing
US
making unattractive
hampering
subverting
jeopardizing
US
paralyzing
US
paralysing
UK
making ugly
bending
detracting
warping
bankrupting
restricting
impoverishing
limiting
afflicting
devitalizing
depressing
stifling
inconveniencing
shocking
sapping
withering
putting a damper on
taking out
destabilising
UK
detracting from
jeopardising
UK
interfering with
befouling
soiling
besmirching
doing harm to
causing detriment to
spotting
raining on someone's parade
putting out of action
putting out of commission
throwing a monkey wrench into
gutting
razing
abusing
cracking
maltreating
tearing
disintegrating
gnawing
wronging
denting
lacerating
splitting
infecting
knocking
rusting
rotting
stabbing
bleaching
fading
tampering with
wearing away
banging up
causing injury
despoiling
muddying
griming
blackening
smudging
begriming
pillaging
playing havoc with
doing damage to
plundering
playing merry hell with
sacking
desolating
depredating
driving a nail into the coffin of
knackering
spoliating
dashing
grieving
torturing
waxing
piquing
fouling
tormenting
distressing
paining
cutting
stinging
aggrieving
nixing
denigrating
tarring
darkening
smearing
marking
banjaxing
blowing
euchring
cruelling
squashing
hacking up
doing mischief to
doing in
drawing blood
cutting up
making a mess of
doing for
blowing a hole in
bringing to naught
taking apart
ballsing up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cripple or weaken an element of a video game during its development
nerfing
crippling
debuffing
deteriorating
degenerating
gimping
Verb
▲
Present participle for to become, or cause to become, bitter or disenchanted
embittering
envenoming
alienating
angering
antagonising
UK
antagonizing
US
poisoning
souring
disaffecting
disillusioning
empoisoning
frustrating
jaundicing
making bitter
making resentful
vexing
aggravating
discouraging
dissatisfying
exacerbating
exasperating
rankling
acerbating
acidulating
annoying
bittering
bothering
estranging
irritating
making rancorous
upsetting
venoming
Verb
▲
Present participle for to taint, contaminate or lower in quality
debasing
corrupting
contaminating
polluting
tainting
vitiating
adulterating
defiling
degrading
abasing
depreciating
deteriorating
devaluing
fouling
spoiling
sullying
cheapening
debauching
demeaning
impairing
perverting
poisoning
profaning
soiling
subverting
warping
alloying
bastardising
UK
bastardizing
US
cankering
depraving
diluting
lessening
prostituting
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
reducing in value
reducing in quality
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fluctuate from one condition, form, level or state to another
changing
fluctuating
vacillating
varying
veering
deviating
differing
morphing
mutating
seesawing
snapping
teetering
wavering
bettering
deteriorating
diminishing
reversing
turning around
diverting
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