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worsening   (TTS Sound)

The noun worsening has 2 senses

• deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening -- (process of changing to an inferior state)


• worsening -- (changing something with the result that it becomes worse)

The verb worsen has 2 senses

• worsen, decline -- (grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened")


• worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate -- (make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain")

The adj worsening has 1 sense

• worsening -- (changing for the worse; "worried by the worsening storm")