worsen Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb grow worse
    decline.
    • Conditions in the slum worsened
  2. verb make worse
    aggravate; exasperate; exacerbate.
    • This drug aggravates the pain

WordNet

Wors"en transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.
    It is apparent that, in the particular point of which we have been conversing, their condition is greatly worsened. Southey.
  2. To get the better of; to worst. R.
Wors"en intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To grow or become worse. De Quincey.
    Indifferent health, which seemed rather to worsen than improve. Carlyle.

Webster 1913