make+worse
71aggrieve — (v.) early 14c., from O.Fr. agrever make worse; become worse, from L. aggravare make heavier (see AGGRAVATION (Cf. aggravation)). Related: AGGRIEVED (Cf. Aggrieved); aggrieving …
72deteriorate — de•te•ri•o•rate [[t]dɪˈtɪər i əˌreɪt[/t]] v. t. v. i. rat•ed, rat•ing 1) to make or become worse or inferior in character, quality, value, etc 2) to disintegrate or wear away • Etymology: 1565–75; < LL dēteriōrātus, ptp. of dēteriōrāre to make …
73deteriorate — [c]/dəˈtɪəriəreɪt / (say duh tearreeuhrayt) verb (deteriorated, deteriorating) –verb (i) 1. to become worse. –verb (t) 2. to make worse; make lower in character or quality: *we find growth bringing with it all sorts of unwanted side effects that… …
74impair — [im per′] vt. [ME empeiren < OFr empeirer < VL * impejorare < L in , intens. + LL pejorare, to make worse: see PEJORATIVE] to make worse, less, weaker, etc.; damage; reduce SYN. INJURE impairment n …
75pejoration — /pej euh ray sheuhn, pee jeuh /, n. 1. depreciation; a lessening in worth, quality, etc. 2. Historical Ling. semantic change in a word to a lower, less approved, or less respectable meaning. Cf. melioration (def. 1). [1650 60; < ML pejoration (s …
76worsen — verb a) To make worse. b) To become worse; to get worse. Ant: improve …
77worsen — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. make worse, fall off, take a turn for the worse, exacerbate; see depress 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. deteriorate, degenerate, take a turn for the worse, slip, decay, decline, lapse, *go downhill, *hit the skids,… …
78deteriorate — 1640s (as a pp. adj., 1570s), from L.L. deterioratus, pp. of deteriorare get worse, make worse, from L. deterior worse, lower, inferior, meaner, contrastive of *deter bad, lower, from PIE *de tero , from demonstrative stem *de (see DE (Cf. de)).… …
79impair — /ɪmˈpɛə / (say im pair) verb (t) 1. a. to make worse: this will only impair the situation. b. to alter for the worse; to damage: the blow impaired his hearing. –noun 2. Obsolete impairment: without impair. {Middle English empeire(n), from Old… …
80pejoration — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrāshən noun ( s) Etymology: Medieval Latin pejoration , pejoratio, from Late Latin pejoratus (past participle of pejorare to become worse, make worse) + Latin ion , io ion : a change for the worse : depreciation; specifically …
