make+worse

  • 81de|te|ri|o|rate — «dih TIHR ee uh rayt», verb, rat|ed, rat|ing. –v.i. to become worse; lessen in character, quality, or value; depreciate: »Machinery deteriorates rapidly if it is not taken care of. As the morning progressed the weather deteriorated more and more… …

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  • 82build up — Synonyms and related words: add to, advertise, agent provocateur, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annoy, assemble, augment, ballyhoo, bark, bill, bloat, blow up, boost, broaden, build, bulk, bulk out, bulletin, burlesque, caricature, carry too… …

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  • 83magnify — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, add to, adulate, agent provocateur, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annoy, apotheose, apotheosize, augment, ballyhoo, beatify, beef up, belaud, bepraise, bless, bless the Lord, bloat, blow up, boast of,… …

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  • 84Obama Republican — Obama Republican, Obamacan, and Obamacon are terms used to describe Republicans or conservatives who support Barack Obama for President of the United States in the 2008 presidential election. [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0802/12/acd.01 …

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  • 85compound — com·pound /kəm pau̇nd/ vt 1: to agree for a consideration not to prosecute (an offense) ◇ Compounding a felony is a common law crime. 2: to pay (interest) on both the accrued interest and the principal Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam …

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  • 86aggravate — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, agent provocateur, aggrandize, alienate, amplify, anger, annoy, antagonize, arouse, augment, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, beef up, beset, blow up, bother, bristle, brown off, bug, build up, bullyrag, burn… …

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  • 87enhance — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, acculturate, add to, adorn, advance, agent provocateur, aggravate, ameliorate, amend, amplify, annoy, augment, beautify, become, beef up, better, blow up, boost, bring forward, build up, civilize,… …

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  • 88sharpen — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, aculeate, acuminate, agent provocateur, aggravate, amplify, animate, annoy, augment, barb, beef up, blow up, build up, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, cultivate, cuspidate, deepen,… …

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  • 89magnify — v 1. increase, enlarge, expand, aggrandize, greaten, amplify; augment, add to, build up; widen, broaden, distend, develop. 2. exaggerate, hyperbolize, overstate, overemphasize; color, embroider, enlarge upon; overreact, blow up, blow out of… …

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  • 90worsen — verb (worsened; worsening) Date: 13th century transitive verb to make worse intransitive verb to become worse < the weather began to worsen > …

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