'worsening' definitions:
Definition of 'worsening'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Changing for the worse; "worried by the worsening storm" [ant: bettering]
noun
Process of changing to an inferior state [syn: deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening]
noun
Changing something with the result that it becomes worse
Synonyms of 'worsening'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- accommodation,
- adaptation,
- adjustment,
- aggravation,
- alteration,
- amelioration,
- amplification,
- annoyance,
- apostasy,
- augmentation,
- betterment,
- break,
- change,
- change of heart,
- changeableness,
- coming apart,
- constructive change,
- contentiousness,
- continuity,
- conversion,
- cracking,
- crumbling,
- decadent,
- declining,
- deepening,
- defection,
- degenerate,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- deliberate aggravation,
- deteriorating,
- deterioration,
- deviation,
- difference,
- discontinuity,
- disintegrating,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- draining,
- drooping,
- dwindling,
- ebbing,
- effete,
- embittering,
- embitterment,
- enhancement,
- enlargement,
- exacerbation,
- exasperation,
- fading,
- failing,
- falling,
- fitting,
- flagging,
- flip-flop,
- fragmenting,
- going to pieces,
- gradual change,
- heightening,
- improvement,
- increase,
- intensification,
- irritation,
- languishing,
- magnification,
- marcescent,
- melioration,
- mitigation,
- modification,
- modulation,
- overthrow,
- pining,
- provocation,
- qualification,
- radical change,
- re-creation,
- realignment,
- redesign,
- reform,
- reformation,
- regressive,
- remaking,
- renewal,
- reshaping,
- restructuring,
- retrograde,
- retrogressive,
- reversal,
- revival,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- sharpening,
- shift,
- shriveling,
- sinking,
- sliding,
- slipping,
- slumping,
- souring,
- subsiding,
- sudden change,
- switch,
- tabetic,
- total change,
- transition,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- upheaval,
- variation,
- variety,
- violent change,
- waning,
- wasting,
- wilting,
- withering