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worsening
adjective as in hopeless
Weak matches
- bad
- beyond recall
- cynical
- dejected
- demoralized
- despairing
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- downhearted
- fatal
- gone
- goner
- ill-fated
- impracticable
- in despair
- incurable
- irredeemable
- irreparable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- lost
- menacing
- no-win
- past hope
- shot down
- sinister
- sunk
- threatening
- unachievable
- unavailing
- unfortunate
- unmitigable
- up the creek
- vain
- woebegone
adjective as in irremediable
Weak matches
- bad
- beyond recall
- cureless
- cynical
- dejected
- demoralized
- despairing
- desperate
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- downhearted
- fatal
- forlorn
- gone
- goner
- helpless
- ill-fated
- impossible
- impracticable
- in despair
- incurable
- irredeemable
- irreparable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- lost
- menacing
- no-win
- past hope
- pointless
- sad
- shot down
- sinister
- sunk
- threatening
- tragic
- unachievable
- unavailing
- unfortunate
- unmitigable
- up the creek
- useless
- vain
- woebegone
adjective as in retrograde
noun as in aggravation
noun as in declension
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noun as in declination
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noun as in decline
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noun as in degeneration
Strongest match
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noun as in deterioration
Strong matches
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noun as in entropy
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noun as in exacerbation
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noun as in relapse
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Example Sentences
Anyone who tries to draw attention to threats instead of quietly burying them is worsening the problem.
Conditions are worsening and the Rodney King verdict is certainly not the most egregious injustice in our midst.
The worsening of the Ebola epidemic forced them to teach the girls about a new enemy.
Overall, the film moves along with the pace of a worsening snowstorm.
“The bottom line is that Ebola is worsening in West Africa,” he said.
With the worsening condition of the roads the problem of supply became increasingly difficult.
The trip-hammer pounding behind Charles's eyes seemed to be worsening with the fresher air.
We talked it over, he and I, that afternoon, not cheered by the wild weather that was hourly worsening.
I was extremely dissatisfied, knowing as I did the rapidly worsening situation.
The wind was worsening, if anything, and we continued to drive at a frightful angle.
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On this page you'll find 302 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to worsening, such as: desperate, forlorn, helpless, impossible, pointless, and sad.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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