1.
[syn: worse, worsened]
2. made or become worse; impaired;
- Example: "troubled by the worsened economic conditions"
- Example: "the worsened diplomatic relations"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
worsened
adj 1: changed for the worse in health or fitness; "I feel worse
today"; "her cold is worse" [syn: worse, worsened]
[ant: better]
2: made or become worse; impaired; "troubled by the worsened
economic conditions"; "the worsened diplomatic relations"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "worsened":
aggravated, amplified, annoyed, augmented, broken, burned, burst,
busted, checked, chipped, cracked, crazed, cut, damaged,
deliberately provoked, deteriorated, embittered, enhanced,
enlarged, exacerbated, exasperated, harmed, heated up, heightened,
hotted up, hurt, impaired, imperfect, in bits, in pieces,
in shards, increased, injured, intensified, irritated, lacerated,
magnified, mangled, mutilated, provoked, rent, ruptured, scalded,
scorched, shattered, slashed, slit, smashed, soured, split, sprung,
the worse for, torn, weakened, worse, worse off