Synonyms for worsening

Most common

deterioration · degradation · corruption · downgrade

All synonyms

Noun

Antonyms

improvement, improving, recovery

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   A worse situation; an aggravation or deterioration

Forms

Plural

worsenings → deteriorations, degradations, corruptions, downgrades…

Example sentences

• corruption A man of strong will is not subject to corruption.
• degradation Starch degradation is linked to a circadian clock.
• deterioration Let's stop the deterioration of the natural environment.
• downgrade You call that an upgrade? It's more of a downgrade, if you ask me.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

drop¹

9 letters

downgrade²

10 letters

corruption³, declension³

11 letters

degradation⁴

13 letters

deterioration⁶

14 letters

disimprovement

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (downgrade² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

aggravation

Español

agravamiento

Català

agreujament