get worse

Verb

Meaning

deteriorate in health

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

degenerate deteriorate retrograde worsen relapse exacerbate retrogress recidivate

Antonyms

polish bloom increase turn-out develop improve
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Hypernyms

turn change state

Examples

The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets. Will Rogers

The more I see of Arabs the less I think of them. By having studied them a good deal I have found out the trouble. They are the mixture of all the bad races on earth, and they get worse from west to east, because the eastern ones have had more crosses. George S. Patton

I have to win this now, and for all time, or I'll fight it every day and it will get worse and worse. Orson Scott Card

That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse. Bill Watterson

But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse. Cormac McCarthy

I think we're lucky to be living when we are, because things are going to get worse. David Attenborough

Close letter words and terms

get worked up get worn out get worried get worse again get wrapped up get written up