rub salt in someone's wounds
confound
disimprove
do more harm than good
kick someone when they are down
kick a dog when it's down
compound
deterioratingly
aggravate
worsen
exasperate
exacerbate
suffer
rub salt in the wound
bear the brunt
go through hell
go from bad to worse
wound
exasperating
exacerbating
aggravating
exacerbatingly
tread on someone's corns
fall away
impair
hurt
prick
shame
hit one hard
twist the knife
hurtingly
disimprovement
go to shit
get medieval
rough end of the pineapple
sing out
bring down
reap the whirlwind
sting
rackingly
misalter
make matters worse
anguish
take a turn for the worse
fan the flames
rack
pine
not do someone any favors
on one's conscience
cut to the quick
mist over
dismalize
sour
besour
pity
desolate
bust one's ass
dub
dunk on
sodomise
worst-case scenario
regret
brutalise
pay dearly
smart
embitter
drop someone in it
catastrophize
wark
misgrieve
fall prey
decry
pain
scourge
ooch
agonous
decline
fall upon
putrefy
ashamed
peine
smoke
be thankful for small mercies
distressingness
try
annoy
fash
mistreatment
acerbate
hurty
painfulness
come to grief
poison
punishment
rot in hell

English words for 'To make a painful situation even worse (even with the best of intentions).'

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