do more harm than good
disimprove
kick someone when they are down
disimprovement
kick a dog when it's down
compound
exacerbate
confound
misalter
rub salt in someone's wounds
impair
fan the flames
make matters worse
twist the knife
deterioratingly
exasperating
exacerbating
aggravating
take a turn for the worse
fall into a trap
drop someone in it
add fuel to the fire
run
aggravate
exasperate
worsen
pejorate
bring down
worsening
hit one hard
reap the whirlwind
unblessing
aggravation
exacerbation
ameliorate
annoy
worsener
rub salt in the wound
out of the frying pan, into the fire
fall away
ruin
exacerbator
exacerbatingly
suffer
fall prey
rustle someone's jimmies
perfect storm
tar baby
be thankful for small mercies
fettle
make heavy weather of
poison
make a hash of
deteriorate
drop behind
boof
pessimism
deformation
distortion
misreform
blame
have a face on
freefall
get on someone's bad side
dire
turn to
cobra effect
acerbate
face the music
bugger
tread on someone's corns
sugarcoat the pill
look for trouble
make a stink
sadden
add insult to injury
lose one's cool
raise a stink
fall
shape up
make a pig's ear of
go wrong
dere
go from bad to worse
make one's bed and lie in it
heated
grig
kick in the teeth
dub
buggered
retrograde
retrogressive
worse
pity

English words for 'To make a situation worse, usually while trying to make it better.'

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