disimprove
disimprovement
do more harm than good
kick someone when they are down
misalter
worsening
impair
run
confound
take a turn for the worse
deterioratingly
drop behind
distortion
ameliorate
deformation
aggravate
compound
worsen
exacerbate
make heavy weather of
pejorate
exasperate
aggravating
exasperating
exacerbating
fall away
fan the flames
rub salt in someone's wounds
retrogressive
deteriorate
retrograde
suffer
go backwards
kick a dog when it's down
misreform
freefall
go wrong
damage
impairment
harm
go from bad to worse
pessimism
be thankful for small mercies
tar baby
lose ground
deteriorationism
crash
outsuck
go to pieces
unblessing
cobra effect
add insult to injury
poison
out of the frying pan, into the fire
fall
turn
downhill
make matters worse
exacerbatingly
decline
hit one hard
worsener
wusser
downslide
twist the knife
outblunder
doomedness
dismalize
worse
below average
woefulness
reap the whirlwind
backward
go to shit
horrendousness
better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness
fail at life
pansy
ruin
fight a losing battle
turn one's life around
fall into a trap
misrectify
boof
insalubriousness
insalubrity
rot in hell
make a hash of
pessimization
bum

English words for 'To try to make something better but end up making it worse.'

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