disimprovement
disimprove
do more harm than good
kick someone when they are down
misalter
impair
fan the flames
aggravating
exacerbating
exasperating
take a turn for the worse
deformation
distortion
confound
worsen
exacerbate
exasperate
aggravate
worsening
compound
misreform
kick a dog when it's down
retrograde
retrogressive
make heavy weather of
fall away
deterioratingly
drop behind
outblunder
suffer
impairment
damage
harm
ameliorate
rub salt in someone's wounds
blessing in disguise
freefall
dismalize
go from bad to worse
fight a losing battle
cobra effect
pejorate
wusser
outsuck
go wrong
take no for an answer
worsener
fail at life
fall
worse
make matters worse
deteriorating
perfect storm
bear the brunt
not a patch on
tar baby
downhill
strugglingly
reverseful
unblessing
pessimism
worm in the apple
souring
backfiring
pave the road to hell
slough of despond
rearguard action
run
tant pis
worst-case scenario
make a pig's ear of
come to grief
submediocre
crash
twist the knife
bring down
backfire
up the ante
reap the whirlwind
blunderous
make a hash of
bollocks up
felix culpa
exacerbatingly
tickle the dragon's tail
deteriorate
hot dog
pessimize
run for one's life
require improvement
dire
hopeless
catastrophe
ouch

English words for 'attempt to make something better while ending up worse than before.'

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