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run
deformation
distortion
disimprovement
go backwards
do more harm than good
make heavy weather of
take a turn for the worse
ameliorate
deteriorationism
exacerbate
kick someone when they are down
deterioratingly
drop-off
lessening
compound
loss
decrease
deprivation
change aversion
drop behind
nonimprovement
kick a dog when it's down
misreform
freefall
worse
worsened
hit
perfect storm
wusser
changeableness
worsen
pejorate
exasperate
impair
pseudoimprovement
aggravate
exacerbating
misrectify
aggravating
exasperating
degeneration
souring
anticlimax
destructive
the cure is worse than the disease
differentness
fall away
bathos
suffer
deteriorating
decline
diminution
downslide
crash
pay the price
confound
turn
downhill
deteriorate
retrogressive
compensate
blow off course
poison
rechange
retrograde
relapse
fluctuating
misadapt
laggy
for the worse
unblessing
at the cost of
compensatory
below average
evolve
fan the flames
break
add fuel to the fire
backward
decay
go from zero to hero
pejoration
tradeoff
dent
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worse
worsened
wusser
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aggravating
exasperating
destructive
deteriorating
retrogressive
retrograde
fluctuating
laggy
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below average
deterioratingly
downhill
backward
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harm
impairment
damage
deformation
distortion
disimprovement
deteriorationism
drop-off
lessening
loss
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deprivation
change aversion
nonimprovement
misreform
freefall
worse
perfect storm
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pseudoimprovement
degeneration
souring
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differentness
bathos
decline
diminution
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unblessing
break
pejoration
tradeoff
dent
disimprove
misalter
run
go backwards
do more harm than good
make heavy weather of
take a turn for the worse
ameliorate
exacerbate
kick someone when they are down
compound
drop behind
kick a dog when it's down
hit
worsen
pejorate
exasperate
impair
aggravate
misrectify
fall away
suffer
crash
pay the price
confound
turn
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compensate
blow off course
poison
relapse
misadapt
evolve
fan the flames
add fuel to the fire
decay
go from zero to hero
verb
- To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
- To carry (a football) down the field, as opposed to passing or kicking.
- Of an object, to have a liquid flowing from it.
- To print or broadcast in the media.
- To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
- To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
- To be a candidate in an election.
- To fuse; to shape; to mould; to cast.
- To control or manage, be in charge of.
- To smuggle (illegal goods).
- To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
- To extend in space or through a range (often with a measure phrase).
- To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
- To make run in a race.
- To transit a length of a river, as in whitewater rafting.
- To control or have precedence in a card game.
- To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot. (Compare walk.)
- To leak or spread in an undesirable fashion; to bleed (especially used of dye or paint).
- To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
- To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
- To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
- To cause to move quickly or lightly.
- To cause to enter; to thrust.
- To speedrun.
- To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
- To juggle a pattern continuously, as opposed to starting and stopping quickly.
- To move or spread quickly.
- To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
- To extend in time, to last, to continue (usually with a measure phrase).
- To make a machine operate.
- To become liquid; to melt.
- To make something extend in space.
- Of a machine, including computer programs, to be operating or working normally.
- To achieve or perform by running or as if by running.
- To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
- To transport someone or something, notionally at a brisk pace.
- To be presented in the media.
- Of a means of transportation: to travel (a route).
- To cost a large amount of money.
- Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
- To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
- To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
- Of a liquid, to flow.
- To compete in a race.
- Of fish, to migrate for spawning.
- To make run in an election.
- To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
- To have growth or development.
- To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
- To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
- To flee from a danger or towards help.
- To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
- To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
- To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
- To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from or into an object.
- To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
noun
- a change for the worse
- a shape resulting from distortion
- an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
- a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)
- the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
noun
verb
- To worsen a situation.
- To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
- To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
- To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
- Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
- To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
- To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
noun
- A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.
- An enclosure for secure storage.
- An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
- A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or an affix, e.g. bookshop, high school or non-standard.
- A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
- Anything made by combining several things.
- A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
- A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
adj
noun
- the disadvantage that results from losing something
- something that is lost
- gradual decline in amount or activity
- the act of losing someone or something
- the experience of losing a loved one
- the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
- military personnel lost by death or capture
- euphemistic expressions for death
verb
- To affect negatively.
- To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- To come up to bat.
- To have sex with.
- To attack.
- To strike against something.
- To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To attack, especially amphibiously.
- In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- to work out
- To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- To switch on.
- To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- To reach or achieve.
- To use; to connect to.
- (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- To briefly visit.
- To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
noun
- The hit was very slight.
- A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
adj
pron
adj
verb
adj
adj
noun
- The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
- That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure.
- Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type.
- A thing that has degenerated.
phrase
- The medical treatment for an illness produces a worse net result than the illness does (or threatens a non-negligible risk of doing so), especially via adverse effects.
- The solution or proposed solution to a problem produces a worse net result than the problem does (or threatens a non-negligible risk of doing so), especially via unintended consequences.
adj
verb
- To take a sudden and severe turn for the worse; to rapidly deteriorate.
- To hit or strike with force
- To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
- To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.
- To give, as a favor.
- To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
- To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently.
- To terminate extraordinarily.
- To cause to terminate extraordinarily.
- To experience a period of depression and/or lethargy after a period of euphoria, as after the euphoric effect of a psychotropic drug has dissipated.
- To make a sudden loud noise.
- To severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else.
noun
- A type of rough linen.
- A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
- A group of rhinoceroses.
- An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.
- A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures).
- A sudden decline in any living form's population levels, often leading to extinction.
- A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
- A comedown from a drug.
adj
verb
- To make something worse.
- To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
- To stun or amaze.
- To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
- To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
- To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
- To perplex or puzzle.
noun
verb
- cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics
- to change orientation or direction
- undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
- undergo a change or development
- cause to move around or rotate
- change to the contrary
- pass to the other side of
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- move around an axis or a center
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- to send or let go
- to break and turn over earth especially with a plow
- shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
- change color
- twist suddenly so as to sprain
- accomplish by rotating
- get by buying and selling
- cause to move along an axis or into a new direction
- channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- alter the functioning or setting of
- direct at someone
- have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- go sour or spoil
- become officially one year older
noun
- a circular segment of a curve
- the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- an unforeseen development
- a movement in a new direction
- the act of turning away or in the opposite direction
- turning or twisting around (in place)
- a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a favor for someone
- taking a short walk out and back
verb
- To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
- To do (something good) after (something bad) happens
- To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
- To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
adj
- going from better to worse
- moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
adj
- moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
- of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
verb
prep_phrase
verb
- To cause something to change or transform.
- To change; transform.
- Of a population, to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- To give off (gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide during a reaction).
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- To come into being; develop.
- Of a trait, to develop within a population via biological evolution.
- Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
noun
- A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
- The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
- A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
- A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
- A sharp bit or snaffle.
- The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
- An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
- A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
- A temporary split with a romantic partner.
- The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
- A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
- A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
- A rest or pause, usually from work.
- The counter-attack.
- A short holiday.
- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
- A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
- The beginning (of the morning).
- A game won by the receiving player(s).
- An act of escaping.
- The first shot in a game of billiards.
- The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
- A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
- The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
- The start of a horse race.
- A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
verb
- To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
- To become deeper at puberty.
- To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
- To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
- To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
- To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- To counter-attack.
- To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
- To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
- To become audible suddenly.
- To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
- To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
- To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
- Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
- To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
- To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
- To ruin financially.
- To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
- To change a steady state abruptly.
- To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
- To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- To end the run of (a play).
- To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
- To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
- To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
- To begin or end.
- To suddenly become.
- To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
- To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
- To demulsify.
- To end (a connection); to disconnect.
- To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
- To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
- To arrive.
- To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
- To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
- To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
- To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
- To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
- To end.
- To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
- To violate; to fail to adhere to.
- To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
- To B-boy; to breakdance.
adv
- Oppositely to the desired direction of progress, or from a better to a worse state.
- In a direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- At, near or towards the rear of something.
- In a reversed orientation; back to front.
- Toward or into the past;
- By way of reflection; reflexively.
- In a reversed order or sequence.
noun
adj
- Acting or moving in the direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
- Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.
- Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
- Late or behindhand.
- Situated toward or at the rear of something.
- Lacking progressive or enlightened thought; outdated.
- On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
- Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
- Reluctant or unable to advance or act.
- Acting or moving in the direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing.
- Acting or moving oppositely to the desired direction of progress.
- Reversed in order or sequence.
- Of a culture, country, practice etc., undeveloped or unsophisticated.
verb
- To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
- To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation.
- To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
- Loss of airspeed due to drag.
- To undergo software rot, that is, to fail to be updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or obsolete.
- To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons; to undergo radioactive decay.
- To cause to rot or deteriorate.
- Of an array: to lose its type and dimensions and be reduced to a pointer, for example when passed to a function.
- To rot, to go bad.
- To undergo prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).
noun
noun
- A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
- A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
- A slot or a wire in a reed
- A minor impact or effect made upon something.
- A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
- A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
verb
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