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make worse in English:

1. to deteriorate to deteriorate


Since then, the situation in the country has continued to deteriorate.
to deteriorate into sth

English word "make worse"(to deteriorate) occurs in sets:

gmatowskie i inne

2. exacerbate exacerbate


The recession has exacerbated this problem.
Sunny weather exacerbates the effects of pollution
This attack will exacerbate the already tense relations between the two communities.
The backlog of payments exacerbated their financial situation.
The recession has exacerbated this problem. / His aggressive reaction only exacerbated the situation.
"The forest fire was exacerbated by the lack of rain."
"This drug exacerbates the pain"
the cycle is exacerbated
The child's detachment exacerbates the parents' feeling of helplessness
Climate change will exacerbate food and water shortages
We must be careful not to exacerbate the problem
His angry comments have exacerbated tensions in the negotiation process
, wouldexacerbate employment problems
Don't exacerbate the situation

English word "make worse"(exacerbate) occurs in sets:

English Common Verbs

3. aggravate aggravate


It's the little things that aggravate you.
Building the new road will only aggravate the situation. What really aggravates me is the way she won’t listen
Do not aggravate your position.
Attempts to restrict parking in the city centre have further aggravated the problem oftraffic congestion.
The treatment only aggravated the condition. Stop aggravating me, will you!
His comments only aggravated the problem.
Folks don’t like to have somebody around knowing more than they do. It aggravates them.
It will aggravate the wound.

4. impair


Lack of sleep can seriously impair reactions.
impair the image

5. compound


The pain of the compound fracture was almost unbearable.
Our problems were compounded by appalling weather conditions.
a compound of nuts and almonds
Hyphen is a short line (-) used to connect the parts of a compound word or the parts of a word divided for any purpose.
The embassy compound has been closed to the public because of a bomb threat.
Watch out! This compound is dangerous!
The gates opened and the troops marched into their compound.
don't compound them
There are many who believe that within this compound in the heart of this ancient wildness, there are horrors beyond imagining
In German, compound words are written as one word!
Compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe.

English word "make worse"(compound) occurs in sets:

crying, screaming, throwing up2

6. add insult to injury


She divorced him and to add insult to injury she started dating his brother.
He was late, then just to add insult to injury, he lied to me.
To add insult to injury, after cancelling our flight, they asked us to pay extra!
First, the basement flooded, and then, to add insult to injury, a pipe burst in the kitchen. My car barely started this morning, and to add insult to injury, I got a flat tire in the driveway.
Yes, I know he did wrong but he has already been punished for this, don’t add insult to injury.
when I speaking, I add insult to injury