From year to year, pollution is worsening.
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Worsening
Synonyms for "worsening" (151 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Noun(5 words)
about faceabout-faceaccommodationadaptationadjustmentaggravationalterationameliorationamplificationannoyanceapostasyaugmentationbettermentbreakchangechange of heartchangeablenesscoming apartconstructive changecontentiousness
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Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (45)
Noun(14 words)
decline in qualitydecline trenddecliningdegeneratedegeneratingdegenerationdegradationdegradedeterioratedeterioratingdeterioratingly notdeterioration trenddeteriorationsdownward trajectory
Verb(1 words)
Related words (75)
fallingfittingflaggingflip flopflip-flopfragmentinggoing to piecesgradual changeheighteningimpairmentimprovementincreaseintensificationirritationlanguishingmagnificationmarcescentmeliorationmitigationmodification
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modulationoverthrowpiningprovocationqualificationradical changere creationre-creationrealignmentredesignreformreformationregressiverelapseremakingrenewalreshapingrestructuringretrograderetrogressivereversalrevivalrevivificationrevolutionsharpeningshiftshrivelingsinkingslidingslippingslumpingsouringsubsidingsudden changeswitchtabetictotal changetransitionturnturnaboutupheavalvariationvarietyviolent changewaningwastingwiltingwithering
Adjective(1 words)
immediate deterioration
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11 entriesadjectivechangechange of statedeclinediminutionhealth status changemedical conditionmodifierprocesstrajectorytrend
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17 entriesacute deteriorationchronic deteriorationclinical deteriorationdegenerationdeteriorationdisease progressioneconomic declineeconomic downturnenvironmental degradationfunctional declinehealth declinehealth deteriorationinfrastructure deteriorationnegative trendparticipial adjectiveprenominal modifier
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Collocations
9 entriesworsening climateworsening conditionsworsening disparitiesworsening healthworsening outcomesworsening prognosisworsening rateworsening symptomsworsening trend
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSample sentences
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Due to the worsening weather, the departure was delayed.
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Amnesty International said the trial of Sergei Magnitsky, assassinated in a Russian prison, would "open a whole new chapter in Russia's worsening human rights record".
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Quality of life was worsening.
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