From year to year, pollution is worsening.
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Worsening
Synonyms for "worsening" (134 found)
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fittingflaggingflip flopflip-flopfragmentinggoing to piecesgradual changeheighteningimpairmentimprovementincreaseintensificationirritationlanguishingmagnificationmarcescentmeliorationmitigationmodificationmodulation
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overthrowpiningprovocationqualificationradical changere creationre-creationrealignmentredesignreformreformationregressiverelapseremakingrenewalreshapingrestructuringretrograderetrogressivereversalrevivalrevivificationrevolutionsharpeningshiftshrivelingsinkingslidingslippingslumpingsouringsubsidingsudden changeswitchtabetictotal changetransitionturnturnaboutupheavalvariationvarietyviolent changewaningwastingwiltingwithering
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22 translations across 17 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- пагаршэ́нне noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
Bulgarian
1 entries- влоша́ване noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
Catalan
1 entries- empitjorament noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
Czech
1 entries- zhoršení noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
Finnish
2 entries- huononeminen noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
- paheneminen noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
French
1 entries- aggravation noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
Galician
1 entries- empeoramento noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
German
2 entries- Verschlechterung noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
- Verschlimmerung noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
Greek
2 entries- επιδείνωση noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
- χειροτέρευση noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
Italian
3 entries- aggravamento noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
- inasprimento noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
- peggioramento noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
Macedonian
1 entries- влошување noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
Polish
1 entries- pogorszenie noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
Russian
1 entries- ухудше́ние noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
Slovak
1 entries- zhoršenie noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
Spanish
1 entries- empeoramiento noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
Swedish
1 entries- försämring noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
Ukrainian
1 entries- погі́ршення noun (worse situation — see also deterioration)
Sample 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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