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worsening has 3 distinct synonyms spread across 1 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is bettering.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
process of changing to an inferior state
changing something with the result that it becomes worse
changing for the worse
“worried by the worsening storm”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for worsening come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.