worsening

1. 1.

   changing for the worse

   “worried by the worsening storm”

   Antonymsbettering

Other forms of worsening

plural

worsenings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about worsening

What does worsening mean?

worsening means "process of changing to an inferior state". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in worsening?

worsening has 3 syllables: wor-se-ning. The stress falls on "wor". In IPA it is /ˈwɝsənɪŋ/.

What is another word for worsening?

Close synonyms include deterioration, decline in quality, declension. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of worsening?

The recorded antonyms are bettering.

Is worsening a common word?

worsening is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.