worsen

Object

• plight: Now He is forced to behold her steadily worsening plight.
• situation: However, the situation worsened; during the second week 27 out of 113 guests became affected.
• symptom: Massage has sometimes been found to worsen the symptoms.
• asthma: NSAIDs may worsen asthma, hypertension, renal impairment, or heart failure.
• congestion: Long term use of nasal sprays can cause worsened congestion.
• tsunami: Also, were the effects of the tsunami worsened by the destruction of mangroves?

Subject

• destruction: Also, were the effects of the tsunami worsened by the destruction of mangroves?

Adjective complement

• due: The situation has worsened due to a considerable amount of building work being carried out on various properties in the area.

Modifying Another Word

• steadily: Now He is forced to behold her steadily worsening plight.
• progressively: The parents took the child to every witch doctor they could find, but the child's condition progressively worsened.
• markedly: Anyone whose physical, mental or emotional state would markedly worsen, or who would need residential care, without immediate help.
• considerably: DWP had eventually refused the request, by which time the financial position of the Plan had worsened considerably.
• gradually: The arrival of the locusts has turned an gradually worsening problem into an acute food shortage.
• dramatically: The relationship between the Protestant and Roman Catholic communities in the town, uneasy prior to 1985, worsened dramatically.

Used with why or when

• when: Already one of the most exploited and low-paid groups in the workforce, their situation worsened when contract cleaning was introduced.

Present participle complement

• exist: Too little fluid can increase the risk of urine infections, tiredness, headaches, constipation, and thus worsen existing MS symptoms.

Preposition: of

• asthma: Worsening of asthma, and maybe even the possibility of a severe asthma attack.
• symptom: The choice depends on the size, number, location and the rapidity of worsening of the symptoms.

Preposition: by

• homelessness: Also in this section AIDS worsened by homelessness Proposed bill targets travel rights Mugabeâs biggest mistake?
• destruction: Also, were the effects of the tsunami worsened by the destruction of mangroves?