zhoršit — meaning in English
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English meaning
- aggravate verb To make a bad situation, problem, or injury worse.
- confound verb To completely puzzle or baffle someone.
- deteriorate verb To get worse in quality or condition.
- exacerbate verb To make an already bad situation, problem or feeling noticeably worse.
- slip verb To lose one's footing or grip and slide accidentally.
- worsen verb To make or become worse.
Senses
zhoršit is used for these senses in English:
- aggravate To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness. [from 16th c.]
- confound (sometimes, proscribed) To make something worse.
- exacerbate (transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).
- slip (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
aggravate — full definition
- verb To make a bad situation, problem, or injury worse.
- verb To annoy or irritate someone.
confound — full definition
- verb To completely puzzle or baffle someone.
- verb To mix up or fail to distinguish between two things.
- verb To defeat or ruin someone's plans.
- noun In statistics, a variable that distorts the apparent relationship between two other variables (a "confounding variable").