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forværre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • aggravate verb To make a bad situation, problem, or injury worse.
  • deteriorate verb To get worse in quality or condition.
  • exacerbate verb To make an already bad situation, problem or feeling noticeably worse.

Senses

forværre 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.]
  • deteriorate (transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
  • exacerbate (transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).

aggravate — full definition

  1. verb To make a bad situation, problem, or injury worse.
  2. verb To annoy or irritate someone.

deteriorate — full definition

  1. verb To get worse in quality or condition.
  2. verb To make something worse.

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