verschlechtern — meaning in English
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English meaning
- adulterate adj Corrupted or made impure by being mixed with something else; adulterated.
- confound verb To completely puzzle or baffle someone.
- debauch noun An individual act of debauchery.
- deteriorate verb To get worse in quality or condition.
- exacerbate verb To make an already bad situation, problem or feeling noticeably worse.
- flaw noun A defect or imperfection, often one that is hidden or not obvious at first.
- impair verb To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
- worsen verb To make or become worse.
Senses
verschlechtern is used for these senses in English:
- adulterate (transitive) To corrupt, to debase (someone or something).
- confound (sometimes, proscribed) To make something worse.
- debauch (transitive) To debase (something); to lower the value of (something).
- deteriorate (transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
- deteriorate (intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
- exacerbate (transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).
- flaw (transitive) To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.
- impair (transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
adulterate — full definition
- adj Corrupted or made impure by being mixed with something else; adulterated.
- adj Tending to commit adultery; relating to or being the product of adultery; adulterous.
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").