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悪化 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • degeneration noun The process of becoming worse, weaker, or less functional over time.
  • deteriorate verb To get worse in quality or condition.
  • exacerbate verb To make an already bad situation, problem or feeling noticeably worse.
  • worsen verb To make or become worse.

Senses

悪化 is used for these senses in English:

  • degeneration (uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.
  • 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.).
  • worsen (transitive) To make worse; to impair.
  • worsen (intransitive) To become worse; to get worse.

deteriorate — full definition

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

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