intransitive. To become or grow worse in condition or quality, deteriorate. Cf. worsen, v. 2.
| 单词 | θ912180 |
| 释义 | the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [verb (intransitive)] (47) worseeOE intransitive. To become or grow worse in condition or quality, deteriorate. Cf. worsen, v. 2. aswindc885 intransitive. To languish away, vanish, perish. worsena1250 intransitive. To become worse, to deteriorate. Also with something undesirable, unpleasant, etc., as subject: to intensify, to become more severe. appair1340 intransitive (by omission of reflexive pronoun.) To grow or become worse, less valuable, weaker, or less; to deteriorate, fall off, or decay. impair1340 intransitive (for reflexive). To grow or become worse, less valuable, weaker, or less; to suffer injury or loss; to deteriorate, fall off, or… fainta1375 intransitive. To lose heart or courage, be afraid, become depressed, give way, flag. Now only archaic after Biblical uses. pairc1390 intransitive. To become or grow worse, deteriorate, fall off; to diminish; = impair, v. 2. Also with up. vade1471 intransitive. Of colour: = fade, v.1 4. decay1511 To fall off (in quality or condition); to deteriorate or become impaired; to lose its characteristic quality, strength, or excellence; to be in a… decline1530 figurative. To fall off or fail in force, vigour, or vitality; to decay, wane, diminish, decrease; to fall from prosperity or excellence, to… degenerate1545 intransitive. To lose, or become deficient in, the qualities proper to the race or kind; to fall away… transferred and figurative of things. lapse1641 To fall away by slow degrees; to pass or sink gradually through absence of effort or sustaining influence. Also with away, back, out. Constr. from… addle1654 intransitive. Of an egg: to become rotten; to fail to produce a chick; to rot, to putrefy. Also figurative. sunset1656 intransitive. To come or be brought to an end; to decline in amount, degree, or quality. rare. deteriorate1758 intransitive. To grow worse in character; to become lowered or impaired in quality or value; to degenerate. worst1781 intransitive. To grow worse, deteriorate. rare. descend1829 intransitive. Of a situation, sequence of events, etc.: to degenerate or deteriorate into (or occasionally to) a less desirable state or condition. disimprove1846 intransitive. To grow worse, deteriorate. slush1882 To descend or degenerate into something. devolute1893 intransitive. To lapse. worser1894 intransitive. To become worse; = worsen, v. 2. Subcategories:— in quality or character (20) — in rank or condition (2) — collapse (1) — go to ruin (2) — other (1) |
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