Verb

(head)

(worsen)

Verb

(en verb)

To make worse; to impair.

* The global warming has worsened the weather.

* Southey

It is apparent that, in the particular point of which we have been conversing, their condition is greatly worsened .

To become worse; to get worse.

* The weather has worsened .

(obsolete) To get the better of; to worst.

Verb

(head)

(intensify)

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01

, author=Donald Worster , title=A Drier and Hotter Future , volume=100, issue=1, page=70 , magazine= citation , passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}