[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

worsening
     adj : changing for the worse; "worried by the worsening storm"
           ant: bettering
     n 1: process of changing to an inferior state syn: deterioration,
           decline in quality, declension
     2: changing something with the result that it becomes worse
see also:
bettering deterioration decline in quality declension 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

118 moby thesaurus words for "worsening":
   about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, aggravation,
   alteration, amelioration, amplification, annoyance, apostasy,
   augmentation, betterment, break, change, change of heart,
   changeableness, coming apart, constructive change, contentiousness,
   continuity, conversion, cracking, crumbling, decadent, declining,
   deepening, defection, degenerate, degeneration,
   degenerative change, deliberate aggravation, deteriorating,
   deterioration, deviation, difference, discontinuity,
   disintegrating, divergence, diversification, diversion, diversity,
   draining, drooping, dwindling, ebbing, effete, embittering,
   embitterment, enhancement, enlargement, exacerbation, exasperation,
   fading, failing, falling, fitting, flagging, flip-flop,
   fragmenting, going to pieces, gradual change, heightening,
   improvement, increase, intensification, irritation, languishing,
   magnification, marcescent, melioration, mitigation, modification,
   modulation, overthrow, pining, provocation, qualification,
   radical change, re-creation, realignment, redesign, reform,
   reformation, regressive, remaking, renewal, reshaping,
   restructuring, retrograde, retrogressive, reversal, revival,
   revivification, revolution, sharpening, shift, shriveling, sinking,
   sliding, slipping, slumping, souring, subsiding, sudden change,
   switch, tabetic, total change, transition, turn, turnabout,
   upheaval, variation, variety, violent change, waning, wasting,
   wilting, withering

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Worsening Situation in Bolivia
...2 and 3 (NY Times): "A worsening five-year political crisis in Bolivia ... Worsening Situation in Bolivia. Update: Bolivia Congress Names New ... ..
http://gosouthamerica.about.com/b/a/176337.htm, score=100, date indexed=December 18, 2005, 8:50 am

CNN.com - World hunger situation worsening - Oct. 17, 2003
...World hunger situation worsening. Civil war, drought and political ... ..
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/10/16/food.hunger/index.html, score=92, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 12:17 am

Tolvaptan for Worsening Heart Failure
...Patients 18 years and older admitted for worsening heart failure were ... Tolvaptan for Worsening Heart Failure. Category: Public Health News. ... ..
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/index.php?newsid=7769, score=86, date indexed=January 19, 2006, 6:39 am

Scientists say El Nino worsening. 10/05/2004. ABC News Online
...Scientists say El Nino worsening. New scientific evidence has shown ... ..
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1105345.htm, score=76, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 3:47 am

worsening - definition of worsening by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and...
...Meaning of worsening. What does worsening mean? worsening synonyms, ... worsening - changing for the worse; "worried by the worsening storm". ... ..
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/worsening, score=73, date indexed=December 17, 2005, 7:18 am

CNN.com - Worsening Afghan refugee crisis feared - April 26, 2001
...UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations fears a worsening humanitarian ... Worsening Afghan refugee crisis feared. International aid barely ... ..
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/04/26/un.afghan.refugees/index.html, score=73, date indexed=December 20, 2005, 3:09 pm

AM - Fallujah security situation worsening
...Fallujah security situation worsening. PRINT FRIENDLY. EMAIL STORY. AM ... ..
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2004/s1082762.htm, score=73, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 3:36 am

Orphans: Ethiopia??s worsening tragedy - Children's Health - MSNBC.com
...Orphans: Ethiopia??s worsening tragedy. Parentless children are ... ..
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6742558/, score=71, date indexed=January 27, 2006, 8:21 am

FDA Public Health Advisory
...Worsening Depression and Suicidality in Patients Being Treated With ... care providers should be aware that worsening of symptoms could be due ... ..
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/antidepressants/AntidepressanstPHA.htm, score=65, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 3:59 am

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