Synonyms and antonyms of To become worse in British Thesaurus

worsen (verb)

to become worse, or to make something worse

decline (verb)

to become less or worse

deteriorate (verb)

to become worse

deepen (verb)

if a bad situation deepens, it becomes worse

escalate (verb)

to become much worse or more serious, or to make something do this

degenerate (verb)

to become worse

spiral (verb)

to continuously become worse, more, or less

slide (verb)

to gradually be in a worse situation than before

go down ()

to become worse

come to the boil ()

if a situation or feeling comes to the boil, it starts to become more serious or dangerous

be all downhill/be downhill all the way ()

to become worse

boil over ()

if a situation or feeling boils over, people cannot control their anger and start to fight or argue

boil up ()

if a situation or feeling boils up, people start to feel angry

change for the better/worse ()

to start being better/worse

decay (verb)

to become gradually worse in quality, or weaker in power or influence

descend into ()

if a situation descends into a certain bad state, it becomes bad

fester (verb)

if a problem or unpleasant feeling festers, it becomes worse because no one has dealt with it

go (verb)

to start being in a worse state, or to stop working correctly as a result of becoming old or damaged

go downhill ()

to get worse

go off (British)

Britishinformal to become worse in quality

go to pot ()

if something goes to pot, it loses all of its good qualities because no one takes care of it

go to rack and ruin ()

if a building goes to rack and ruin, the condition of it becomes bad

regress (verb)

to return to a previous and usually less developed state or condition

rot (verb)

to be in a physical or mental condition that is gradually getting worse

sink (verb)

to become worse

slip (verb)

to become gradually less strong or good, or to move into a worse condition

slip into ()

to gradually start to be in a bad state or situation

suffer (verb)

to become worse or less successful