transitive. To make worse; to impair, injure, or blemish. Cf. worsen, v. 1a.
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| 释义 | the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [verb (transitive)] (33) worsec1175 transitive. To make worse; to impair, injure, or blemish. Cf. worsen, v. 1a. worsena1250 transitive. To make worse; to impair, vitiate, cause to deteriorate; to spoil. Also (now usually) with something harmful, undesirable, or unpleasant… appair1297 transitive. To make worse, less valuable, weaker, or less; to injure, damage, weaken; to impair, v. impair1297 transitive. To make worse, less valuable, or weaker; to lessen injuriously; to damage, injure. pairc1330 transitive. To make worse; to harm, damage; to cause diminution to; = impair, v. 1. Also intransitive: to effect a diminution or deterioration… aggregea1382 transitive. To make graver or more serious, to aggravate. appalea1500 transitive. To make pale, to dim. Cf. appal, v. 5. emperish1509 transitive. To make worse; to impair, injure. Also intransitive: to worsen. empyre1566 transitive. To impair, make worse. worser1590 transitive. To make worse; = worsen, v. 1a. worst1602 transitive. To make worse, impair, damage, inflict loss upon: = worse, v. 2, worsen, v. 1. rare after 18th cent. improve1609 transitive. In negative sense: to increase or intensify (something undesirable); to exacerbate, make worse. Obsolete. pejorate1653 transitive. To make worse; to cause to deteriorate. In later use also: to endow (a word) with a less favourable meaning. (In quot. 1701 used intransit… vilioratea1722 transitive. To make less good; to worsen. misimprove1847 transitive. To make worse in attempting to improve. Also intransitive. nastify1873 transitive. To make nasty; to spoil. Obsolete. rare. Subcategories:— in quality or character (14) — other (3) |
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