Hypertext Webster Gateway: "worsening"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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
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