Worsening has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Adjective
Noun
1
process of changing to an inferior state
2
changing something with the result that it becomes worse
3
A worse situation; an aggravation
Verb
1
present participle of worsen
Adjective
1
changing for the worse
"worried by the worsening storm"
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