GET WORSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does get worse mean? 

• GET WORSE (verb)
  The verb GET WORSE has 1 sense:

1. deteriorate in health

  Familiarity information: GET WORSE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GET WORSE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deteriorate in health

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

get worse; relapse

Context example:

he relapsed

Hypernyms (to "get worse" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Antonym:

get well (improve in health)

 Context examples 

Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis (FAMS) Additional Concerns: I worry that my condition will get worse.

(FAMS - Worry My Condition Will Get Worse, NCI Thesaurus)

The length of time during and after the treatment of a disease, such as cancer, that a patient lives with the disease but it does not get worse.

(PFS, NCI Dictionary)

It can get worse over time, and may spread to other parts of the body.

(Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Untreated, hearing problems can get worse.

(Hearing Disorders and Deafness, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

Symptoms often start gradually, and then get worse.

(Peripheral Nerve Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Myeloproliferative disorders usually get worse over time as the number of extra cells build up in the blood and/or bone marrow.

(Myeloproliferative disorder, NCI Dictionary)

However, symptoms gradually get worse over time.

(Leukodystrophies, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Women's symptoms often get worse during their periods.

(Interstitial Cystitis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Peptic ulcers will get worse if not treated.

(Peptic Ulcer, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

It is a chronic disease that may last for a long time and get worse.

(Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorder of NK-Cells, NCI Dictionary)