Worsener

Quick meaning: Worsener is a noun meaning One who or that which worsens (things), makes things worse.

Meaning

One who or that which worsens (things), makes things worse.

More Meanings

1. (especially in medicine) One who or that which worsens (internally), becomes worse, deteriorates in condition.

Example Sentences

But those that seek to put all that to rights are very often merely the perpetrators and worseners of the situation. Neurosis has a long arm. Perhaps there are no solutions or perhaps only personal ones. I think it's too late to "save" the world. Certainly Primal Therapy won't do it. So all that is left is to feel how nobody saved you. Then perhaps you'll be able to live more comfortably with the larger reality.

Make-believe worseners of human nature and human life, Wertherian, Byronic or à la Musset have given way to the trio of the blackening pen, Flaubert, Zola, Maupassant, and later on their heels comes a wit as brilliant and versatile as Voltaire's, but without Voltaire's hopefulness and faith in humanity — Anatole France. Balzac's work has immensely enriched the intellectual capital of the world, has it made the multitude, the "rascal many," happier or better?

Thirteen patients improved one point or more (improvers), 18 patients worsened in psychosis one point or more (worseners) and 14 did not change (nonchangers). Patients who improved were able to focus better on the interview, were less hindered by delusions, hallucinated less, were more trusting and were less anxious. d-Amphetamine blood levels were identical for improvers and worseners. The preinfusion psychosis ratings were significantly different among the three groups: [...]

Word Forms

• worseners

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