go from bad to worse

adjective

Roget 659: unimproved etc. (improve) etc. 658; deteriorated etc. v.; altered, altered for the worse; injured etc. v.; sprung; withering, spoiling etc. v.; on the wane, on the decline; tabid^†; degenerate; marescent^†; worse; the worse for, all the worse for; out of repair, out of tune; imperfect etc. 651; the worse for wear; battered; weathered, weather-beaten; stale, passe, shaken, dilapidated, frayed, faded, wilted, shabby, secondhand, threadbare; worn, worn to a thread, worn to a shadow, worn to the stump, worn to rags; reduced, reduced to a skeleton; far gone; tacky [U.S.].    decayed etc. v.; moth-eaten, worm-eaten; mildewed, rusty, moldy, spotted, seedy, time-worn, moss-grown; discolored; effete, wasted, crumbling, moldering, rotten, cankered, blighted, tainted; depraved etc. (vicious) 945; decrepid^†, decrepit; broke, busted, broken, out of commission, hors de combat [Fr.], out of action, broken down; done, done for, done up; worn out, used up, finished; beyond saving, fit for the dust hole, fit for the wastepaper basket, past work etc. (useless) 645.    at a low ebb, in a bad way, on one's last legs; undermined, deciduous; nodding to its fall etc. (destruction) 162; tottering etc. (dangerous) 665; past cure etc. (hopeless) 859; fatigued etc. 688; retrograde etc. (retrogressive) 283; deleterious etc. 649.    ... show more

verb

Roget 835: aggravate, render worse, heighten, embitter, sour; exacerbate; exasperate, envenom; enrage, provoke, tease.    add fuel to the fire, add fuel to the flame; fan the flame etc. (excite) 824; go from bad to worse etc. (deteriorate) 659.    ... show more

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