Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

making matters worse

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables
mak-ing -mat-ter-s -worse
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of make matters worse

Questions

What does making matters worse mean?
present participle and gerund of make matters worse

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