Enhance
Enhance verb - To make better.
Usage example: some shrubbery would really enhance the curb appeal of that house
Worsen
Worsen verb - To become worse or of less value.
Usage example: the condition of the house worsened with every year of neglect
Common collocations
| sense | enhance sense | worsen sense |
| mood | enhance mood | worsen mood |
| connection | enhance connection | worsen connection |
| image | enhance image | worsen image |
| Other words: appearance, way, atmosphere, health, effects, weapon. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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This is presumably because they require an actor to worsen his or her appearance rather than enhance it, the attainment of a fit or muscular body being seen as a prize in itself.
Source: Oscar Bait
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Worsen and Enhance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/enhance/worsen
Enhance & Worsen. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/enhance/worsen>.
Worsen or Enhance. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/enhance/worsen.
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