make matters worse
idiom
: to make a situation worse
He laughed at her and then, to make matters worse, he accused her of lying!
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To make matters worse, the hurricane struck after Parmelee and his wife had just finished rebuilding their back porch, which was destroyed last year during Idalia.
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Daniella Silva, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2024
To make matters worse, postwar rationing and a dwindling supply of ingredients meant recipes shrank and were further simplified.
—David Farley, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2024
And for anyone with chronic constipation, Dr. Chen says that all that straining could just make matters worse—by contributing to what doctors call anismus or dyssynergic defecation.
—Amy Norton, SELF, 14 Aug. 2024
To make matters worse, living with an unpredictable heart rhythm may well aggravate any underlying anxiety.
—Trisha Pasricha, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
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Daniella Silva, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2024
To make matters worse, postwar rationing and a dwindling supply of ingredients meant recipes shrank and were further simplified.
—David Farley, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2024
And for anyone with chronic constipation, Dr. Chen says that all that straining could just make matters worse—by contributing to what doctors call anismus or dyssynergic defecation.
—Amy Norton, SELF, 14 Aug. 2024
To make matters worse, living with an unpredictable heart rhythm may well aggravate any underlying anxiety.
—Trisha Pasricha, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
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“Make matters worse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20matters%20worse. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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