ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate

aggravate, worsen, complicate, depress, inflame, ameliorate, alleviate, imperil, hamper, precipitate, magnify, persist, diminish, heighten, weaken, hinder, lessen, undermine, deepen, affect, erode, dampen, endanger, escalate, impair, threaten, constrain, embolden, intensify, impede, trigger, provoke, obviate, jeopardize, forestall, inhibit, perpetuate, amplify, devastate, exasperate, stoke, necessitate, mitigate, backfire, counteract, roil, destabilize, negate, embitter, discourage, cause, cripple, deplete, compounded, foreshadow, portend, abate, prolong, reduce, unbalance, distort, deteriorate, alienate, engender, relieve, suffer, predispose, dilute, arise, debilitate, attenuate, constrict, afflict, impoverish, forebode, curtail, undercut, perturb, hasten, preclude, occur, underlie, outweigh, stigmatize, irritate, polarize, displace, foment, linger, vitiate, solve, crimp, overwhelm, subside, fester, incite, entrench, remedied, derail, instigate, prevent, ensue, exacerbated, aggravating, debilitating, intrafamily, racial, unresolved, interethnic, intergroup, intragroup, intraracial, longstanding, unnecessary, workrelated, deepseated, emotional, ethnic, ethnonational, extreme, gender, intercommunal

cheapen, degrade

alter, anger, change