better, improve, enhance
ameliorate
A hot meal can ameliorate the discomforts of even the coldest day.
worsen
A hot meal can ameliorate the discomforts of even the coldest day.
Ameliorate means to make better.I shall ameliorate his pain with comforting words. Virginia will ameliorate her debt by making payments on time. The war will be ameliorated by a peace treaty.
To make or become better
I think you mean ameliorate, which means to make something that is bad into something better. The new law will ameliorate this situation.
There are several words meaning "make better" in different contexts, including mend, emend, ameliorate, improve and cure.
The government is attempting to ameliorate the impact of the floods on the economy. A bypass road would ameliorate the traffic problems that exist in the town.
ameliorate, ease, soothe, deaden...
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