worsen

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As for further retaliation: adding such fuel to the fire, as it were, will only worsen the already unpleasant state of affairs.

थप प्रतिकारको कुरा गर्दा: यसरी आगमा इन्धन थप्नुले पहिले नै अप्रिय अवस्थालाई अझ नराम्रो बनाउनेछ।