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1. (ill.) worse
bad or ill in a greater or higher degree; inferior in excellence, quality, or character.
2. worse
more unfavorable or injurious.
3. worse
in less good condition; in poorer health.
4. (n.) worse
that which is worse.
5. (adv.) worse
in a more evil, wicked, severe, or disadvantageous manner.
6. worse
with more severity, intensity, etc.; in a greater degree.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE wiersa (comp. adj.), wiers (adv.), c. OHG wirsiro, ON verri, Go wairsiza; cf. war2)
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| Definition of 'Worse' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) worse
something inferior in quality or condition or effect
"for better or for worse"; "accused of cheating and lying and worse"
2. (adj) worse
(comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
"this road is worse than the first one we took"; "the road is in worse shape than it was"; "she was accused of worse things than cheating and lying"
3. (adverb) worse, worsened
changed for the worse in health or fitness
"I feel worse today"; "her cold is worse"
4. (adverb) worse
(comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner
"he did worse on the second exam"
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1. (adjective) worse
more unpleasant or less good than others
Your singing is worse than Kellie's.
2. worse
get worse
to become worse
Clean the infected place, or it'll get worse.
3. (adverb) worse
bad to a greater degree
I performed worse than ever before.
4. (noun) worse
sth that is bad to a greater degree
The economy seems bad now, but there's worse to come.
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| Definition of 'Worse' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Worse
in a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad
2. (noun) Worse
loss; disadvantage; defeat
3. (noun) Worse
that which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise
4. Worse
bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick; -- used both in a physical and moral sense
5. (verb) Worse
to make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v
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Sense: bad to a greater extent
My exam results were bad but his were much worse (than mine).
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 Afrikaans: erger |
 Arabic: أسْوأ |
 Bulgarian: по-лош |
 Brazilian: pior |
 Czech: horší |
 German: schlechter |
 Danish: værre |
 Greek: χειρότερος |
 Spanish: peor |
 Estonian: halvem |
 Farsi: بدتر |
 Finnish: huonompi |
 French: pire (que) |
 Hebrew: יוֹתֵר גָרוּע |
 Hindi: बदतर |
 Croatian: gori |
 Hungarian: rosszabb |
 Indonesian: lebih buruk |
 Icelandic: verri |
 Italian: peggio |
 Japanese: なお悪い |
 Korean: 더 나쁜 |
 Lithuanian: blogesnis |
 Latvian: sliktāks |
 Malay: lebih teruk |
 Dutch: slechter |
 Norwegian: verre, dårligere |
 Polish: gorszy |
 Persian: بدتر |
 Pashto: د bad يسوي صفت، ډېر بد، ز |
 Portuguese: pior |
 Romanian: mai rău (decât) |
 Russian: худший; ещё хуже |
 Slovak: horší |
 Slovenian: slabši |
 Serbian: gori |
 Swedish: sämre, värre |
 Thai: แย่ลง |
 Turkish: daha kötü |
 Taiwanese: 「bad」的比較級 |
 Ukrainian: гірший |
 Urdu: بد تر |
 Vietnamese: tệ hơn |
 Chinese: “bad” 的比较级 |
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