worse

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worse adjective, adverb, noun BrE [wɜːs] NAmE [wɜːrs]
adjective (comparative of bad)
1. of poorer quality or lower standard; less good or more unpleasant
• The rooms were awful and the food was worse.
• The weather got worse during the day.
•I've been to far worse places.
•~ than sth The interview was much worse than he had expected.
•~ than doing sth There's nothing worse than going out in the cold with wet hair.
2. ~ (than sth/doing sth) more serious or severe
• They were trying to prevent an even worse tragedy.
• The crisis was getting worse and worse.
•Don't tell her that— you'll only make things worse.
•Never mind— it could be worse (= although the situation is bad, it is not as bad as it might have been).
3. not before noun more ill/sick or unhappy
• If he gets any worse we'll call the doctor.
• He told her she'd let them down and she felt worse than ever.
more at sb's bark is worse than their bite at ↑bark _n., a fate worse than death at ↑fate _n.

Word Origin:
Old English wyrsa, wiersa (adjective), wiers (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to ↑war.

Example Bank:
•I feel even worse today!
•Ignoring the problem will make it worse.
•It's much worse for the parents than it is for the child.
•The area seemed almost worse than the city he had left.
•The news got dramatically worse.
•The pain grew worse.
•The problem became progressively worse.
•The problem is getting worse all the time.
•Things could be a sight worse than they are.
•Things were about to get very much worse.
•We've run out of coffee. Worse still, we can't get any more until tomorrow.
Idioms: ↑come off worse ▪ ↑go from bad to worse ▪ ↑none the worse ▪ ↑worse for wear ▪ ↑worse luck! ▪ ↑worse off ▪ ↑you can do worse than do something
 
adverb (comparative of badly)
1. ~ (than sth) less well
• I didn't do it very well, but, if anything, he did it worse than I did.
2. ~ (than sth) more seriously or severely
• It's raining worse than ever.
3. ~ (than sth) used to introduce a statement about sth that is more serious or unpleasant than things already mentioned
• She'd lost her job. Even worse, she'd lost her house and her children, too.

Word Origin:
Old English wyrsa, wiersa (adjective), wiers (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to ↑war.
 
noun uncountable
more problems or bad news
•I'm afraid there is worse to come.
more at for better or (for) worseso much the better/worse at ↑better _n., a change for the better/worse at ↑change _n.

Word Origin:
[worse] Old English wyrsa, wiersa (adjective), wiers (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to ↑war.