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- Dictionaryworse/wəːs/
adjective
- 1. of poorer quality or lower standard; less good or desirable: "the accommodation was awful and the food was worse"
- 2. more ill or unhappy: "he felt worse, and groped his way back to bed"
adverb
- 1. less well or skilfully: "the more famous I became the worse I painted"
noun
- 1. a more serious or unpleasant event or situation: "the small department was already stretched to the limit, but worse was to follow"
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something that is more unpleasant or difficult: By the third month of the expedition they had endured many hardships, but worse was to follow. see worse "What about the bride's dress - wasn't it terrible?" "I don't know, I've seen worse." Opposite. better. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of WORSE is of more inferior quality, value, or condition. How to use worse in a sentence. of more inferior quality, value, or condition; more unfavorable, difficult, unpleasant, or painful; more faulty, unsuitable, or incorrect…
Worse definition: bad or ill in a greater or higher degree; inferior in excellence, quality, or character.. See examples of WORSE used in a sentence.
worse. adjective. /wɜːs/. /wɜːrs/. comparative of bad Idioms. of poorer quality or lower standard; 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.
comparative of bad : more unpleasant or difficult than something else that is also bad: The exam was worse than I expected. We'll have to stop the game if the rain gets any worse. Fewer examples. The situation was worse than they initially thought. My phone bill was even worse than I'd expected.
Worse means "not as good as something else" or "changed negatively," like a sore throat that is getting worse, meaning it hurts more now. Worse comes from the Old Saxon word werran or "to entangle, compound."
worse. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English worse1 /wɜːs $ wɜːrs/ S1 W2 adjective 1 [the comparative of bad] more unpleasant, bad, or severe → better worse than The violence was worse than we expected. The traffic is much worse after five o'clock. The weather was a lot worse this year.
