worse

Plural: worses

Noun

• Something that is less good or more unfavorable.
• something inferior in quality or condition or effect
  • "for better or for worse"
  • "accused of cheating and lying and worse"
• Loss; disadvantage; defeat
• That which is worse; something less good.

Adjective

• (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"
• changed for the worse in health or fitness
  • "I feel worse today"
  • "her cold is worse"
• having undesirable or negative qualities
• feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

Adjective Satellite

• very intense
• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
• (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
• not capable of being collected
• below average in quality or performance
• nonstandard
• not financially safe or secure
• physically unsound or diseased
• capable of harming
• characterized by wickedness or immorality
• reproduced fraudulently
• not working properly

Adverb

• (comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner
  • "he did worse on the second exam"

Adj

• comparative form of bad: more bad

Adv

• comparative form of badly (adverb): more badly
• Less skillfully.
• More severely or seriously.
• Used to start a sentence describing something that is worse.

Verb

• To make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit.

Examples

• Do not think the worse of him for his enterprise.
• Drawing five vowels is bad, but drawing six is even worse for a Scrabble player.
• He drives worse than anyone else I know.
• Her leg is infected. Still worse, she's developing a fever.
• The bad news affected me worse than it did my brother.
• The harder you try, the worse you do.
• Your exam results are worse than before.

Synonyms

bad, big, defective, forged, high-risk, regretful, risky, sorry, speculative, spoiled, spoilt, tough, uncollectible, unfit, unsound, worsened

Antonyms

better, good, unregretful

Related Words

worst

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