WORSE

worse

(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”

worse, worsened

(adjective) changed for the worse in health or fitness; “I feel worse today”; “her cold is worse”

worse

(adverb) (comparative of ‘ill’) in a less effective or successful or desirable manner; “he did worse on the second exam”

worse

(noun) something inferior in quality or condition or effect; “for better or for worse”; “accused of cheating and lying and worse”

BAD

bad, tough

(adjective) feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’); “my throat feels bad”; “she felt bad all over”; “he was feeling tough after a restless night”

bad, spoiled, spoilt

(adjective) (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; “bad meat”; “a refrigerator full of spoilt food”

bad, defective

(adjective) not working properly; “a bad telephone connection”; “a defective appliance”

bad, forged

(adjective) reproduced fraudulently; “like a bad penny...”; “a forged twenty dollar bill”

bad

(adjective) having undesirable or negative qualities; “a bad report card”; “his sloppy appearance made a bad impression”; “a bad little boy”; “clothes in bad shape”; “a bad cut”; “bad luck”; “the news was very bad”; “the reviews were bad”; “the pay is bad”; “it was a bad light for reading”; “the movie was a bad choice”

bad

(adjective) characterized by wickedness or immorality; “led a very bad life”

regretful, sorry, bad

(adjective) feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; “felt regretful over his vanished youth”; “regretful over mistakes she had made”; “he felt bad about breaking the vase”

bad

(adjective) capable of harming; “bad air”; “smoking is bad for you”

bad, unfit, unsound

(adjective) physically unsound or diseased; “has a bad back”; “a bad heart”; “bad teeth”; “an unsound limb”; “unsound teeth”

bad, big

(adjective) very intense; “a bad headache”; “in a big rage”; “had a big (or bad) shock”; “a bad earthquake”; “a bad storm”

bad, risky, high-risk, speculative

(adjective) not financially safe or secure; “a bad investment”; “high risk investments”; “anything that promises to pay too much can’t help being risky”; “speculative business enterprises”

bad

(adjective) nonstandard; “so-called bad grammar”

bad

(adjective) below average in quality or performance; “a bad chess player”; “a bad recital”

bad, uncollectible

(adjective) not capable of being collected; “a bad (or uncollectible) debt”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

worse

comparative form of bad

comparative form of ill

Adverb

worse

comparative form of badly

comparative form of ill.

Less skillfully.

More severely or seriously.

(sentence adverb) Used to start a sentence describing something that is worse.

Verb

worse (third-person singular simple present worses, present participle worsing, simple past and past participle worsed)

(obsolete, transitive) To make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit.

Noun

worse

(obsolete) Loss; disadvantage; defeat.

That which is worse; something less good.

Anagrams

• Rowse, WOREs, owers, owres, resow, serow, sower, sowre, swore

Source: Wiktionary

Worse, a., compar. of Bad. Etym: [OE. werse, worse, wurse, AS. wiersa, wyrsa, a comparative with no corresponding positive; akin to OS. wirsa, OFries. wirra, OHG. wirsiro, Icel. verri, Sw. värre, Dan. värre, Goth. waírsiza, and probably to OHG. werran to bring into confusion, E. war, and L. verrere to sweep, sweep along. As bad has no comparative and superlative, worse and worst are used in lieu of them, although etymologically they have no relation to bad.]

Definition: 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. Or worse, if men worse can devise. Chaucer. [She] was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse. Mark v. 26. Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse. 2 Tim. iii. 13. There are men who seem to believe they are not bad while another can be found worse. Rambler. "But I love him." "Love him Worse and worse." Gay.

Worse, n.

1. Loss; disadvantage; defeat. "Judah was put to the worse before Israel." Kings xiv. 12.

2. That which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise.

Worse, adv. Etym: [AS. wiers, wyrs; akin to OS. & OHG. wirs, Icel. verr, Goth, waírs; a comparative adverb with no corresponding positive. See Worse, a.]

Definition: In a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad. Now will we deal worse with thee than with them. Gen. xix. 9.

Worse, v. t. Etym: [OE. wursien, AS. wyrsian to become worse.]

Definition: To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v. Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes. Milton.

BAD

Bad, imp.

Definition: of Bid. Bade. [Obs.] Dryden.

Bad, a. [Compar. Worse; superl. Worst. ] Etym: [Probably fr. AS. bæddel hermaphrodite; cf. bædling effeminate fellow.]

Definition: Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news.

Note: Sometimes used substantively. The strong antipathy of good to bad. Pope.

Syn.

– Pernicious; deleterious; noxious; baneful; injurious; hurtful; evil; vile; wretched; corrupt; wicked; vicious; imperfect.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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