worse
English
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editEtymology
editFromMiddle Englishworse,werse,fromOld Englishwiersa,fromProto-Germanic*wirsizô.Cognate withDutchwers(“worse”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation)IPA(key):/wɜːs/
- (US)IPA(key):/wɝs/
- (US, New York City, archaic)IPA(key):[wəɪs]
Audio(US): (file) - Rhymes:-ɜː(ɹ)s
Adjective
editworse
- comparativeform ofbad:morebad
- Your exam results areworsethan before.
- The harder you try, theworseyou do.
Derived terms
edit- bad comes to worse
- be the worse for drink
- for better or for worse
- for better or worse
- for the worse
- go from bad to worse
- make matters worse
- none the worse
- none to the worse
- one's bark is worse than one's bite
- so much the worse
- so much the worse for
- take a turn for the worse
- the cure is worse than the disease
- what is worse
- worse-case
- worse comes to worse
- worse comes to worst
- worse for liquor
- worse for ware
- worse for wear
- worse luck
- worse off
- worse things happen at sea
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editcomparative form of bad
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Adverb
editworse
- comparativeform ofbadly(adverb):morebadly
- He drivesworsethan anyone I know.
- 2013July 19,Ian Sample,“Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”,inThe Guardian Weekly,volume189,number 6, page34:
- Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both faredworseon mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
- Less skillfully.
- More severely or seriously.
- (sentence adverb)Used to start a sentence describing something that is worse.
- Her leg is infected. Stillworse,she's developing a fever.
Translations
editcomparative of badly
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Noun
editworse
- (obsolete)Loss; disadvantage; defeat[1]
- 1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,2 Kings4:12:
- Judah was put to theworsebefore Israel.
- That which is worse; something less good.
- Do not think theworseof him for his enterprise.
Verb
editworse(third-person singular simple presentworses,present participleworsing,simple past and past participleworsed)
- (obsolete,transitive)To make worse; to put atdisadvantage;todiscomfit.
- 1667,John Milton,“Book VI”, inParadise Lost.[…],London:[…][Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker[…];[a]nd by Robert Boulter[…];[a]nd Matthias Walker,[…],→OCLC;republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books:[…],London: Basil Montagu Pickering[…],1873,→OCLC:
- Weapons more violent, when next we meet, / May serve to better us andworseour foes.
References
edit- ^“worse”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
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editworse
Chinese
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editworse
- (Hong Kong Cantonese)bad;terrible(usually used withintensifierHảo)
- 2012January 20,Dương ngàn hoa,quotee, “Dương ngàn hoa nhất hư tính toán nhà ở sinh”,inPhương đông nhật báo[1]:
- “Bác sĩ giúp ta làm tốt phơi! Hẳn là mão vấn đề quẻ! Bất quá nếu hảoworseKhái lời nói, duy có dùng nhất cổ xưa phương pháp tịch nhà ở sinh la! Cám đột phát đều phỏng chừng ngô đến giá!”
- Doctors will help me settle everything properly. There should be no problem. But if it becomesvery bad,then I will have to use the ancient way of giving birth at home. No one knows if this can suddenly happen!
- 2020January 22,Mã trọng nghi,quotee, “【 Vũ Hán viêm phổi đại bùng nổ 】 tân virus cùng mùa đông lưu cảm đồng thời giết đến tiền tuyến hộ lý ưu ẩn tính án đặc biệt bùng nổ”,inChúng tin tức[2]:
- “Bức đến ngươi duỗi khai chỉ tay liền ước lượng đến đối phương ( lân giường người bệnh ), hảoworse㗎 sao.”
- (pleaseadd an English translationof this quotation)
- 2020May 31,A nhiên,quotee, “【 Hong Kong vết thương 】 một người sinh viên bốn sự kiện —— thượng Gear, bị bắt, tìm thầy trị bệnh, gặp quan”,inĐộc lập truyền thông[3]:
- “Nếu ta biến phản làm vũ dũng, cám tình huống nhất định hảoworse( không xong ), có 啲 dã làm ta liếc ngô xem qua.”
- (pleaseadd an English translationof this quotation)
- 2022May 27,Hoàng thế anh,quotee, “【 mẫu thân tiết 】 ung thư vú trị bệnh bằng hoá chất kỳ lại nhiễm COVID-19 căng quá đau đớn mụ mụ: Chỉ nghĩ tam đại đồng đường nhạc tụ thiên luân”,inHong Kong kinh tế nhật báo TOPick[4]:
- Chính mình lúc ấy mang thai gần chín nguyệt, mà tình hình bệnh dịch nghiêm trọng, không có phương tiện ra ngoài, tưởng tượng đến không thể thăm, mua vật tư đưa cho ở nhà cách ly mụ mụ, trong lòng phi thường lo lắng, liếc ngô đến cừ mấy vất vả, ta lại đại trụ bụng, 嗰 ngày kêu tả một cái triều sớm, cảm thấy hảo bất lực, thế giới hảoworse( không xong ), bệnh viện công lập mão phơi tài nguyên.
- (pleaseadd an English translationof this quotation)
Middle English
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edit- wars,warse,weers,weorse,werce,wers,werse,wershe,wersse,wirse,wors,worsse
- wærse,werrse,wrse,wurse(Early Middle English)
Etymology
editFromOld Englishwiersa,fromProto-West Germanic*wirssō,variant of*wirsiʀō,fromProto-Germanic*wirsizô.Doubletofwerre(“worse”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editworse
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “werse,adj. (comparative).”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.
Adverb
editworse
- comparative degreeofyvel(adverb)
- comparative degreeofille(adverb)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “werse,adv. comparative.”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.
Noun
editworse(uncountable)
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edit- “wers(e,n.”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.
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