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worse
(w/[@]/rs )

adjective (a)

  • (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability(adj.all)
    Example:
    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.
    Antonym:
    better
    source: wordnet30
  • changed for the worse in health or fitness(adj.all)
    Example:
    I feel worse today.
    Her cold is worse.
    Synonym:
    worsened
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • something inferior in quality or condition or effect(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    For better or for worse.
    Accused of cheating and lying and worse.
    source: wordnet30
  • Loss; disadvantage; defeat.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • (comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner(adv.all)
    Example:
    He did worse on the second exam.
    source: wordnet30
  • In a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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