worse
worse
wɜrs
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "worse"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāϞ

to a lesser degree of skill, ability, or quality
worse definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She sings beautifully, but she dances worse than her classmates.
āϏ⧇ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻ—āĻžāύ āĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āύāĻžāϚ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āφāϰāĻ“ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ

to a greater degree of seriousness, severity, or harmfulness
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Things turned worse once the power went out during the blackout.
āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āφāωāĻŸā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āĻ•āĻŽ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧋āώāϜāύāĻ•

of inferior quality, less satisfactory, or less pleasant compared to something else
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His latest novel is worse than the one he published last year.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āωāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āωāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āφāϰāĻ“ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ

greater in seriousness, intensity, or degree, often indicating a negative increase
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Traffic conditions became worse due to the heavy snowfall.
āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āϤ⧁āώāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ

morally or ethically more blameworthy, harmful, or wrong
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Stealing is wrong, but deliberately hurting someone is worse.
āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϭ⧁āϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āĻ•āĻŽ āωāĻĒāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ

less appropriate, effective, or accurate
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The new design turned out worse than the old one, causing more delays.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻžāχāύāϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āύ⧋āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāϞ

having less ability, proficiency, or effectiveness than another
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's worse at cooking than her sister but tries hard.
āϏ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§‹āύ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ

feeling more unwell, miserable, or unhappy than before

worsened

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I was feeling worse, so I decided to see a doctor.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ

something more severe, difficult, or unpleasant than what came before
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The storm was bad, but worse arrived that night.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏ⧇āχ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āĻ…āϧ⧋āĻ—āϤāĻŋ

a change to a less desirable, satisfactory, or positive state
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The negotiations started off well, but quickly went to the worse.
āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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