worse
wurs
- n something inferior in quality or condition or effect
for better or for worse
accused of cheating and lying and worse - a (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 - a changed for the worse in health or fitness
I feel worse today
her cold is worse - a having undesirable or negative qualities
- s very intense
- s feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
- s (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- a feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- s not capable of being collected
- s below average in quality or performance
- s nonstandard
- s not financially safe or secure
- s physically unsound or diseased
- s capable of harming
- s characterized by wickedness or immorality
- s reproduced fraudulently
- s not working properly
- r (comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner
he did worse on the second exam
- Many filmmakers, however, fear the proposed changes will only make censorship worse.
- One struggles to think of a worse vehicle at a worse time.
- But Gottman and Levenson also found that when gay men initiate difficult discussions with their partners, the partners are worse than straight or lesbian couples at "repairing .