WORSE
\wˈɜːs], \wˈɜːs], \w_ˈɜː_s]\
Definitions of WORSE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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changed for the worse in health or fitness; "I feel worse today"; "her cold is worse"
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(comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner; "he did worse on the second exam"
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(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"
By Princeton University
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changed for the worse in health or fitness; "I feel worse today"; "her cold is worse"
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(comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner; "he did worse on the second exam"
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(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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise.
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To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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That which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise.
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To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Comparative of bad; bad or ill to a larger extent; more evil or corrupt; less good; more sick; as, the patient is worse.
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In a less good manner or degree.
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That which is less good.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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In a manner more evil or bad.
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The comparative of bad, evil or ill; bad, evil or ill in a greater degree; more depraved and corrupt, in a moral sense; in regard to health, more unwell or more sick; more bad; less perfect or good.
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Loss; not the advantage; something less good.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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In a manner more evil or bad.
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Used as the comparative of the adjective bad; bad or ill in a greater degree; more depraved and corrupt.
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Not the advantage; loss, as, "Judah was put to the worse"; something less good, as, "he does not think the worse of him for it".
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
