worse in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for worse in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.worse [Am wərs, Brit wəːs] ADJ comp of bad

1.1. worse condition/singer/insult:

worse
cheer up! it could be worse
to get worse
the music got worse
his hearing is getting worse and worse
his golf is getting worse and worse
things are getting worse and worse
things are getting worse and worse
what was worse was that
to be the worse for drink
there's nothing worse than

II.worse [Am wərs, Brit wəːs] ADV

III.worse [Am wərs, Brit wəːs] N

See also badly, bad

badly <comp worse, superl worst> [Am ˈbædli, Brit ˈbadli] ADV

I.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [Am bæd, Brit bad] ADJ The usual translation of bad, malo, becomes mal when it is used before a masculine singular noun.

2.2. bad (unsatisfactory):

I was here firsttoo bad! inf

II.bad [Am bæd, Brit bad] N

III.bad [Am bæd, Brit bad] ADV esp Am inf

worse-off <pred worse off> [ˌwɜːrsˈɔːf, ˌwɜːsˈɒf] ADJ

I.ill <iller illest> [Am ɪl, Brit ɪl] ADJ

II.ill [Am ɪl, Brit ɪl] ADV no comp

III.ill [Am ɪl, Brit ɪl] N

ill- [Am ɪl, Brit ɪl] PREFIX

ill. → illustrated, illustration(s)

ill-favored, ill-favoured Brit [Am ˌɪlˈfeɪvərd, Brit ɪlˈfeɪvəd] ADJ arch or liter

ill-humored, ill-humoured Brit [Am ˈɪlˈˌ(h)jumərd, Brit ˌɪlˈhjuːməd] ADJ form

ill-equipped [Am ˌɪləˈkwɪpt, Brit ɪlɪˈkwɪpt] ADJ

ill-suited [ˌɪlˈsuːtəd, ˌɪlˈsuːtɪd] ADJ

ill-starred [Am ˈɪl ˈˌstɑrd, Brit] ADJ liter

worse in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for worse in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.worse [wɜ:s, Am wɜ:rs] ADJ

II.worse [wɜ:s, Am wɜ:rs] N no pl

III.worse [wɜ:s, Am wɜ:rs] ADV

See also badly, bad

badly <worse, worst> [ˈbædli] ADV

I.bad <worse, worst> [bæd] ADJ

II.bad <worse, worst> [bæd] ADV inf

III.bad <worse, worst> [bæd] N no pl

II.ill [ɪl] ADV form (badly)

ill-favored ADJ Am, ill-favoured ADJ Brit

ill-informed [ˈɪlɪnˌfɔ:md] ADJ

ill-advised [ˌɪlədˈvaɪzd] ADJ

ill-equipped [ˌɪlɪˈkwɪpt] ADJ

worse Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to get worse and worse
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Alcohol-containing mouthwashes may make dry mouth and halitosis worse since it dries out the mouth.
en.wikipedia.org
But there is something much worse than a breach of pedantry and linguistic lack of logic.
www.independent.co.uk
To make matters worse, teachers who entered the profession from 2011 are on a severely cut salary scale, he said.
www.independent.ie
With housing benefit cuts now biting deep into peoples incomes, this is only going to get worse.
en.wikipedia.org
The worse offender in this case is damage to the skin from outdoor sun bathing, indoor tanning and normal unprotected sun expose when outdoors either working or playing.
www.emaxhealth.com
As predicted by the researchers, suppressors showed significantly worse performance on a memory test for the orally presented information.
en.wikipedia.org
This means essentially so-so: getting better little by little or not getting any worse.
en.wikipedia.org
Worse, it provoked the general feeling that it would have been better if the game had never come out, instead resting forever as the dictionary definition of vapourware.
www.wired.co.uk
Making matters worse, the agency was losing some of its best and most experienced operatives under an early retirement scheme.
www.independent.co.uk
Even worse are the cases where nervy or impatient hostage-takers don't get what they want immediately.
www.independent.co.uk

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