worse in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for worse in the English»French Dictionary

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

1. worse (more unsatisfactory, unpleasant):

worse
the next day was worse
the noise is worse

2. worse (more serious, severe):

worse
it looks worse than it is!
it could have been worse
it couldn't be worse!
to go from bad to worse
to get worse (and worse) illness, conflict:
to get worse (and worse) patient:
to be made worse

II.worse [Brit wəːs, Am wərs] N

III.worse [Brit wəːs, Am wərs] ADV comparative of badly

See also badly, bad

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

II.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADJ

1. bad (poor, inferior, incompetent, unacceptable):

bad attr joke
not bad inf

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

II.ill [Brit ɪl, Am ɪl] ADJ

III.ill [Brit ɪl, Am ɪl] ADV form

ill-favoured Brit, ill-favored Am ADJ

worse in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for worse in the English»French Dictionary

I.worse [wɜ:s, Am wɜ:rs] ADJ comp of bad

II.worse [wɜ:s, Am wɜ:rs] ADV

III.worse [wɜ:s, Am wɜ:rs] N no pl

See also bad, badly

I.bad <worse, worst> [bæd] ADJ

II.bad <worse, worst> [bæd] ADV inf

III.bad <worse, worst> [bæd] N no pl

badly <worse, worst> [ˈbædli] ADV

worse Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be the worse for wear
it's a change for the worse
to get worse and worse iron hum
to go from bad to worse
to take a turn for the worse
to go from bad to 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
Even though they have the money to pay the employees' paychecks, money still goes missing, but they have worse problems.
en.wikipedia.org
They are generally completely incompetent and make the situations they are summoned to help far 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
This means essentially so-so: getting better little by little or not getting any worse.
en.wikipedia.org
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
To make matters worse, a fire in 1941 destroyed 11 buildings, devastating the town's financial heart.
en.wikipedia.org
Proper recovery procedures were unknown, and a pilot's instinct to pull back on the stick served only to make a spin worse.
en.wikipedia.org
Yes, rudeness and innuendo to the waitstaff are worse but bad table manners are a total turn-off.
eatocracy.cnn.com

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