worse
US: /ˈwɝs/
UK: /wˈɜːs/
UK: /wˈɜːs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
worse /wə:s/
- tính từ (cấp so sánh của bad)
- xấu hơn, tồi hơn, dở hơn
- ác hơn
- nguy hiểm hơn
- (vị ngữ) nặng hơn, trầm trọng hơn, nguy kịch hơn (bệnh, hoàn cảnh)
- the doctor says he is worse today: bác sĩ nói bệnh anh ta hôm nay nặng hơn
- to have the worse ground: ở địa vị xấu hơn, ở trong điều kiện xấu hơn
- phó từ (cấp so sánh của badly)
- xấu hơn, kém hơn
- he has been taken worse: bệnh tình anh ta trở nên xấu hơn (nặng hơn)
- tệ hơn, mạnh hơn, quá quắt hơn
- it's raining worse than ever: mưa chưa bao giờ dữ như thế này
- none the worse
- không kém
- worse off
- lâm vào hoàn cảnh xấu hơn; sa sút
- xấu hơn, kém hơn
- danh từ
- cái xấu hơn, cái tệ hơn, cái tồi hơn
- there was worse to come: còn có những cái xấu hơn sẽ đến
- tình trạng xấu hơn, chiều hướng xấu hơn
- a change for the worse: sự thay đổi xấu đi
- to go from bad to worse: ngày càng xấu hơn
- (the worse) sự thua cuộc
- to have the worse: bị thua
- to put to the worse: thắng
- cái xấu hơn, cái tệ hơn, cái tồi hơn
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, adverb, noun
+ adjective (comparative of bad) ~ (than sth / doing sth)
1 of poorer quality or lower standard; less good or more unpleasant: The rooms were awful and the food was worse. + The weather got worse during the day. + The interview was much worse than he had expected. + I've been to far worse places. + There's nothing worse than going out in the cold with wet hair.
2 more serious or severe: They were trying to prevent an even worse tragedy. + The crisis was getting worse and worse. + Don't tell her that-you'll only make things worse. + Never mind-it could be worse (= although the situation is bad, it is not as bad as it might have been).
3 [not before noun] more ill/sick or unhappy: If he gets any worse we'll call the doctor. + He told her she'd let them down and she felt worse than ever.
Idioms: come off worse to lose a fight, competition, etc. or suffer more compared with others
go from bad to worse (of a bad condition, situation, etc.) to get even worse
worse luck! (BrE, spoken) used to show that you are disappointed about sth: I shall have to miss the party, worse luck!
more at BARK n., FATE n.
+ adverb (comparative of badly) ~ (than sth)
1 less well: I didn't do it very well, but, if anything, he did it worse than I did.
2 more seriously or severely: It's raining worse than ever.
3 used to introduce a statement about sth that is more serious or unpleasant than things already mentioned: She'd lost her job. Even worse, she'd lost her house and her children, too.
Idioms: be worse off to be poorer, unhappier, etc. than before or than sb else: The increase in taxes means that we'll be £30 a month worse off than before. + I've only broken my arm; other people are far worse off than me.
you can / could do worse than do sth used to say that you think sth is a good idea: If you want a safe investment, you could do a lot worse than put your money in a building society.
+ noun [U] more problems or bad news: I'm afraid there is worse to come.
Idioms: be none the worse (for sth) to not be harmed by sth: The kids were none the worse for their adventure.
the worse for wear (informal)
1 in a poor condition because of being used a lot
2 drunk: He arrived home at two in the morning, much the worse for wear.
more at BETTER n., CHANGE n.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 poor, wretched, inferior, defective, awful, worthless, miserable, egregious, execrable, substandard, unsatisfactory, disappointing, inadequate, non-standard, Colloq lousy, rotten, crummy, Slang Brit grotty, naff:
Sometimes they would send him a letter, but he was a bad correspondent. We went to see a rather bad play the other night.
2 corrupt, polluted, vitiated, debased, base, vile, foul, rotten, miasmic, noxious, mephitic, unhealthy, poisonous, injurious, dangerous, harmful, hurtful, pernicious, deleterious, ruinous:
It wasn't healthy to be so near the bad air of the sewer.
3 evil, ill, immoral, wicked, vicious, vile, sinful, depraved, awful, villainous, corrupt, amoral, criminal, wrong, unspeakable:
The man was thoroughly bad and deserved everything he got.
4 unpleasant, offensive, disagreeable, inclement, severe, awful, unfavourable, adverse, inclement, unpleasant, Colloq lousy, rotten:
Surely you're not going sailing in this bad weather?!
5 unfavourable, unlucky, unpropitious, unfortunate, inauspicious, troubled, grim, distressing, discouraging, unpleasant:
Agreeing to do that job might yet turn out to have been a bad decision.
6 off, tainted, spoilt or spoiled, mouldy, stale, rotten, decayed, putrefied, putrid, contaminated:
The fridge isn't working and all the food has gone bad. She ate a bad egg and felt ill the next day.
7 irascible, ill-tempered, grouchy, irritable, nasty, peevish, cross, crotchety, crabby, cranky, curmudgeonly:
Don't go near the boss - he's been in a bad mood all day.
8 sorry, regretful, apologetic, contrite, rueful, sad, conscience-stricken, remorseful, upset:
She felt bad about having invited me.
9 sad, depressed, unhappy, dejected, downhearted, disconsolate, melancholy; inconsolable:
I feel bad about you losing your purse.
10 naughty, ill-behaved, misbehaving, disobedient, unruly, wild; mischievous:
Ronnie isn't a bad boy, he's just bored.
11 distressing, severe, grave, serious, terrible, awful, painful:
He was laid up with a bad case of the mumps.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, feel, look, seem
I feel even worse today!
| become, get, grow
The problem is getting worse all the time. The pain grew worse.
| make sth
Ignoring the problem will make it worse.
ADV.
considerably, dramatically, far, a good/great deal, infinitely, a lot, (very) much, a sight, significantly
It's much worse for the parents than it is for the child. Things could be a sight worse than they are.
| almost
The area seemed almost worse than the city he had left.
| a little, rather, slightly, substantially | progressively, steadily
The problem became progressively worse.
| even, still
We've run out of petrol. Worse still, we can't get any more until tomorrow.
Concise English dictionary
wɜrs /wɜːs
noun
+something inferior in quality or condition or effect
adj.
+(comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
+changed for the worse in health or fitness
adv.
+(comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner
worse|worst|badder|baddestbæd
noun
+that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
adj.
+having undesirable or negative qualities
+very intense
+feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
+(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
+feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
+not capable of being collected
+below average in quality or performance
+nonstandard
+not financially safe or secure
+physically unsound or diseased
+capable of harming
+characterized by wickedness or immorality
+reproduced fraudulently
+not working properly
adv.
+with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
+very much; strongly
