transcription, транскрипция: [ wɜ:(r)s ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Worse is the comparative of bad .
2.
Worse is the comparative of badly .
3.
Worse is used to form the comparative of compound adjectives beginning with ‘bad’ and ‘badly.’ For example, the comparative of ‘badly off’ is ‘worse off’.
4.
If a situation goes from bad to worse , it becomes even more unpleasant or unsatisfactory.
For the past couple of years my life has gone from bad to worse.
PHRASE : V inflects
5.
If a situation changes for the worse , it becomes more unpleasant or more difficult.
The grandparents sigh and say how things have changed for the worse.
PHRASE : PHR after v
6.
If a person or thing is the worse for something, they have been harmed or badly affected by it. If they are none the worse for it, they have not been harmed or badly affected by it.
Father came home from the pub very much the worse for drink...
They are all apparently fit and well and none the worse for the fifteen hour journey.
PHRASE : PHR after v , PHR n
7.
for better or worse: see better