(worse, worst)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something is done ~ or goes ~, it is not very successful or effective.
I was angry because I played so ~...
The whole project was ~ managed...
The coalition did worse than expected, getting just 11.6 per cent of the vote.
? well
ADV: ADV with v
2.
If someone or something is ~ hurt or ~ affected, they are severely hurt or affected.
The bomb destroyed a police station and ~ damaged a church...
One man was killed and another ~ injured...
It was a gamble that went ~ wrong.
= seriously
ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj
3.
If you want or need something ~, you want or need it very much.
Why do you want to go so ~?...
Planes landed at Bagram airport today carrying ~ needed food and medicine.
= much
ADV: ADV with v
4.
If someone behaves ~ or treats other people ~, they act in an unkind, unpleasant, or unacceptable way.
They have both behaved very ~ and I am very hurt...
I would like to know why we pensioners are being so ~ treated.
? well
ADV: ADV with v
5.
If something reflects ~ on someone or makes others think ~ of them, it harms their reputation.
Teachers know that low exam results will reflect ~ on them...
Despite his illegal act, few people think ~ of him.
? well
ADV: ADV after v
6.
If a person or their job is ~ paid, they are not paid very much for what they do.
You may have to work part-time, in a ~ paid job with unsociable hours...
This is the most dangerous professional sport there is, and the worst paid.
= poorly
? well
ADV: usu ADV -ed, also ADV after v
7.
see also worse , worst