■ adjective ( worse , worst )
1》 of poor quality or a low standard.
↘(often ~ at ) not able to do a particular thing well.
↘inappropriate.
2》 unwelcome or unpleasant.
↘severe or serious.
↘( ~ for ) harmful to.
3》 offending moral standards or accepted conventions.
4》 injured, ill, or diseased.
5》 (of food) decayed.
6》 guilty; ashamed.
7》 ( ~der , ~dest ) informal, chiefly N. Amer. good; excellent.
Phrases
be ~ news informal be unwelcome or unpleasant.
in a ~ way ill or in trouble.
to the ~
1》 to ruin.
2》 in deficit.
too ~ informal indicating that something is regrettable but now beyond retrieval.
Derivatives
~dish adjective
~ness noun
Origin
ME: perh. from OE bddel 'hermaphrodite, womanish man'.