worse

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

comparative form of bad: more bad

Adv

1. (comparative, form-of) comparative form of badly (adverb): more badly
2. Less skillfully.
3. More severely or seriously.
4. Used to start a sentence describing something that is worse.

Noun

1. (obsolete) Loss; disadvantage; defeat
2. That which is worse; something less good.

Verb

To make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit.

👎

bad

• Adj
• Adv
• Noun
• Intj
• Verb
• Verb

Lees meer

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ill

• Adv
• Adj
• Noun
• Verb

Lees meer

badly

• Adv
• Adj

Lees meer

Sinonieme

inferior

worst

worsened

bad

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degenerate

deteriorate

exacerbate

extreme

heavy

pessimal

serious

severe

spoil

ugly

worser

not better

not the best

worsest

worstest

badly

better

critical

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Vertalings

peggiore

peor

peggio

pire

schlechter

pior

peior

pitjor

slechter

schlimmer

pis

χειρότερος

اسوأ

plus mal

più cattivo

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/wɜːs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: worse

Geërf van Old English: wiersa

Verwante met Nederlands: wers

In summary

From Middle English worse, werse, from Old English wiersa, from Proto-West Germanic *wirsiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Cognate with Dutch wers (“worse”).