Worse

//wɜːs//

Synonyms for "worse" (86 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (18)

worsened aggravated altered amplified annoyed augmented better broken burned burst busted changeable changed checked chipped converted cracked crazed

Strong matches (25)

Related words (43)

injured intensified irritated lacerated magnified mangled metamorphosed metastasized modified more mutant mutilated provoked qualified rebuilt reformed renewed rent revived revolutionary

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ruptured scalded scorched shattered slashed slit smashed soured split sprung subversive the worse for torn transformed translated transmuted unmitigated weakened worse off

Adverb(1 words)

worsely

Adjective(1 words)

worsened

Adjective(2 words)

worserer worserest

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

2 entries

bad badness

Antonyms

2 entries

better

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

1 entries

worst

derived

25 entries

bad comes to worse be the worse for drink for better or for worse for better or worse for the worse go from bad to worse make matters worse none the worse none to the worse one's bark is worse than one's bite so much the worse so much the worse for take a turn for the worse the cure is worse than the disease what is worse worse and worse

Showing 16 of 25 words.

distinct from

2 entries

best better

form of

3 entries

bad badly ill

has context

1 entries

sentence adverb

is a

1 entries

bad

related to

11 entries

bad badder better better and disadvantage discomfit quality rating superlative superlative bad worst

similar

3 entries

bad worsened

Translations

117 translations across 54 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

χείρων adj (comparative form of bad)
ἥσσων adj (comparative form of bad)

Arabic

1 entries

أَسْوَأ adj (comparative form of bad)

Armenian

2 entries

ավելի վատ adj (comparative form of bad)
ավելի վատ adv (comparative of badly)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

betər adj (comparative form of bad)
daha pis adj (comparative form of bad)
pis adj (comparative form of bad)
betər adv (comparative of badly)

Belarusian

2 entries

го́ршы adj (comparative form of bad)
горш adv (comparative of badly)

Bulgarian

1 entries

по-лош adj (comparative form of bad)

Catalan

2 entries

pitjor adj (comparative form of bad)
pitjor adv (comparative of badly)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

更壞 /更坏 adj (comparative form of bad)
更糟 adj (comparative form of bad)
比較壞 /比较坏 adj (comparative form of bad)

Cornish

1 entries

gweth adj (comparative form of bad)

Czech

2 entries

horší adj (comparative form of bad)
hůře adv (comparative of badly)

Danish

4 entries

dårligere adj (comparative form of bad)
værre adj (comparative form of bad)
dårligere adv (comparative of badly)
værre adv (comparative of badly)

Dutch

3 entries

erger adj (comparative form of bad)
slechter adj (comparative form of bad)
slechter adv (comparative of badly)

Esperanto

1 entries

pli malbona adj (comparative form of bad)

Finnish

3 entries

huonompi adj (comparative form of bad)
huonommin adv (comparative of badly)
pahemmin adv (comparative of badly)

French

3 entries

pire adj (comparative form of bad)
plus mauvais adj (comparative form of bad)
plus mal adv (comparative of badly)

Friulian

1 entries

piês adj (comparative form of bad)

Galician

3 entries

peor adj (comparative form of bad)
pior adj (comparative form of bad)
peor adv (comparative of badly)

Georgian

2 entries

უარესი adj (comparative form of bad)
უფრო ცუდი adj (comparative form of bad)

German

4 entries

schlechter adj (comparative form of bad)
schlimmer adj (comparative form of bad)
ärger adj (comparative form of bad)
schlechter adv (comparative of badly)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍃𐌹𐌶𐌰 adj (comparative form of bad)

Hungarian

1 entries

rosszabb adj (comparative form of bad)

Italian

1 entries

peggiore adj (comparative form of bad)

Japanese

4 entries

いっそう悪い adj (comparative form of bad)
さらに…悪い adj (comparative form of bad)
もっと悪い adj (comparative form of bad)
より悪い adj (comparative form of bad)

Khmer

1 entries

អាក្រក់ជាង adj (comparative form of bad)

Korean

1 entries

더 나쁜 adj (comparative form of bad)

Ladin

1 entries

piec adj (comparative form of bad)

Latin

3 entries

dēterior adj (comparative form of bad)
nēquior adj (comparative form of bad)
peior adj (comparative form of bad)

Macedonian

1 entries

полош adj (comparative form of bad)

Middle English

2 entries

worse adj (comparative form of bad)
worse adv (comparative of badly)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

dårligere adj (comparative form of bad)
verre adj (comparative form of bad)
dårligere adv (comparative of badly)
verre adv (comparative of badly)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

dårlegare adj (comparative form of bad)
verre adj (comparative form of bad)
dårlegare adv (comparative of badly)
verre adv (comparative of badly)

Occitan

2 entries

pièger adj (comparative form of bad)
pièg adv (comparative of badly)

Old English

2 entries

wiersa adj (comparative form of bad)
wiers adv (comparative of badly)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries

горши adj (comparative form of bad)
горше adv (comparative of badly)

Persian

1 entries

بدتر adj (comparative form of bad)

Polish

2 entries

gorszy adj (comparative form of bad)
gorzej adv (comparative of badly)

Portuguese

2 entries

pior adj (comparative form of bad)
pior adv (comparative of badly)

Romanian

1 entries

mai rău adv (comparative of badly)

Romansch

3 entries

mender adj (comparative form of bad)
pêr adj (comparative form of bad)
pês adj (comparative form of bad)

Russian

3 entries

ху́дший adj (comparative form of bad)
ху́же adj (comparative form of bad)
ху́же adv (comparative of badly)

Sardinian

3 entries

pejus adj (comparative form of bad)
peus adj (comparative form of bad)
pejus adv (comparative of badly)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

gȍrī adj (comparative form of bad)
lȍšijī adj (comparative form of bad)
го̏рӣ adj (comparative form of bad)
ло̏шијӣ adj (comparative form of bad)

Sicilian

1 entries

peggiu adj (comparative form of bad)

Slovak

2 entries

horší adj (comparative form of bad)
horšie adv (comparative of badly)

Slovene

1 entries

slabši adj (comparative form of bad)

Spanish

2 entries

peor adj (comparative form of bad)
peor adv (comparative of badly)

Swedish

4 entries

sämre adj (comparative form of bad)
värre adj (comparative form of bad)
sämre adv (comparative of badly)
värre adv (comparative of badly)

Tagalog

1 entries

lalong masama adj (comparative form of bad)

Thai

2 entries

เลวกว่า adj (comparative form of bad)
แย่กว่า adj (comparative form of bad)

Ukrainian

2 entries

гі́рший adj (comparative form of bad)
гі́рше adv (comparative of badly)

Vietnamese

2 entries

tệ hơn adj (comparative form of bad)
xấu hơn adj (comparative form of bad)

Walloon

2 entries

peyeu adj (comparative form of bad)
pé adj (comparative form of bad)

Welsh

1 entries

gwaeth adj (comparative form of bad)

Woiwurrung

1 entries

nulim adj (comparative form of bad)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I don't know what is worse.

Source: tatoeba (2148)

Life in prison is worse than the life of an animal.

Source: tatoeba (2149)

We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse.

Source: tatoeba (2406)

The situation is worse than we believed.

Source: tatoeba (2426)

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