Word Type

Adverb

Noun

Adjective

Verb

Adverb

Adjective

The word "worse" can be used as adverb, noun, adjective, verb, adverb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

better better

Derived Terms

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 worse comes to worse worse comes to worst worse for liquor worse for ware worse for wear worse luck worse off worse things happen at sea worse-case

Distinct From

best better

Inflected/Variant Forms

bad badly ill

Context

sentence adverb

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bad badness

Type Of (IsA)

bad

Related Terms

worst

Related Terms

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

Similar Terms

bad worsened worsened

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.