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Words with a similar base: worse, worsened

'worse'

[worse.n.01] as in: something inferior in quality or condition or effect

Examples:
for better or for worse
accused of cheating and lying and worse

'worse'

[worse.a.01] as in: (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability

Examples:
this road is worse than the first one we took
the road is in worse shape than it was
she was accused of worse things than cheating and lying

'worse'

[worse.a.02] as in: changed for the worse in health or fitness

Examples:
I feel worse today
her cold is worse

'worse'

[bad.a.01] as in: having undesirable or negative qualities

Examples:
a bad report card
his sloppy appearance made a bad impression
a bad little boy
clothes in bad shape
a bad cut
bad luck
the news was very bad
the reviews were bad
the pay is bad
it was a bad light for reading
the movie was a bad choice

'worse'

[bad.s.01] as in: very intense

Examples:
a bad headache
in a big rage
had a big (or bad) shock
a bad earthquake
a bad storm

'worse'

[bad.s.02] as in: feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

Examples:
my throat feels bad
she felt bad all over
he was feeling tough after a restless night

'worse'

[bad.s.03] as in: (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition

Examples:
bad meat
a refrigerator full of spoilt food

'worse'

[regretful.a.01] as in: feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

Examples:
felt regretful over his vanished youth
regretful over mistakes she had made
he felt bad about breaking the vase

'worse'

[bad.s.04] as in: not capable of being collected

Examples:
a bad (or uncollectible) debt

'worse'

[bad.s.05] as in: below average in quality or performance

Examples:
a bad chess player
a bad recital

'worse'

[bad.s.06] as in: nonstandard

Examples:
so-called bad grammar

'worse'

[bad.s.07] as in: not financially safe or secure

Examples:
a bad investment
high risk investments
anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
speculative business enterprises

'worse'

[bad.s.08] as in: physically unsound or diseased

Examples:
has a bad back
a bad heart
bad teeth
an unsound limb
unsound teeth

'worse'

[bad.s.09] as in: capable of harming

Examples:
bad air
smoking is bad for you

'worse'

[bad.s.10] as in: characterized by wickedness or immorality

Examples:
led a very bad life

'worse'

[bad.s.11] as in: reproduced fraudulently

Examples:
like a bad penny...

a forged twenty dollar bill

'worse'

[bad.s.12] as in: not working properly

Examples:
a bad telephone connection
a defective appliance

'worse'

[worse.r.01] as in: (comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner

Examples:
he did worse on the second exam

Origins

					worse (English)
└── wyrsa (Old English (ca. 450-1100))