worse A2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /wɔːs/ UK /wɜːs/ See IPA manual Freq #735 Meanings 1 adj Comparative of bad; of lower quality or in a poorer condition. This road is bad, but the other one was much worse. 2 adv In a less good or less successful way. They did worse on the second exam than on the first. 3 adj More ill than before. I feel worse today than I did yesterday. 4 noun Something that is less good than another. We promised to stay together, for better or for worse. Thesaurus Synonyms 3 adj · more ill than before. worsened Etymology AI details From Middle English worse, werse, from Old English wiersa, from Proto-West Germanic *wirsiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Cognate with Dutch wers (“worse”). worse Middle English wiersa Old English *wirsiʀō Proto-West Germanic *wirsizô Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # worse **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** adj, adv, noun **IPA (US):** /wɔːs/ **IPA (UK):** /wɜːs/ **Frequency rank:** 735 ## Meanings 1. Comparative of bad; of lower quality or in a poorer condition. 2. In a less good or less successful way. 3. More ill than before. 4. Something that is less good than another. ## Examples - This road is bad, but the other one was much worse. - They did worse on the second exam than on the first. - I feel worse today than I did yesterday. - We promised to stay together, for better or for worse. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: worse - Root: wiersa - Root: *wirsiʀō - Root: *wirsizô ## Etymology From Middle English worse, werse, from Old English wiersa, from Proto-West Germanic *wirsiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Cognate with Dutch wers (“worse”). ## AI Etymology Worse is from Middle English worse, werse, from Old English wiersa, from Proto-West Germanic *wirsiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Cognate with Dutch wers (“worse”). Important historical forms include Middle English worse, Old English wiersa, Proto-West Germanic *wirsiʀō, and Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. In present-day use, it can mean comparative of bad; of lower quality or in a poorer condition, or in a less good or less successful way. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown