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worse

noun

1 worse

Something inferior in quality or condition or effect.

adjective

1 worse

comparative of `bad' Inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability.

Roget 659: unimproved etc. (improve) etc. 658; deteriorated etc. v.; altered, altered for the worse; injured etc. v.; ... show more

Roget 835: aggravated etc. v.; worse, unrelieved; aggravable; aggravating etc. v..

2 worse

Changed for the worse in health or fitness:
— I feel worse today.
— Her cold is worse.

synonym: worsened.

adverb

1 worse

comparative of `ill' In a less effective or successful or desirable manner.


Moby thesaurus: aggravated, altered, amplified, annoyed, augmented, better, broken, burned, burst, busted, changeable, changed, checked, chipped, converted, cracked, crazed, cut, damaged, degenerate ... show more.

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bad

noun

1 bad

That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency:
— Take the bad with the good.

synonym: badness.

Roget 401: fetor; bad etc. adj.. smell, bad odor; stench, stink; foul odor, malodor; empyreuma; mustiness etc. adj.; ... show more

adjective

1 bad

Having undesirable or negative qualities.

Roget 653: dirty, filthy, grimy; unclean, impure; soiled etc. v.; not to be handled with kid gloves; dusty, snuffy, smutty, sooty, ... show more

Roget 649: hurtful, harmful, scathful, baneful, baleful; injurious, deleterious, detrimental, noxious, pernicious, mischievous, full of mischief, mischief-making, malefic, ... show more

Roget 619: disastrous, bad etc. 649; awry, out of joint; disadvantageous.   

Roget 401: fetid; strong-smelling; high, bad, strong, fulsome, offensive, noisome, rank, rancid, reasty, tainted, musty, fusty, ... show more

Roget 932: disapproving etc. v.; scandalized.    disparaging, condemnatory, damnatory, denunciatory, reproachful, abusive, objurgatory, clamorous, vituperative; defamatory ... show more

2 bad

Very intense:
— A bad headache.
— Had a big (or bad) shock.
— A bad earthquake.
— A bad storm.

synonym: big.

3 bad

Feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'):
— My throat feels bad.
— She felt bad all over.

synonym: tough.

4 bad

of foodstuffs Not in an edible or usable condition:
— Bad meat.

synonyms: spoiled, spoilt.

Polish: popsuty, zepsuty

5 bad

Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone:
— He felt bad about breaking the vase.

synonyms: regretful, sorry.

Polish: przebłagalny

6 bad

Not capable of being collected:
— A bad (or uncollectible) debt.

synonym: uncollectible.

7 bad

Below average in quality or performance.

Polish: cienki

8 bad

Nonstandard.

9 bad

Not financially safe or secure:
— A bad investment.

synonyms: high-risk, risky, speculative.

10 bad

Physically unsound or diseased:
— Has a bad back.
— A bad heart.
— Bad teeth.

synonyms: unfit, unsound.

Roget 923: wrong, wrongful; bad, too bad; unjust, unfair; inequitable, unequitable; unequal, partial, one-sided; injurious, tortious [Law].    objectionable; ... show more

11 bad

Capable of harming.

12 bad

Characterized by wickedness or immorality.

13 bad

Reproduced fraudulently:
— Like a bad penny....

synonym: forged.

14 bad

Not working properly:
— A bad telephone connection.

synonym: defective.

adverb

1 bad

With great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly'):
— The injury hurt badly.
— The buildings were badly shaken.
— It hurts bad.
— We need water bad.

synonym: badly.

2 bad

Very much; strongly:
— I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it.
— The cables had sagged badly.
— They were badly in need of help.
— He wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it.

synonym: badly.


Moby thesaurus: OK, abhorrent, abominable, abomination, ace-high, ailing, alarming, amiss, apocalyptic, arrant, atrocious, atrocity, bad for, bad-smelling, badly, baleful, bane, baneful, bang-up, barfy ... show more.

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