worse

worse
worse [wɜ:s]
1. adjective
comparative of bad ; of ill
   a. (in quality) [news, weather, smell, result] plus mauvais (than que) pire (than que)
• his essay is bad but yours is worse sa dissertation est mauvaise mais la vôtre est pire
• I'm bad at English, but worse at maths je suis mauvais en anglais et pire en maths
• business is worse than ever les affaires vont plus mal que jamais
• things could be worse! ça pourrait être pire !
• things couldn't be worse ça ne pourrait pas aller plus mal
• there are worse things than being unemployed il y a pire que d'être au chômage
• it looks worse than it is ça n'est pas aussi grave que ça en a l'air
• worse luck! (inf) hélas !
• and, what's worse, ... et, qui pis est ...
• to get worse [conditions] empirer ; [weather] se dégrader
• that would just make matters worse cela ne ferait qu'aggraver les choses
• he made matters worse (for himself) by refusing il a aggravé son cas en refusant
• and, to make matters worse, he ... et pour ne rien arranger, il ...
► the worse for sth
• he's none the worse for his fall sa chute ne lui a pas fait trop de mal
• to be the worse for drink ( = drunk) être ivre
• he was looking somewhat the worse for wear (inf) il n'était pas très frais► the worse of
• I won't think any the worse of you for it tu ne baisseras pas pour autant dans mon estime
   b. (in behaviour) pire
• you're worse than he is! tu es pire que lui !
• he is getting worse il ne s'améliore pas
   c. (in health) to be worse aller plus mal
• to feel worse se sentir plus mal
   d. ( = more harmful) smoking is worse for you than cholesterol le tabac est plus mauvais pour la santé que le cholestérol
2. adverb
comparative of badly ; of ill
   a. (in quality, behaviour) [sing, play] plus mal
• he did it worse than you did il l'a fait plus mal que toi
• you could do worse vous pourriez faire pire
• you could do worse than to accept accepter n'est pas ce que vous pourriez faire de pire
• and, worse, ... et, qui pis est, ...
• now I'm worse off than before maintenant, je suis moins bien loti qu'avant
► the worse of
• I won't think any the worse of you for it tu ne baisseras pas pour autant dans mon estime
   b. ( = more intensely) it hurts worse than ever ça fait plus mal que jamais
• the worse hit areas les régions fpl les plus touchées
3. noun
pire m
• I have worse to tell you il y a pire encore
• there's worse to come le pire est à venir
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[wɜːs] 1.
adjective (comparative of bad)
1) (more unsatisfactory, unpleasant) pire

there's only one thing worse than — il n'y a qu'une chose qui soit pire que

the noise is worse — il y a plus de bruit

to get worse — [pressure, noise] augmenter; [conditions, weather] empirer

‘you missed the bus’ - ‘yes worse luck!’ — ‘tu as raté le bus’ - ‘oui pas de veine (colloq)!’

2) (more serious, severe) pire (than que)

it looks worse than it is! — ça a l'air pire que ça ne l'est en vérité!

it couldn't be worse! — ça ne pourrait pas être pire!

and what is worse, she doesn't care — et le pire, c'est que ça lui est égal

to go from bad to worse — aller de pire en pire

to get worse (and worse) — [illness, conflict] s'aggraver; [patient] aller de plus en plus mal

to be made worse — être aggravé (by par)

you'll only make things ou it worse! — tu ne feras qu'empirer les choses!

and to make matters worse, he lied — et pour ne rien arranger, il a menti

3) (of lower standard) pire (than que)

to be even worse at languages — être encore plus mauvais en langues

4) (more unwell, unhappy)

he's getting worse — il va plus mal

the cough is getting worse — la toux empire

to feel worse — (more ill) se sentir plus malade; (more unhappy) aller moins bien

his death made me feel worse — sa mort m'a démoralisé encore plus

he is none the worse for the experience — il ne se porte pas plus mal après cette expérience

so much the worse for them! — tant pis pour eux!

5) (more inappropriate)

he couldn't have chosen a worse place to meet — il n'aurait pas pu choisir un lieu de rendez-vous moins approprié

the decision couldn't have come at a worse time — la décision n'aurait pas pu arriver à un moment plus inopportun

2.
noun

there is worse to come — ce n'est pas encore le pire

to change for the worse — empirer

things took a turn for the worse — les choses ont empiré

3.
adverb (compar de badly)
1) (more unsatisfactorily, incompetently) moins bien (than que)

to behave worse — se conduire plus mal

she could do worse than follow his example — ce ne serait pas si mal si elle suivait son exemple

2) (more seriously, severely) [cough, bleed, vomit] plus

worse still — pire encore


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