word-vault/dist/data/cards/wo/worse.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "worse",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "of poorer quality or lower standard; more unpleasant",
            "sensetop": "worse than somethingworse than doing somethingworse for somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The rooms were awful and the food was worse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The weather **got worse** during the day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've been to **far worse** places."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film was **no worse than** many others he made in the 1930s.",
                    "contextForm": "worse than something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The interview was **much worse than** he had expected."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The area seemed almost worse than the city he had left."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**There's nothing worse than** going out in the cold with wet hair.",
                    "contextForm": "worse than doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's much worse for the parents than it is for the child.",
                    "contextForm": "worse for somebody/something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "far"],
                "phrases": ["no", "not any"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "more serious or severe",
            "sensetop": "worse than (doing) something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were trying to prevent an **even worse** tragedy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crisis was getting **worse and worse**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't tell her that—you'll only **make things worse**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Could things **get any worse**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Never mind—it **could be worse** *(= although the situation is bad, it is not as bad as it might have been)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The situation was worse than he had imagined.",
                    "contextForm": "worse than (doing) something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's not just the government's poor ratings in the opinion polls. It's worse than that."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Killing someone is considered morally worse than letting them die."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ignoring the problem will make it worse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The news got dramatically worse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The problem became progressively worse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The problem is getting worse all the time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Things could be a sight worse (= much worse) than they are."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Things were about to get very much worse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've run out of coffee. Worse still, we can't get any more until tomorrow."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "far"],
                "phrases": ["no", "not any"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "more ill or unhappy",
            "sensetop": "worse than…",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If he **gets** any **worse**, we'll call the doctor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He told her she'd let them down and she felt **worse than ever**.",
                    "contextForm": "worse than…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She seems worse than she was yesterday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I feel even worse today!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pain grew worse."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["considerably", "dramatically", "far"],
                "phrases": ["no", "not any"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody is not really as angry or as aggressive as they sound",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to lose a fight, competition, etc. or suffer more compared with others",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a terrible thing that could happen",
            "labels": "(often humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "At the last minute she was saved from a fate worse than death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Getting married seemed a fate worse than death."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Obeying his parents' wishes for his life seemed a fate worse than death."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to get even worse",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show that you are disappointed about something",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I shall have to miss the party, worse luck!"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɜːs/",
                "audio": "wo/worse/worse__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɜːrs/",
                "audio": "wo/worse/worse__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English wyrsa, wiersa (adjective), wiers (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to war."
}