| slovo | definícia |
worse
(mass) | worse
- horší, horšie |
worse
(encz) | worse,horší adj: |
worse
(encz) | worse,hůř adv: |
Worse
(gcide) | Worse \Worse\, n.
1. Loss; disadvantage; defeat. "Judah was put to the worse
before Israel." --Kings xiv. 12.
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2. That which is worse; something less good; as, think not
the worse of him for his enterprise.
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Worse
(gcide) | Worse \Worse\, adv. [AS. wiers, wyrs; akin to OS. & OHG. wirs,
Icel. verr, Goth, wa['i]rs; a comparative adverb with no
corresponding positive. See Worse, a.]
In a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad.
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Now will we deal worse with thee than with them. --Gen.
xix. 9.
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Worse
(gcide) | Worse \Worse\, a., compar. of Bad. [OE. werse, worse, wurse,
AS. wiersa, wyrsa, a comparative with no corresponding
positive; akin to OS. wirsa, OFries. wirra, OHG. wirsiro,
Icel. verri, Sw. v[aum]rre, Dan. v[aum]rre, Goth.
wa['i]rsiza, and probably to OHG. werran to bring into
confusion, E. war, and L. verrere to sweep, sweep along. As
bad has no comparative and superlative, worse and worst are
used in lieu of them, although etymologically they have no
relation to bad.]
Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or
evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick;
-- used both in a physical and moral sense.
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Or worse, if men worse can devise. --Chaucer.
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[She] was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse.
--Mark v. 26.
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Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse. --2
Tim. iii. 13.
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There are men who seem to believe they are not bad
while another can be found worse. --Rambler.
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"But I love him." "Love him? Worse and worse." --Gay.
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Worse
(gcide) | Worse \Worse\, v. t. [OE. wursien, AS. wyrsian to become worse.]
To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst.
See Worst, v.
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Weapons more violent, when next we meet,
May serve to better us and worse our foes. --Milton.
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Worse
(gcide) | Bad \Bad\ (b[a^]d), a. [Compar. Worse (w[^u]s); superl.
Worst (w[^u]st).] [Probably fr. AS. b[ae]ddel
hermaphrodite; cf. b[ae]dling effeminate fellow.]
Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious,
hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or
defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious;
wicked; -- the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad
conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad air; bad health; a bad
crop; bad news.
Note: Sometimes used substantively.
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The strong antipathy of good to bad. --Pope.
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Syn: Pernicious; deleterious; noxious; baneful; injurious;
hurtful; evil; vile; wretched; corrupt; wicked; vicious;
imperfect.
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worse
(wn) | worse
adv 1: (comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful
or desirable manner; "he did worse on the second exam"
adj 1: (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or
condition or desirability; "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" [ant: better]
2: changed for the worse in health or fitness; "I feel worse
today"; "her cold is worse" [syn: worse, worsened] [ant:
better]
n 1: something inferior in quality or condition or effect; "for
better or for worse"; "accused of cheating and lying and
worse" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
worse
(mass) | worse
- horší, horšie |
worsened
(mass) | worsened
- pokazený, zhoršený |
bark is worse than his bite
(encz) | bark is worse than his bite,štěká ale nekouše [id.] Zdeněk Brož |
for better of for worse
(encz) | for better of for worse,v časech dobrých i zlých [id.] Rostislav
Svoboda |
for better or worse
(encz) | for better or worse,ať tak či onak PetrVfor better or worse,v dobrém i ve zlém Zdeněk Brož |
get worse
(encz) | get worse,zhoršit se v: get worse,zhoršovat se v: |
make it worse
(encz) | make it worse,zhoršit v: Ondřej Světlík |
make worse
(encz) | make worse,zhoršit make worse,zhoršovat |
none the worse for wear
(encz) | none the worse for wear, |
worse
(encz) | worse,horší adj: worse,hůř adv: |
worse off
(encz) | worse off, |
worsen
(encz) | worsen,horšit v: Zdeněk Brožworsen,zhoršit v: worsen,zhoršit se v: worsen,zhoršovat v: worsen,zhoršovat se v: |
worsened
(encz) | worsened,pokažený adj: Zdeněk Brožworsened,zhoršený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
worsening
(encz) | worsening,zhoršení n: Jaroslav Šedivý |
Worsen
(gcide) | Worsen \Wors"en\, v. i.
To grow or become worse. --De Quincey.
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Indifferent health, which seemed rather to worsen than
improve. --Carlyle.
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1. To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.
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It is apparent that, in the particular point of
which we have been conversing, their condition is
greatly worsened. --Southey.
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2. To get the better of; to worst. [R.]
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Worser
(gcide) | Worser \Wors"er\, a.
Worse. [R.]
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Thou dost deserve a worser end. --Beau. & Fl.
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From worser thoughts which make me do amiss. --Bunyan.
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A dreadful quiet felt, and, worser far
Than arms, a sullen interval of war. --Dryden.
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Note: This old and redundant form of the comparative occurs
occasionally in the best authors, although commonly
accounted a vulgarism. It has, at least, the analogy of
lesser to sanction its issue. See Lesser. "The
experience of man's worser nature, which intercourse
with ill-chosen associates, by choice or circumstance,
peculiarly teaches." --Hallam.
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get worse
(wn) | get worse
v 1: deteriorate in health; "he relapsed" [syn: get worse,
relapse] [ant: bounce back, get over, get well] |
worse
(wn) | worse
adv 1: (comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful
or desirable manner; "he did worse on the second exam"
adj 1: (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or
condition or desirability; "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" [ant: better]
2: changed for the worse in health or fitness; "I feel worse
today"; "her cold is worse" [syn: worse, worsened] [ant:
better]
n 1: something inferior in quality or condition or effect; "for
better or for worse"; "accused of cheating and lying and
worse" |
worsen
(wn) | worsen
v 1: grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened" [syn:
worsen, decline] [ant: ameliorate, better,
improve, meliorate]
2: make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" [syn: worsen,
aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate] [ant: ameliorate,
amend, better, improve, meliorate] |
worsened
(wn) | worsened
adj 1: changed for the worse in health or fitness; "I feel worse
today"; "her cold is worse" [syn: worse, worsened]
[ant: better]
2: made or become worse; impaired; "troubled by the worsened
economic conditions"; "the worsened diplomatic relations" |
worsening
(wn) | worsening
adj 1: changing for the worse; "worried by the worsening storm"
[ant: bettering]
n 1: process of changing to an inferior state [syn:
deterioration, decline in quality, declension,
worsening]
2: changing something with the result that it becomes worse |
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